Learning without limitsNewham’s 7 maintained nursery schools: working together to deliver the Best Start in Life guarantee

What is learning with limits?• Learning without Limits (LWL) is a collaborative network to develop

hubs of excellence around each of Newham’s seven maintained nursery schools together with Kaizen Primary School. LWL is a joint-venture with Newham’s Early Years team and now includes Kaizen Primary School to extend its geographical reach into every quadrant.

Our beginnings• Newham has 7 Maintained Nursery Schools: a huge asset for the school

system, and for the early years. The Nursery Schools have headteachers, governing bodies, delegated budgets and SENCOs like all other schools.

The nursery schools are• Edith Kerrison• Kay Rowe• Oliver Thomas• Rebecca Cheetham, • Ronald Openshaw• Sheringham• St Stephen’s

The impact of nursery schools• Evidence from the

large-scale, DFE-funded EPPSE Project shows that maintained nursery schools promote the best outcomes for disadvantaged children all the way through to the end of secondary schooling.

The impact of nursery schools• Nursery schools are the only part of the school system which

performs “as strongly in deprived areas as more affluent ones” (Ofsted)• “Looking only at the overall judgements given, nursery schools

perform considerably better than other types of early years provision.” (Ofsted)• Nursery schools have the highest quality early education with the best

outcomes, and those better outcomes persist until the end of secondary schools (EPPSE Research)

Just some of the reasons why the early years matter

The early years matter• Analysis carried out by the Institute of Fiscal Studies shows that

children who attend high-quality early education will be £26,800 better off over their working lives, or around £36,000 for an average household. This was calculated to equate to a benefit to the Exchequer of £16,000 per household.

Source: Nursery Worldwww.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1146477/eppse-research-pre-school-leads-gsce-grades

The quality of Newham’s nursery schools in 2012

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Newham's Nursery Schools 2012

Delivering on the Best Start in Life Guarantee: the quality of our nursery schools in 2016

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Newham 2016• One of the fastest-improving local

authorities for early years• Fifth in London for percentage of

early years settings judged goodSource: Ofsted statistics 2016

Newham 2016• One of the biggest increases in

proportion of eligible two-year olds accessing their free nursery place

Source: Unknown children – destined for disadvantage? (Ofsted, 2016)

The impact of Sheringham’s “hub” project on quality - childminders

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Quality and our childminder network (2015 figures)• Ofsted data show that the quality ratings of childminders in our

network are significantly ahead of the Newham average.• In the Sheringham network, 85% of childminders are good or

outstanding compared to 77% in Newham overall, 79% in London and 82% in England as a whole.

The impact the hub -private and voluntary nurseries

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Quality of nurseries in our local area (2015 figures)• All the local nursery classes are in primary schools rated Good or

Outstanding by Ofsted• All of the private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries are rated

Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

Sheringham Nursery School and Children’s Centre in Newham has been granted national

teaching school status - a fantastic achievement for staff there. It demonstrates

the important role early years settings have in making improvements across the sector. And young people in Newham now stand even an

greater chance of fulfilling their potential.

Education and Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah, November 2015

Celebrating Early Years in Newham

The East London Early Years and Schools Partnership is bringing

together primary schools and private nurseries to develop a co-ordinated

approach for the early identification of SEN, and a common approach to the

transition to school.Education and Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah, November 2015

System change• As members of Learning without

Limits, we believe that we all have a moral responsibility to improve the experiences of Newham children in their EYFS provision locally, even when it is not actually in our own school.• Better EYFS provision is part of giving

Newham children the Best Start to Life