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'Children thrive in this inspiring and nurturing setting' - Telford nursery celebrates 'outstanding' Ofsted judgement

A Telford day nursery has celebrated after being graded as 'outstanding' across the board by Ofsted.

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ABC Day Nursery in Lightmoor has retained it's 'outstanding' grading after an inspection by the education watchdog on April 2. 

Inspectors have deemed the nursery's quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management to all still be of the top standard. 

Impressively, the nursery has achieved an 'outstanding' grade at each inspection since it opened in 2012. 

A report published on Friday, May 2 said children "thrive" at the Telford nursery while the leadership team and staff have been described as "inspirational".

Children and staff from ABC Day Nursery in Lightmoor, Telford celebrate their 'outstanding' Ofsted result.
Children and staff from ABC Day Nursery in Lightmoor, Telford celebrate their 'outstanding' Ofsted result.

Leaders are said to have a "clear vision" and high expectations of the nursery team. Furthermore, ABC was commended for providing children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) with "exceptional support". 

The report added that staff use stories, songs and rhymes to build children's vocabulary and introduce new words.