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Children's Corner Childcare (Bardsey)

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
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5.0(8 Google reviews) ·Bardsey Primary School, Woodacre Lane, Leeds, LS17 9DG · Leeds
Number of places
50 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Leeds

About this day nursery

Children's Corner Childcare LLP (Bardsey), registered with Ofsted in 2016, is a childcare setting located within Bardsey Primary School in Leeds, offering a nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 11 years. Open Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am until 6 pm, all year round except for Christmas and bank holidays, it provides consistent care and learning opportunities.

The day nursery, rated 'Good' by Ofsted on 30th August 2024, focuses on effective educational programmes that support children's progress and prepare them for school. Children benefit from a broad and stimulating curriculum, particularly for three- and four-year-olds, which builds on their knowledge and interests through activities like planting beans after a story about a beanstalk.

Staff are proactive in identifying and supporting children with developmental gaps through rigorous assessments, excellent early interventions, and strong partnerships with other professionals and parents. The setting promotes physical development, with children having free access to a recently developed nursery garden and confidently using exciting apparatus in the school playground.

Social skills are actively encouraged, leading to positive behaviour and friendships. The day nursery also enriches children's understanding of the world through outings, such as bus trips to a nursing home for singing and craft activities, and regular visitors who deliver signing and story sessions.

They work in outstanding collaboration with the reception teacher to ensure smooth transitions to school and continue this partnership through a wraparound club that complements school topics and individual learning targets. Children also have opportunities to learn about diversity, including video calls with children in Malawi.

What it's like

Staff offer children a caring and friendly greeting, helping them to settle quickly and play contentedly. Effective educational programmes help children make good progress and prepare for school, with children enjoying sociable routines and developing independence. Older children show high levels of confidence and engagement, while younger children explore tactile media.

Broad curriculumEarly interventionsOutdoor learningSchool transitionsPhysical developmentEnriching experiences

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 until 6pm, all year round, except for Christmas and bank holidays.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Children's Corner Childcare (Bardsey)

Last inspected 30 August 2024 · Rachel Ayo

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

Staff offer children a caring and friendly greeting, helping them to settle quickly and play contentedly. Effective educational programmes help children make good progress and prepare for school, with children enjoying sociable routines and developing independence. Older children show high levels of confidence and engagement, while younger children explore tactile media.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff plan a broad and stimulating curriculum, especially for three- and four-year-old children.
  • Staff enrich children's experiences and understanding of the world through outings and regular visitors.
  • Staff swiftly identify and support children with gaps in their development through excellent early interventions and partnerships with professionals and parents.
  • Staff work in outstanding collaboration with the reception teacher to support children's transitions to school.
  • Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills.

Areas to develop

  • 1plan and differentiate the curriculum and teaching more sharply, to take greater account of two-year-old children's individual learning needs and interests
  • 2strengthen the key-person system, so that staff provide increased levels of support for newer children, to promote their engagement and emotional well-being further
  • 3develop the ways in which the nursery represents the children who attend, in order to help children to feel valued and included to the highest level through opportunities to observe and celebrate their own uniqueness.
Inspection #10357630 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Through rigorous assessments, staff swiftly identify and support children with gaps in their development. They put in place excellent early interventions, including meticulous support plans, and work in superb partnership with other professionals and parents.

Outdoor space

Children can freely access the nursery garden, which staff have recently developed. Children confidently use exciting and challenging physical apparatus in the school playground.

Google Reviews of Children's Corner Childcare (Bardsey)

5.0
(8 Google reviews)
Anne Pickersgill
4 years ago

Our Daughter moved to Children’s Corner at Bardsey a few months ago. She moved from another nursery so the change was a big thing for her with many tears, understandably. The love, care and attention that the team gave my daughter however was second to none. The tears disappeared within days and she loves every day that she attends. Each day is filled with fun and they allow her to embrace the things that she loves. The team communicate really well with us, both via their App and in person. We’d definitely recommend it to other parents and can only praise the team for the experience we’ve had so far.

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Dave B
6 years ago

Children's Corner look after my little boy for 3 days a week, and also run the after school club for Bardsey Primary where my older daughter attends. Both of them love the staff here; they're all so welcoming and loving towards the children. It is a small setting, but the nursery has access to the school grounds and wider village, so the children can get out and see the local wildlife on walks.

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Daryna Balakhonova
3 years ago

All the staff members are really amazing. Very welcoming, smiley and helpful. It was my son's first nursery and the staff have been so supportive for taking on education/training sessions for him and making him feel settled, while also encouraging his development. Really grateful for your job and miss you.

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David Nicholson
4 years ago

Children's corner childcare run both the Nursery and out of school clubs at Bardsey Primary School. My children have both attended the Nursery and my eldest now attends the out of school club. The setting is in a wonderful location with access to some of the school grounds, and enclosed outdoor and indoor play areas. The staff are excellent and really care about the children and their development. I also feel that the children are only sent home when absolutely necessary and do pose a risk to transmitting illness to other children (unlike a previous nursery we have used who sent home seemingly well children). The biggest critics are, of course, my children, and they give two big thumbs up to Children's Corner at Bardsey! (I have also utilised other settings during the pandemic and in school holidays with my eldest - Chapel Allerton and Moorlands are of equally high quality).

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Ellen Parker
4 years ago

My children have been so happy at bardsey after school club- they look forward to going. The staff are relaxed with the kids and responsive to their needs. They often introduce activities that follow the children’s individual interests. Communication has been great, and they have been incredibly reliable throughout the current pandemic.

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Inspection history

Date: December 2018

  • August 2024Good
  • December 2018Good

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