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Early Bairds Children's Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2021)
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4.6(22 parent reviews) ·48 Orchard Street, Great Harwood, BLACKBURN, BB6 7EE · Lancashire
Number of places
66 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Early Bairds Children's Nursery is an all-year childcare setting in Blackburn, established in 2013, offering full day care for children aged 0-4 years. 30pm, the nursery provides a welcoming environment where children feel safe and secure, fostering strong relationships with kind and welcoming staff.

The latest Ofsted inspection, on 14 October 2021, rated the nursery as "Good" overall. Staff demonstrate high expectations and plan activities that consider children's interests, encouraging confidence and a positive attitude to learning.

For instance, following an autumnal walk, toddlers engaged in a sensory activity with an ice sculpture containing collected leaves and pinecones, promoting awe, wonder, and awareness of the natural world. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress, as do those who speak English as an additional language.

Parents consistently praise the friendly staff, flexible service, and daily updates on their children's sleep, meals, and activities, facilitated by an effective online system. The nursery places a strong emphasis on children's emotional well-being, with activities like mindfulness and circle-time discussions to help children understand and regulate their feelings.

What it's like

Children enjoy attending the nursery and have formed strong relationships with staff, who are kind and welcoming. Staff have high expectations and provide activities that help children make progress, taking into account their likes and interests. This encourages confidence, a positive attitude to learning, and helps them feel safe and secure.

Strong relationships with staffEngaging activitiesPositive attitude to learningEmotional well-being focusHighly-praised by parentsGood progress for SEND children with SEND

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6.30pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Early Bairds Children's Nursery

Last inspected 14 October 2021 · Karen Cox

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 enjoy attending the nursery and have formed strong relationships with staff, who are kind and welcoming. Staff have high expectations and provide activities that help children make progress, taking into account their likes and interests. This encourages confidence, a positive attitude to learning, and helps them feel safe and secure.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy attending the nursery and have formed strong relationships with kind and welcoming staff.
  • Staff have high expectations and provide engaging activities that help children make progress.
  • Children demonstrate confidence and a positive attitude to learning.
  • Staff emphasise helping children develop confidence, well-being, and emotional regulation.
  • Parents speak highly of the nursery, its friendly staff, and effective communication.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to understand how to further extend children's growing vocabulary and communication skills
  • 2help staff to consider how they can support children effectively during transitions in their daily routines, so that children do not become restless and disengaged
  • 3develop further staff's awareness of the importance of completing timely assessments of children's progress and sharing these with parents, so that outcomes for children are continuously improving.
Inspection #10209609 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

They describe how their children have made progress since attending and how much they look forward to coming to the nursery.

They comment on the friendly staff team and the flexible service that is provided.

They appreciate the daily updates from staff about sleep routines, meals and activities.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress.

Outdoor space

Following an autumnal walk, toddlers collected leaves and pine cones. Staff created a sensory activity where they hid the collected items within an ice sculpture, encouraging children to work out how to melt the ice to reveal the hidden objects. This helps create awe and wonder and develops children's awareness of the natural world.

Parent Reviews of Early Bairds Children's Nursery

4.6
(22)
Katie Embery
a year ago

Can't thank you team enough for all the support and care they have given my son. He has had the best introduction to nursery. He has developed so much through coming to nursery. I also want to say a special thank you to Wendy, Alice and Becca for helping my son learn and play. You are all amazing and we are going to miss you all so much. Thank you again for going above and beyond and ensuring he got the best care every week.

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bethanie moorcroft
3 years ago

Since my little boy started at this nursery he had come on leaps and bounds with his development. The nursery teachers have been absolutely amazing. As my little boy is a pandemic baby he is use to being with mummy all the time and the patience and care they have shown towards my little boy is outstanding. Would highly recommend to anyone with children. Also getting to visual see what my child has been doing at nursery everyday is amazing. Couldn’t thank the staff more. Highly recommended nursery from my point of view

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Susan Penman
a year ago

My grandson who has Sen's, has been at this nursery over 2 years. He has come on leaps and bounds. The help we have received from Rachel has been tremendous, I feel she has gone beyond the extra mile. Both his key workers have been great and given him so much help and support for his needs. You all deserve a medal. I wish he could stay on longer. Thank you so much. Take care. XX

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adam cole
6 years ago

My little boy has attended this setting since he was a baby. We looked round numerous nurseries when making our choice and none came close to this one. We walked in and instantly felt warm and welcomed. The staff where all friendly, welcoming and looked smart and professional. Our little boy started nursery not long after having to have an operation and we where nervous about leaving him but the staff where amazing and helped reassure us and made leaving him there while we work so much easier. He's made loads of friends and loves all the staff so much. We have never had any issues but I do feel if anything did ever arise we could approach any of the staff to discuss and know we would be listened to and respected. We would never send any of our children anywhere else and would highly recommend this nursery to anyone. Thank you Heidi and all of your staff for caring for our boy the way you do. Never change you are all fantastic!

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Laura Hastewell
7 years ago

The manager and all the staff there are dedicated to the children and their development. I cannot praise this nursery highly enough. I drive 30minutes each way to put my child in this nursery as it is the best. They continually strive to reach the child's best potential and nothing is too much trouble. An example I told staff my child enjoys The Gruffalo within 24 hours they had set up a Gruffalo project to engage her interest. It really is the best nursery and I wouldn't trust any other establishment to care for my child. Most importantly my daughter is happy there and looks forward to going each morning. Thank you Early Bairds

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Inspection history

Date: July 2013

  • October 2021Good
  • February 2017Good
  • July 2013Good

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