St Paschal Baylon Nursery and After School Care

Chicks hatching in an incubator, parents reading stories and children preparing their own fruit give this Childwall nursery a recognisable character in its April 2024 account. Everyday experiences carry the learning: watching living things change, sharing books and taking responsibility for small tasks.

Ofsted rated St Paschal Baylon Nursery and After School Care Good on 23 April 2024. It has capacity for 24 children on Chelwood Avenue, Liverpool. The children attending at that visit were aged two to four; that is an inspection-time age range.

In April 2024, learning included watching caterpillars become butterflies and meeting firefighters, paramedics and community police officers. These experiences brought animal life cycles and community roles into children's day, giving them concrete examples to discuss.

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care. Here, the April 2024 examples included stories, physical play and practical tasks, connecting those requirements with activities children could take part in.

Books also supported conversations about emotions. In April 2024, staff used The Colour Monster to explore characters' feelings and helped children find activities that calmed them. Outdoors, scooters gave children opportunities to judge space around others, while scooping soil in the mud kitchen exercised larger movements. These activities gave children practice in discussing feelings, judging space and using larger movements.

At the April 2024 inspection, Ofsted found effective safeguarding, good progress from children's starting points and effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The special educational needs coordinator worked with families, staff and other professionals, making referrals when needed.

In April 2024, parents received development updates through an online app. They joined story-time events for Mother's Day as well as nature walks. Story sacks went home, and parents were invited to be mystery readers for children in nursery. This connected shared reading at home with the nursery's activities.

Daily routines had practical cues: in April 2024, visual timetables and dimmed lighting helped children understand transitions. Children poured drinks, cut fruit and used cutlery for hot dinners in the school hall, giving them practice in managing everyday tasks before moving on to school.

The address is Chelwood Avenue, Childwall, Liverpool, L16 2LN.

In April 2024, the nursery operated on weekdays during term time, with session times of 8am to 5pm. At that date, it provided funded early education for children aged two, three and four. These arrangements describe the inspection period.

• Consistency of teaching. In April 2024, staff differed in their understanding of curriculum delivery, including the vocabulary children should learn. Monitoring and coaching needed to identify those gaps more accurately, supported by planned, regularly reviewed professional development. Families should weigh this alongside the positive activities described above.
• Term-time routine. The April 2024 timetable ran on weekdays during term time. At a visit, what attendance pattern and age range would apply to your child now?
• Family participation. April 2024 activities included nature walks, parent readers and story-time events for Mother's Day. This model will appeal to families who value taking part in their child's nursery experiences.

This nursery suits families drawn to shared reading, practical independence and learning about the natural world. Its April 2024 picture combines a Good judgement with clear examples of children's daily experiences. Teaching consistency and staff development remain the important qualifications to that account; the attendance arrangements described here belong to that same period.