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Chipmonks Day Nursery Hellifield

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2021)
·North Craven Children's Centre, Hellifield, Skipton, BD23 4HA · North Yorkshire
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Chipmonks Day Nursery in Hellifield offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years, operating year-round with closures only for bank holidays and a Christmas break. Established in 2008 in Giggleswick and re-located to Hellifield in 2019, the nursery prides itself on providing a safe, loving, and stimulating setting where children can thrive.

Facilities are designed to promote socialisation and independent play while ensuring activities and routines are tailored to each child's unique needs. The nursery focuses on a play-based curriculum to make learning enjoyable, supplemented by weekly music sessions with Mini Minims and regular updates for parents via the Famly app.

Children have daily opportunities to engage with the outdoors in a spacious garden. Chipmonks also has strong connections with local primary schools and includes all meals and snacks in its offerings.

The team is dedicated and passionate about child development, creating a family-like atmosphere where children feel secure and encouraged.

Our ethos

Chipmonks Day Nursery Hellifield focuses on a play-based curriculum to make learning enjoyable, aiming to provide a safe, loving, and stimulating setting where children can thrive. They foster a family-like atmosphere and encourage socialisation and independent play, tailoring activities to each child's needs.

What it's like

Children are safe and secure and settle into the environment, confidently choosing activities. They enjoy extensive play and learning opportunities, including a well-resourced outdoor area promoting physical development. Children are enthusiastic, explore freely, and show pride and confidence in their abilities.

Year-round childcareMeals and snacks includedPlay-based curriculumStrong links with local primary schoolsOutdoor play opportunities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am to 5pm.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Food

All meals and snacks included

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chipmonks Day Nursery Hellifield

Last inspected 22 October 2021

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 are safe and secure and settle into the environment, confidently choosing activities. They enjoy extensive play and learning opportunities, including a well-resourced outdoor area promoting physical development. Children are enthusiastic, explore freely, and show pride and confidence in their abilities.

Inspector highlights

  • Children learn how to keep themselves healthy, including handwashing and managing self-care needs.
  • Staff teach children about differences and support mathematical vocabulary development.
  • The management team and staff work on children's physical skills before writing, with activities like making marks in sand and playing with water.
  • Staff develop children's vocabulary by introducing new words during play, such as "slippery" for oil and "fluffy" for flour.
  • Staff support children's independence, encouraging them to dress themselves for outdoor play and change footwear after being outside.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the already good teaching further by consistently asking children questions that encourage them to think and solve problems for themselves
  • 2review the organisation of some daily routines to ensure that all opportunities are consistently used to extend and develop children's learning even further.
Inspection #10194187 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The management team and staff want all children to achieve to the best of their abilities. Staff use information from parents and their detailed knowledge of every child to plan next steps in children's learning.

Outdoor space

Staff provide children with a very well-resourced and challenging outdoor environment which particularly promotes children's physical development. Children enthusiastically practise a range of movements to climb to the top of a small incline and babies practise their newly learned walking skills in the garden area.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

22 October 2021

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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