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Emma Kerfoot's Ladybirds

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2022)
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4.3(6 parent reviews) ·Unit 8 & 9, Omega Business Village, Northallerton, DL6 2NJ · North Yorkshire
Number of places
33 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Emma Kerfoot's Ladybirds is a day nursery in Northallerton, led by owner Emma Kerfoot, who has over fourteen years of experience in childcare and is a mother herself. The nursery is dedicated to providing an environment where children feel secure, happy, and stimulated, fostering their development into independent individuals.

The spacious, open-plan setting encourages exploration and interaction, featuring dedicated rooms for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers. Beyond the indoor facilities, the nursery boasts an outdoor decked area for active play and regularly ventures into the local community to explore parks, fields, woods, and attend events, alongside weekly visits to the Pendragon sensory centre.

The team is committed to continuous professional development, ensuring their knowledge of early years education, safeguarding, and child development remains current. Ladybirds focuses on a child-centred approach, with a diverse range of toys and resources rotated regularly, and planned activities that cater to individual interests and learning needs, all within a fun, friendly, and welcoming atmosphere.

Our ethos

Ladybirds focuses on a child-centred approach, aiming to foster children's development into independent individuals within a secure, happy, and stimulating environment. They achieve this through exploration, interaction, planned activities catering to individual interests and learning needs, and regular engagement with the local community and sensory centres.

What it's like

Children develop warm, trusting relationships with staff, who are kind and caring. Staff use topics to introduce new experiences to broaden children's understanding. They tailor their learning intentions to meet the needs and interests of individual children, for example, children enjoy science experiments.

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Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7.45am until 6pm

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Emma Kerfoot's Ladybirds

Last inspected 20 October 2022

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 develop warm, trusting relationships with staff, who are kind and caring. Staff use topics to introduce new experiences to broaden children's understanding. They tailor their learning intentions to meet the needs and interests of individual children, for example, children enjoy science experiments.

Inspector highlights

  • Children have opportunities to develop their physical skills.
  • Staff meet the individual needs of babies very well, providing a bright, safe and clean environment.
  • Staff expertly weave the teaching of mathematics into their interactions with children.
  • Staff place a great focus on children's communication and language development.
  • Staff teach children about the differences between themselves and what makes them unique, challenging gender stereotypes.

Areas to develop

  • 1build staff's understanding of the importance of using children's home languages, to help children understand and extend their communication skills
  • 2strengthen the programme of professional development to support staff in further developing their knowledge and skills, to enhance children's education even further.
Inspection #10229685 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that this has increased their understanding of how they can support their children at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator is knowledgeable. She works confidently with external agencies and has implemented effective strategies. This supports all children to make progress in their development.

Outdoor space

Children have daily access to the outdoor area and benefit from regular trips to the local wildlife area, known affectionately as 'Crocodile Creek'.

Parent Reviews of Emma Kerfoot's Ladybirds

4.3
(6)
paul hand
9 years ago

Both my children have been in the care of Emma and my son attended Ladybirds from just 10 months old. I have to say that Emma and her team are amazing, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Ladybirds to anybody. The gang are caring and well qualified and my children made such amazing progress there. I always felt welcome when collecting and dropping them off and was confident that they were in safe hands. They went the extra mile supporting my son with his baby-signing too. It's great when your children get excited to go to nursery and are still happy at the end of the day!

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Katerina Krejci
3 years ago

What a wonderful place! My 21month old goes there and absolutely loves it! All the staff are so great you just know they adore children! Daily activities change which is fantastic for stimulation and development, and the children are never bored - they do lots of creative activities, go outside whenever the weather permits, frequently visit sensory play areas (Pendragon), read stories with the kids and sing. Needless to say that my son always sleeps well after he's been to the nursery because, as a very active little boy, he gets his fill of exercise and fun - and for that I am grateful! The place is very clean and has a welcoming feel to it. The food is always homemade and nutritionally well balanced, and the children get fresh fruit every day. Furthermore, whenever I pick my son up at the end of the day, I always get a full run down of his day which is really helpful. I also get a good number of photos of him through the app and he just looks so happy in every single one of them. It truly is an amazing place and I wouldn't go anywhere else. Thank you! X

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Susan McNaught-Boyd
9 years ago

My three children have attended ladybirds during school holidays and after school and I have to say they couldn't be happier! The activities and outings they provide are incredible from trips to the cinema to trekking around Thorpe Perrow. Emma is always very accommodating and flexible in providing childcare for my children whenever possible at short notice and the nursery has a wonderful welcoming atmosphere. A Fantastic service!!!

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Paul Ballard
8 years ago

Our son has gone to this nursery since May 2017. We have found the nursery staff to be pleasant and professional, with any concerns being addressed straight away. Emma had been helpful and flexible to help us in any way she can. We have been highly impressed with the progress our son has made since May 2017. He is very happy to attend nursery and has become a happy cheerful boy socialising with his peers. We are pleasantly happy with how he is looked after and included in his peer group. His key worker is supporting him to met his milestones which he was behind in, and he is now striving ahead with these. I would recommend this nursery to my friends and their friends as they do have the children’s welfare and safety at the forefront.

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Laura Johnson
9 years ago

I have 2 children both of which have been with emma kerfoot and girls since the beginning...They have both grown into confident and happy individuals which I know is down too the ladies at ladybirds. I trust them all explicitly and if my children ever needed anything they would do it. They enjoy doing all the topics and fun things the ladies set up during the day and I love getting all the bits too look at when they come home. I love that my children love going too nursery...It makes my day a thousand times easier!!!! Thank you ladies!

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Inspection history

Date: December 2016

  • October 2022Good
  • December 2016Good

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