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ABC@D's Child Care Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
·Whinmoor Surgery, White Laithe Approach, Leeds, LS14 2EH · Leeds
Number of places
30 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Leeds

About this day nursery

ABC Day Nursery, nestled in Melksham, offers a vibrant and nurturing environment for children aged 0-5 years. The nursery focuses on fostering individuality, creativity, confidence, and independence through a blend of child-initiated play and exploration.

Emphasising interaction with both natural and man-made elements, the nursery provides open-ended resources tailored to each child's learning style. A unique feature is the year-round free-flow access to outdoor spaces, allowing children to experience changing seasons and engage in naturally occurring learning.

These spacious outdoor areas are thoughtfully designed with quiet nooks, sensory materials, a mud kitchen, and a treehouse climbing frame, promoting diverse play and learning opportunities for different age groups. The nursery prioritises a welcoming atmosphere for all families, offering flexible settling-in sessions and dedicated Key Persons to ensure smooth transitions and strong parent-nursery relationships.

Freshly cooked, nutritious meals, prepared on-site, contribute to the holistic care provided, all supported by a highly trained, experienced, and dedicated team.

Our ethos

ABC Day Nursery's approach is a blend of child-initiated play and exploration, fostering individuality, creativity, confidence, and independence. They emphasise interaction with natural and man-made elements, using open-ended resources tailored to each child's learning style, with a unique feature of year-round free-flow access to thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces that promote diverse play and learning opportunities.

What it's like

Children are happy and settled in a welcoming nursery; babies form secure relationships with staff and children behave well, showing good social skills. The manager is passionate and has high ambitions for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Focus on holistic developmentExtensive outdoor learning environmentFreshly prepared meals

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6.00pm Monday-Friday (Closed between Christmas/New Year and Public Holidays)

Food

Freshly cooked nutritious meals prepared on-site

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 11 July 2024 · Claire Owen

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and settled in a welcoming nursery; babies form secure relationships with staff and children behave well, showing good social skills. The manager is passionate and has high ambitions for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and settled in the welcoming nursery environment.
  • Babies form secure relationships with staff, supporting emotional well-being.
  • Children behave very well and are supportive towards their friends.
  • Large, well-equipped outdoor area supports children's physical development.
  • Manager is passionate with high ambitions for all children, including those with SEND.

Areas to develop

  • 1help children to develop a deeper understanding of people, families and communities that are different to their own
  • 2ensure the staff receive highly effective professional development to ensure that teaching is consistently strong, particularly in relation to building on children's good communication and language skills.
Inspection #10351380 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The manager has high ambitions for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children develop physical skills in the large, well-equipped outdoor area where they climb, balance, kick and throw balls and ride bikes. The outdoor area includes several play sheds (builders' yard, doctor's surgery, fruit and vegetable stall and café) set up with children's interests in mind.

Inspection history

Date: October 2018

  • July 2024Good
  • October 2018Outstanding

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