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Blossoms Day Nursery in Selby (YO8 9HP)

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2021)
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4.7(14 parent reviews) ·The New Mill, 16 Gateforth Lane, Selby, YO8 9HP · North Yorkshire
Number of places
65 places
Age range
—
Last inspected
Jun 2021
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Blossoms Day Nursery, with locations in Hambleton and Burn, offers a stimulating and spacious setting where children are encouraged to develop their natural curiosity and learn through exploration. The nursery prioritises a rich learning environment that aims to foster confidence, independence, and self-esteem in a safe and loving atmosphere.

A significant aspect of their approach is outdoor play, recognising its importance for skill development and learning in a natural setting. They provide healthy and nutritious meals, focusing on well-balanced, seasonal food.

The nursery values strong parent partnerships, actively involving parents in their child's learning journey and offering open communication through an app and direct engagement. They also have a comprehensive set of policies and procedures to guide both staff and parents, ensuring transparent and consistent care.

Our ethos

Blossoms Day Nursery aims to foster children's natural curiosity and learning through exploration in a stimulating environment. Their approach prioritises outdoor play for skill development and values strong parent partnerships, actively involving them in the child's learning journey.

What it's like

Children are happy and content, forming close bonds with staff and making friends. They are encouraged to be independent and responsible for their safety, including online. Children engage in various learning opportunities, including in the outdoor area, where they mix mud and water imaginatively and learn about healthy lifestyles through growing vegetables and participating in yoga and mindfulness sessions.

Purpose-built settingsEmphasis on outdoor playHealthy eating programmeStrong parent partnershipsFocus on child development

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm Monday to Friday, all year, excluding a week at Christmas and bank holidays.

Food

Provided, with emphasis on healthy and nutritious meals

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Blossoms Day Nursery

Last inspected 21 June 2021

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 content, forming close bonds with staff and making friends. They are encouraged to be independent and responsible for their safety, including online. Children engage in various learning opportunities, including in the outdoor area, where they mix mud and water imaginatively and learn about healthy lifestyles through growing vegetables and participating in yoga and mindfulness sessions.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and content and form very close bonds with staff.
  • Children engage well in a vast range of learning opportunities in the outdoor area.
  • Leaders are highly ambitious and dedicated to making this nursery the best it can be.
  • Children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress, particularly in their communication and language skills.
  • Parents speak very highly of the nursery and are extremely happy with the care provided for their children.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to make a clear link between the intent and delivery of planned activities to enable them to shape those activities to the learning needs of children
  • 2review the range of learning opportunities offered to the older babies, to extend their learning and ensure they are fully engaged.
Inspection #10190425 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say they feel exceptionally well supported by the staff.

Parents speak very highly of the nursery and are extremely happy with the care provided for their children.

Parents report that during the pandemic, leaders assessed all risks and implemented very effective procedures to help keep children safe.

They say that staff promote a culture of care.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities get the additional help they need and thrive. They make good progress, particularly in their communication and language skills, with staff singing nursery rhymes to support language learning. Managers understand how to use additional funding to ensure these children make the best possible progress, for instance, through highly skilled staff providing one-to-one support to help them listen during story time and gain new vocabulary. Staff who work with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities have a good understanding of potential risks to those children.

Outdoor space

Children engage well in a vast range of learning opportunities in the outdoor area. They enthusiastically mix mud and water, talking imaginatively about what they are making. Children enjoy regular yoga and mindfulness sessions in the outdoor area to support their health. They frequently play in the stimulating outdoor area with enthusiasm and show high levels of independence in their play.

Parent Reviews of Blossoms Day Nursery

4.7
(14)
Jevina James
3 months ago

Absolutely lovely. My little one goes here and she loves it. It is nice to see her thrive here. All the girls in the infant room are fantastic and look after my baby girl with so much love and care. I feel happy going to work knowing she is safe and looked after well. They update on the app which helps me keep an eye on what she is doing during the day as well. Would definitely recommend it others.

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Nathan Fennell
12 months ago

100% can not recommend this nursery. Staff are free to drag children by their arms when not listening, hit children with doors, slam box lids on children’s fingers and more. And if you question it as a parent, you get told to leave instead of having incidents looked into. Mould grows around the rooms. The menu is described and sold as ‘healthy and home made’ but the food is packed based sauces and does not follow nutritional guidelines. Highly recommend to STAY AWAY.

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Ben Fear
4 years ago

We have two daughters who attend here and they could not be more welcomed, nurtured, supported and loved. This is an absolute gem of a place run by those who know what it takes to execute to the highest of standards. Our children are in great hands and we couldn’t be happier.

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Paul Ward
6 years ago

Outstanding! No need to say anything else.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

21 June 2021

Good

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