St Stephen’s CE Primary School (Nursery)

London Road Nursery received a Good overall effectiveness rating in March 2023 under the legacy 4-area framework (Quality of Education, Behaviour & Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership & Management). This report has been mapped to the November 2025 7-area framework for analysis. The nursery demonstrates strong safeguarding practices, warm relationships between staff and children, and good progress in learning. Key strengths include secure staff understanding of child development, effective partnership working with external professionals, and good parental engagement. The inspector identified two specific areas for improvement: staff need to allow children more processing time when responding to questions, and children should be given advance notice of routine changes to minimize disruption to their learning activities. The nursery maintained its Good rating from the previous inspection in 2017, indicating consistent quality provision.