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Chatterbox Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2023)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·17 Melville Street, Ryde, PO33 2AF · Isle of Wight
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2023
Local authority
Isle of Wight

About this day nursery

Chatterbox Childcare, located in Ryde, was rated Good by Ofsted at its latest inspection on 6th September 2023. 30pm.

Children happily engage in activities like sensory play and develop strong relationships with kind staff, helping them feel safe and secure. Staff plan activities based on children's interests, such as role-playing hairdressers.

Children understand and follow the clear daily routines and expectations for behaviour. The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they make good progress in their learning and development and celebrating each individual's achievements.

Outdoors, children enjoy challenges such as climbing frames and balancing on beams. With staff support, they learn to navigate the garden on bicycles and scooters, strengthening their spatial awareness and gross motor skills.

Very young children have their needs met well, with routines tailored to each individual to help them feel safe and settled. Early literacy skills are developed through activities like puppet shows and rhymes, with children actively asking for their favourite stories to be read.

Parents speak highly of the nurturing and caring staff and the positive care their children receive.

What it's like

Children happily engage in activities like sensory play and develop strong relationships with kind staff, which helps them feel safe and secure. Staff plan activities based on children's interests, such as role-playing hairdressers. Children understand and follow the clear daily routines and expectations for behaviour.

Strong RelationshipsSensory PlayOutdoor ChallengesSEND SupportEarly LiteracyIndividual Routines

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chatterbox Childcare

Last inspected 6 September 2023

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 engage in activities like sensory play and develop strong relationships with kind staff, which helps them feel safe and secure. Staff plan activities based on children's interests, such as role-playing hairdressers. Children understand and follow the clear daily routines and expectations for behaviour.

Inspector highlights

  • Children run happily into nursery and quickly engage in a range of activities, such as sensory play with foaming soap.
  • Very young children have their needs met well, and routines are tailored to each individual to help ensure they feel safe and settled.
  • Children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning and development.
  • The manager uses additional funding appropriately to meet the needs of each individual child.
  • Staff develop children's early literacy skills in a range of ways, such as puppet shows and rhymes.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to fully understand the intent behind the curriculum to more precisely identify, and plan for, individual children's learning needs
  • 2strengthen further partnerships with parents to make sure they know what their children are learning and how they can help their children's learning at home.
Inspection #10306468 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment highly on the nurturing and caring staff.

They talk positively about the provision and the care children receive.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning and development. Staff skilfully support children with SEND to engage with others or to participate in an activity when needed, ensuring they celebrate each individual's progress.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy challenges like climbing frames and balancing on beams outside. They learn to navigate the garden on bicycles and scooters with staff support, which strengthens their spatial awareness and gross motor skills.

Parent Reviews of Chatterbox Childcare

5.0
(3)
Brooke Breeze
7 years ago

My son has been with chatterbox for 4 months, he was at a nursery previously and didn't settle there so I changed him to chatterbox. All the staff are lovely and great with the kids, my son's development has come on leaps and bounds even though he has only been there for 4 months, they are really flexible and always change days around for me or have extra sessions available should I need them. The food always smells amazing when you go in and I can pick my son up knowing he has had a healthy meal and snacks. My son always runs in without even saying bye and when I pick him up he is always happy so I never have to worry about leaving him. I had a bad month and considered moving back to the mainland and told the nursery he would be leaving, after a couple of weeks I came to my senses and contacted the nursery asking if they would hold his place whilst I made a decision and they agreed without asking for a holding deposit or anything. Always been supportive and I wouldn't put him anywhere else. Thanks Chatterbox.

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Inspection history

Date: June 2016

  • September 2023Good
  • August 2019Good
  • June 2016Good

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