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Bright Skies Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2022)
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4.0(4 parent reviews)
·Bright Skies Day Nursery, Doe Quarry Lane, Sheffield, S25 2NH · Rotherham
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2022
Local authority
Rotherham

About this day nursery

Bright Skies Nursery, established in 1994, is dedicated to delivering exceptional childcare for children aged 0-5 years. The nursery prides itself on its experienced and long-serving staff team, who are committed to fostering a happy, stimulating, and secure environment where every child can flourish.

Adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory framework, Bright Skies integrates the principles of the Unique Child, Positive Relationships, and Enabling Environments to promote comprehensive learning and development. The nursery implements a key person system, ensuring each child has a dedicated staff member responsible for tailoring activities to their individual needs and building strong relationships with parents.

Their last Ofsted inspection in January 2024 resulted in a 'Good' rating, with inspectors commending the warm and respectful care, the stimulating learning environment, and effective staff collaboration. Flexible childcare options are available to accommodate diverse family needs.

Our ethos

Bright Skies Nursery is committed to fostering a happy, stimulating, and secure environment for children aged 0-5, based on the principles of the Unique Child, Positive Relationships, and Enabling Environments, as guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). They utilise a key person system to tailor activities to individual needs and build strong parent relationships, aiming for children to flourish.

What it's like

Children happily arrive at the provision as they are warmly greeted at the door by staff. They remain safe and enjoy playing in the well-resourced environment. Staff plan opportunities to support children's independence and self-care skills in preparation for school, such as encouraging babies to feed themselves and pre-school children to serve their own meals.

Established 1994EYFS CurriculumGood Ofsted Rating

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers flexible childcare with a range of daily session times. Fees are charged per day and vary depending on the chosen drop-off and pick-up times. All sessions include nappies, lotion, sleep bedding, and meals such as breakfast, lunch, and tea depending on the session duration.

  • Full day (7am-6pm)£77 / day
  • Day (7am-5:30pm)£73 / day
  • Day (7am-5:15pm)£70 / day
  • Day (7:45am-5:00pm)£68 / day
  • Day (7:45am-4:15pm)£64 / day

Good to know

  • Fees are charged per day based on the specific session hours booked.
  • All sessions include nappies, lotion, and sleep bedding if required.
  • Meals (breakfast, lunch, tea, and snacks) are included depending on the session hours.
  • Government funding is accepted for eligible children based on age.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bright Skies Day Nursery

Last inspected 25 February 2022

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 happily arrive at the provision as they are warmly greeted at the door by staff. They remain safe and enjoy playing in the well-resourced environment. Staff plan opportunities to support children's independence and self-care skills in preparation for school, such as encouraging babies to feed themselves and pre-school children to serve their own meals.

Inspector highlights

  • Management share their vision of what they would like children to learn and develop.
  • Baby room staff understand how to support children's muscle development for pencil control.
  • Staff use themes to provide children with new learning experiences.
  • Staff quickly identify children who are at risk of falling behind in their development.
  • Children's communication skills are generally supported well by staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1ensure staff consistently have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn so that all activities are fully purposeful and challenging
  • 2support all staff to allow children enough time to think and respond so they can repeat words and/or share their own knowledge and thoughts.
Inspection #10225523 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents report how staff keep them fully informed about their children's ongoing care, learning and development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Management report how they have noticed an impact on children's social and communication skills following the pandemic. They employ their own special educational needs coordinator, who assists staff to ensure each child's particular needs are met. Individual education plans and smaller group time activities help children with potential delays in their development to catch up with their peers. Initial early interventions, such as small group time activities, are provided by staff to support children's social and communication skills. If these targeted activities do not help children to catch up with their peers, outside agency support is requested. Staff follow the guidance of professionals to offer further targeted support to meet children's needs.

Outdoor space

Children engage in an interesting range of hands-on learning experiences, delivered through indoor and outdoor play. Planned physical education sessions in the pre-school room provide further opportunities for children to learn how to independently undress and dress themselves.

Parent Reviews of Bright Skies Day Nursery

4.0
(4)
Aura Mikalauskaite
11 months ago

I wasn’t originally planning to write this review, but I feel I have to because I’m still dealing with the long-term effects of my child’s experience at this nursery. Firstly, I want to say that the 2–3 years group was absolutely fine—I have no complaints about that stage. However, I strongly urge parents to avoid the 3–4 years group at all costs. My child was fully toilet trained before starting nursery. However, I often picked him up soaking wet. I raised this issue with staff every single day, and every time I was told the same thing: "He was just in the toilet five minutes ago." Despite packing two full sets of spare clothes, I frequently found my child in the nursery’s spare clothing—still wet—meaning he was having 4-5 accidents per day. He became so used to being wet all day that, even a year later, we’re still struggling. He no longer feels discomfort when wet, because he spent so much time that way at nursery. It’s been incredibly hard to undo this. I continued to raise concerns daily, but nothing changed—until one day I picked him up and he was soaked in his own wee. That’s when I got angry and told them I would report them to Ofsted. Only then did they start taking him to the toilet more regularly. I’m sharing this so other parents can be aware and make informed decisions. I now have ongoing issues with my child that could have been avoided with proper care and attention. Please be careful when choosing this nursery.

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Rebecca Stevens
2 years ago

My eldest son went here for nearly 3 years and now my daughter goes here and will do until school age. The girls are absolutely fantastic. My daughter has additional needs, and they are so good with her, understanding, willing to learn and adapt with her, they are just great in every way! They are always flexible where they can be and willing to help in any way they can. Highly recommend Bright Skies to anyone. Your child will be safe and very well looked after by the girls here. Thanks Bright Skies for all you do!

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Jessica Hinchcliff
8 years ago

Both my children have attended Bright Skies from a young age and I can’t recommend the Nursery enough. Lovely reliable, polite, professional and approachable staff who have your child’s best interests at heart. All the staff put my mind at ease when I had to leave my children in their care. They also learnt a lot and I feel this put my eldest ahead when he started school. The 3-5’s class prepared my little boy for school and he was learning phonics and maths amoungst many other curriculum topics before he had even started school. Brilliant nursery!

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Andy House
6 years ago

Really excellent nursery. Passionate staff, great environment. Outstanding.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

25 February 2022

Good

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

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