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Boat House Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
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4.7(11 parent reviews) ·Town Lane, Dukinfield, SK16 4BX · Tameside
Number of places
158 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Tameside

About this day nursery

Boat House Day Nursery, nestled in Dukinfield, is a purpose-built childcare facility that prioritises children's growth and well-being. Housed in a thoughtfully renovated former community centre, the nursery boasts a modern, bright, and stimulating environment with convenient parking.

The nursery offers excellent age-specific rooms, catering to the unique developmental needs of every child from babies to older children. Complementing these spaces are a variety of engaging features, including an indoor soft play area for babies and toddlers, a sensory theatre, and a large indoor adventure play area.

An imaginative Toy Town further encourages boundless creativity. The nursery also provides a comfortable area for parents to relax, complete with refreshments, and ample drop-off zones.

With a strong emphasis on security, Boat House Day Nursery has implemented advanced technology such as a full biometric security system for external and internal doors, CCTV surveillance, and photo imaging security. The nursery is part of the Kids Zone Nurseries group and prides itself on its commitment to high standards in early years education and care, as evidenced by its membership with the National Day Nursery Association and several awards.

What it's like

Children benefit from good care and education at this inclusive and welcoming setting. The nursery is well maintained, clean and secure. The experienced leaders promote the well-being of every child.

Purpose-built facilitySensory TheatreIndoor Adventure Play AreaBiometric Security SystemAge-Specific Rooms

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Boat House Day Nursery

Last inspected 19 June 2024

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 benefit from good care and education at this inclusive and welcoming setting. The nursery is well maintained, clean and secure. The experienced leaders promote the well-being of every child.

Inspector highlights

  • The nursery is well led and managed.
  • Leaders recognise the vital importance of helping all children to develop communication and language skills.
  • The provision for children with SEND is of high quality.
  • Staff help children to learn how to increasingly manage their personal care needs.
  • The support for parents is excellent.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop monitoring further, to help identify and address any weaknesses in the implementation of the curriculum
  • 2support staff to develop the required subject knowledge so that they provide children with developmentally appropriate and well-sequenced learning.
Inspection #10354196 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff carefully use different strategies to support children with a range of additional needs to develop their attention and listening skills. The provision for children with SEND is of high quality, and staff are skilled in early identification of need. They work with many other agencies to provide children with access to early support and use additional funding appropriately to provide resources that support individual needs.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Boat House Day Nursery

4.7
(11)
Jessica Froggatt
5 years ago

Couldn't recommend this nursery enough. The app used to update us throughout the day is brilliant and puts your mind at ease and its nice to see what they get up to during the day. Was really nervous about sending my baby to nursery with having him in lockdown he had never been away from me but the staff are brilliant with him and hes settled really well. The nursery always looks spotless and the facilities and areas for the children are fantastic. I could go on and on about have brilliant this place is.

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Emma Wilson
4 years ago

Thanks to all the staff at Boat House. You all work so hard and we appreciate everything you do. keep up the amazing work. My son has been attending since he was 10 months old and how in pre school, he loves it and has developed in all areas of his learning. The staff can't do enough for the children, always providing fun and creative activities. I would Recommend anyone to go and view Boat House Day Nursery to send their child. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

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Katarzyna Rupniewska
5 years ago

It's absolutely the best nursery across the universe. After moved out from Dukinfield I have tried two other nurseries near home, but I have come back to the Boat House Day Nursery, as I can't find even similar care, not saying about better. All staff are absolutely amazing and helpful. My son is really high need baby and cries even if I go out without him to the other room, but he settled down fast in the nursery and is happy every day when goes to them. At Boat House, he learns everything really fast. My two daughters are in reception now, but previously attended to the Boat House and their miss them a lot and still remember all girls who took care of them. I highly recommend this nursery and I think five stars is not enough

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Anouska Borowiak
5 years ago

Cannot recommend this nursery enough! Our daughter is so happy here and adores the staff and they are very caring towards her. They are always doing lots of fun activities and their facilities are great and clean. We love the updates throughout the day via the Famly app as we can see exactly how she is getting on. Honestly cannot fault it at all, very happy with our choice.

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Courtney Skeldon
4 years ago

My little boy absolutely loves going to nursery. He wasn’t saying any words at all before starting here and and now he’s saying a lot of words. The staff are amazing and are really helpful. Would highly recommend

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

19 June 2024

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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