Opening hours
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 9am until 4pm, and on Tuesday and Thursday, from 9am until 12.30pm
Carver Road Playgroup
Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2022)
Number of places
26 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2022
Local authority
Staffordshire
About this day nursery
Carver Road Playgroup, established in 1992, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises in Burton-on-Trent, offering a warm and friendly environment for children aged 2 to 4 years old. 30pm.
The playgroup received an Ofsted rating of Good on its latest inspection on 9th March 2022. Staff are welcoming and children quickly settle, forming strong attachments with their key persons, which helps them feel safe and secure.
What it's like
The playgroup staff are welcoming and friendly. Children are happy and engage confidently with staff, who know them well and have formed strong attachments with their key person. Children's behaviour is good and staff act as good role models.
Good Ofsted ratingAges 2-4 yearsTerm-time onlyRich outdoor playEffective SEND supportStrong parent partnerships
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Carver Road Playgroup
Last inspected 9 March 2022
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
The playgroup staff are welcoming and friendly. Children are happy and engage confidently with staff, who know them well and have formed strong attachments with their key person. Children's behaviour is good and staff act as good role models.
Inspector highlights
- Staff are highly motivated and offer a broad range of activities that cover all areas of learning.
- Staff have a good knowledge of children's starting points and next steps in learning, and plan an effective curriculum.
- Staff swiftly identify children who are working below expectations, leading to timely support programmes and partnership working with parents and professionals.
- Children enjoy joining in with stories and developing early writing skills.
- Children develop an understanding of the world through experiments and mathematical skills through resources like number puzzles.
Areas to develop
- 1help staff to recognise how to use spontaneous opportunities to extend and challenge children's learning further
- 2engage quieter children more in discussions and activities so that they benefit from the same good-quality interactions as the more confident children.
Inspection #10072563 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff swiftly identify children who are working below expectations. This leads to timely support programmes and partnership working with parents and professionals. Staff use additional funding to help children make good progress, for example, by providing extra staff hours and targeted resources to help them develop communication and social skills.
Outdoor space
Children benefit from lots of opportunities to engage in physical activities, both indoors and during outdoor play. They move with good coordination and control as they excitedly join in movement sessions, jumping, clapping and counting with enthusiasm.
Parent Reviews of Carver Road Playgroup
5.0
(1)
Joel Olakunle
a year ago
Good Hall Space for events
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Inspection history
Date: June 2011
- March 2022Good
- April 2016Good
- June 2011Good
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