Teden Mengi was at back at Old Trafford for the first time since leaving Manchester United on Saturday and the young defender seemed to forget he was part of the opposition.
28.10.2023 - 10:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A nursery school boss told by inspectors the ‘quality of education it provides is not consistently good’ has hit back over ‘ever-increasing pressure’ on early years practitioners. Ofsted official Joanne Buckley visited Jitterbugz Day Nursery in the Cadishead area of Salford in September, deeming it to be in the ‘requires improvement’ category.
Her report said steps had been taken to improve the facility following a previous inspection, the outcome of which was ‘inadequate’. Responding to the publication of the report, deputy manager of Jitterbugz Georgia Wallace told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “We have found that it is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve and maintain a high rating from Ofsted since the change in practitioner to child ratio and the most recent update of the early years' framework.
“The pressure on practitioners is ever-increasing. Every early years provider strives to be 'outstanding' for the sake of the families. However our families continue to reassure us that their children are happy and developing well in our setting, which means a lot to our team, as we continue to work hard to give the children in our setting the absolute best start in life.”
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In her report, Ms Buckley said: “The curriculum is still not fully embedded. Staff provide inviting experiences planned around children’s individual needs, but some staff over complicate activities by trying to cover too many learning outcomes.
“This leads to confusion for the children and their individual learning needs not being
Teden Mengi was at back at Old Trafford for the first time since leaving Manchester United on Saturday and the young defender seemed to forget he was part of the opposition.
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