Kilburn Infant and Nursery School Nursery Review

Established routines and carefully ordered learning give this nursery its clearest character. At Kilburn Infant and Nursery School, the nursery sits within the school, and its early years provision received a Good judgement at the Ofsted inspection on 11 and 12 October 2022. That judgement covers early years within the school; it is not a separate nursery rating.

The early years findings describe children who were content, cared for and comfortable with familiar routines. For a parent choosing a first school setting, that combination matters: the everyday pattern and the learning programme both deserve attention, rather than treating nursery simply as preparation for the next class.

In October 2022, early years learning followed an ambitious curriculum with a deliberate sequence. Activities connected to the things children were intended to learn, giving their participation a purpose beyond keeping them occupied. The useful distinction for families is between an activity being enjoyable and it contributing to a child's learning; the early years findings support both here.

Children took part in activities across the curriculum and followed familiar routines. Those routines gave the day a recognisable structure, while the activities provided different ways to engage with learning. Together, they describe a nursery experience organised around children's participation, with learning threaded through what they do.

Leaders also checked the provision regularly against how it helped children learn. That adds a second layer to the curriculum: planning the sequence was accompanied by reviewing how the experience worked for children. These are October 2022 findings, rather than a description of a particular session today.

Children's happiness and care were explicit strengths in the October 2022 early years findings. Familiar routines were part of that picture. For families, care and learning therefore belong in the same conversation: a child's experience of the daily pattern matters alongside the content of activities.

There was also a school-wide parent partnership concern. A small group of parents questioned SEND provision and communication, although their views differed from the inspection findings. Leaders were asked to give parent partnership greater attention and explain the school's work more clearly. This concern was about the school as a whole, rather than a nursery-specific finding, but it is relevant context for families considering how concerns are heard and addressed.

Attending the nursery does not guarantee a Reception place. Families must make a separate Reception application through the normal admissions process and meet the applicable deadline. Choosing the nursery and securing the next school place are separate decisions; nursery attendance should not be treated as an allocation decision for Reception.

The school address is The Flat, Kilburn, Derby, DE56 0LA. Its telephone number is 01332880449, providing a direct contact route for families considering the nursery.