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Chestnut Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
·Chestnut Centre, 2a Chestnut Street, Huddersfield, HD2 1HJ · Kirklees
Number of places
94 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Kirklees

About this day nursery

Chestnut Nursery, established in 2018, is a childcare setting located in Huddersfield that operates all year round, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday. Rated as 'Good' by Ofsted in its latest inspection on 15th May 2024, the nursery provides a vibrant and richly resourced environment for children aged 0-11 years.

Staff greet children with enthusiasm and affection, helping them to feel safe and secure as they eagerly engage in play. The nursery celebrates the uniqueness of each child, fostering an inclusive atmosphere where culturally diverse families and staff feel respected and valued.

Educational programmes are effectively planned to meet the often complex needs of children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those receiving additional funding, ensuring good progress for all. Babies and toddlers are encouraged to explore tactile activities and develop their mobility through nurturing interactions.

Older children are well-prepared for school, developing into keen learners and highly sociable individuals. A particular highlight is the outdoor learning environment, which children can freely access.

Here, they develop confidence and physical skills by using wheeled toys and natural elements like trees to build dens. The nursery also features activities such as bug hunts, helping children learn amazing facts about the world around them.

Children further develop excellent small-muscle strength and hand-to-eye coordination through a variety of resources, from squeezing sponges to kneading play dough.

What it's like

Children happily enter the vibrant and richly resourced nursery where staff greet them with enthusiasm, love, and affection, creating a safe and secure environment. Babies and toddlers are given confidence to explore tactile activities and practice their mobility. Staff celebrate everyone's uniqueness, making culturally diverse families and staff feel respected, valued, and included.

Vibrant and richly resourcedGood progress for allEffective SEND provisionOutdoor learning opportunitiesPrepares children for schoolFosters small-muscle development

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2018

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chestnut Nursery

Last inspected 15 May 2024 · Rachel Ayo

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 enter the vibrant and richly resourced nursery where staff greet them with enthusiasm, love, and affection, creating a safe and secure environment. Babies and toddlers are given confidence to explore tactile activities and practice their mobility. Staff celebrate everyone's uniqueness, making culturally diverse families and staff feel respected, valued, and included.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff effectively plan educational programmes that meet children's complex needs and help them make good progress.
  • Older children are well-prepared for school, being keen learners and highly sociable.
  • Children love playing outdoors, freely accessing the space to develop confidence and physical skills.
  • Children learn amazing facts about the world around them during activities like bug hunts.
  • Children develop excellent small-muscle strength and hand-to-eye coordination through a variety of resources and activities.

Areas to develop

  • 1focus teaching and the curriculum more precisely on younger children's individual care and learning needs, to fully engage them and help them to make the best possible progress
  • 2extend the strategies for sharing information with parents and carers about children's learning and how they can support children further at home.
Inspection #10339350 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Overall, staff plan very effective educational programmes that meet children's often complex needs and help children to make good progress. This includes children who enter below developmental expectations, those in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. For example, staff put in place intense interventions and work in excellent partnership with other professionals.

Outdoor space

Children love playing outdoors, which they freely access. They develop confidence and physical skills as they whizz around on wheeled toys and use the natural environment, such as trees, to build a den using scarves.

Inspection history

Date: July 2018

  • May 2024Good
  • July 2018Good

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