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Cawthorne Road Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jan 2024)
·24a Cawthorne Road, Barugh Green, BARNSLEY, S75 1LQ · Barnsley
Number of places
20 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Barnsley

About this day nursery

Cawthorne Road Day Nursery, established in 1991, provides outstanding childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Open all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, the nursery offers a nurturing family environment where children thrive and blossom.

Children confidently explore and investigate exciting resources both indoors and outdoors, with babies and toddlers enjoying daily outdoor play where they develop excellent physical skills. The nursery features a "secret garden" where children can search for bugs and learn about saving resources by collecting rainwater.

The ambitious and structured curriculum ensures all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make outstanding progress. Staff work closely with other professionals for early intervention and regularly check communication and language skills to narrow any gaps.

This highly inclusive setting values children's thoughts and ideas, fostering firm friendships and exemplary behaviour. Parents consistently praise the "amazing" staff and feel extraordinarily well-informed about their child's learning and development.

What it's like

Children thrive and blossom in the nurturing 'family' environment of the nursery, confidently exploring exciting resources inside and outdoors. Babies and toddlers enjoy daily outdoor play, developing excellent physical skills under close supervision. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or learning disabilities, make outstanding progress through an ambitious and structured curriculum.

Nurturing EnvironmentOutstanding ProgressAmbitious CurriculumOutdoor ExplorationHighly InclusiveStrong Parental Partnership

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1991

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Cawthorne Road Day Nursery

Last inspected 30 January 2024 · Cathryn Clarricoates

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children thrive and blossom in the nurturing 'family' environment of the nursery, confidently exploring exciting resources inside and outdoors. Babies and toddlers enjoy daily outdoor play, developing excellent physical skills under close supervision. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or learning disabilities, make outstanding progress through an ambitious and structured curriculum.

Inspector highlights

  • Children develop extensive skills and knowledge across all areas of learning.
  • Staff are keen for children to develop firm friendships.
  • Children's behaviour is exemplary.
  • Partnership working with parents is remarkably good.
  • The nursery is highly inclusive.

Areas to develop

  • 1Managers continuously focus on developing the nursery. For instance, they intend to enrich learning opportunities, for those that prefer to learn outside, even further.
Inspection #10305589 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say all staff are 'amazing'.

They comment that they feel extraordinarily well informed about what their child is learning and why.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children make outstanding progress, including those with special educational needs and/or learning disabilities. Staff work very closely with other settings and professionals, to ensure there is early intervention for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They actively seek support from the local authority development officer and carry out regular checks on communication and language skills, taking prompt action to narrow any gaps.

Outdoor space

Children confidently explore and investigate exciting resources inside and outdoors. For example, children happily search for bugs in the 'secret garden'. They independently collect water in cans from the barrel and explain that they use rainwater to save a precious resource. Babies and toddlers enjoy outdoor play daily and relish meeting up with older children.

Inspection history

Date: June 2009

  • January 2024Outstanding
  • February 2018Outstanding
  • December 2014Good
  • June 2009Good

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