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Buxton Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Buxton Infant School, Hardwick Square South, Buxton, SK17 6QB · Derbyshire
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Derbyshire

About this day nursery

Buxton Nursery, established in 2002, operates within the Buxton Infant School premises, fostering a collaborative environment with a state school. Catering to children aged three months to five years, the nursery provides access to the school's diverse facilities, including playgrounds, gardens, and the school hall, encouraging children's participation in school activities.

The nursery’s philosophy centres on creating a warm, friendly, and secure atmosphere where both children and parents feel welcome. They are guided by four core principles: recognising each child as a unique and capable learner, fostering positive relationships, providing enabling environments that support development, and acknowledging that children learn and develop in varied ways and at different paces.

The nursery aims to lay strong foundations for early childhood development, guiding children from infancy to becoming confident school leavers.

What it's like

Children thrive in this nursery. Staff develop strong relationships with parents and carers and use their shared information to make the child's introduction to nursery a positive experience. Staff quickly get to know the children and promptly raise any concerns about a child's development with parents, seeking early help to prevent learning gaps.

Partnership with Buxton Infant SchoolAccess to school facilitiesFocus on positive relationships and enabling environments

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round, except for two weeks at Christmas and bank holidays. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Buxton Nursery

Last inspected 13 January 2025 · Joanne Smith

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 thrive in this nursery. Staff develop strong relationships with parents and carers and use their shared information to make the child's introduction to nursery a positive experience. Staff quickly get to know the children and promptly raise any concerns about a child's development with parents, seeking early help to prevent learning gaps.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thrive and quickly settle into the nursery.
  • Staff build on children's existing knowledge and understanding, helping them learn routines and make progress.
  • Children are introduced to a wide range of experiences that provoke curiosity and support concentration.
  • The nursery highly prioritises children's communication and language development.
  • Leaders are well organised and ensure all children can access the curriculum, especially those with additional funding.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide staff with more support to make sure that small-group learning sessions meet the learning objectives and extend children's learning
  • 2increase staff's understanding of how to provide resources that support purposeful outdoor play.
Inspection #10372474 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported by the staff. Staff understand how children communicate and can interpret their needs, responding with understanding and sensitivity. They work closely with parents and other professionals to ensure a consistent approach to the children's needs.

Outdoor space

When exploring ice and snow outside, staff talk to older children about the thawing process, and youngest children are gently introduced to the sensations of touching the ice. Outdoor play is less well thought through in terms of the resources selected for children to use, and staff are, at times, unclear what they expect children to learn using the available items.

Parent Reviews of Buxton Nursery

5.0
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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

13 January 2025

Good

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

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