Food
Top-up breakfast, homemade lunches, teas and snacks provided. Cow's milk available for baby bottles; parents provide formula or baby food.
Haltwhistle Little Star
Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
Number of places
50 places
Age range
1–3 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Northumberland
About this day nursery
Haltwhistle Little Star is a nurturing nursery located in Haltwhistle, dedicated to providing a safe and stimulating environment for young children. The nursery is thoughtfully segmented into two key areas: 'Little Sparkles' for the youngest children, offering a quiet space for rest and a vibrant area filled with age-appropriate toys, and 'Twinkle Stars' for children over two, which features dedicated spaces for a variety of child-led activities including creative play, role-playing, construction, and group sessions.
The environments are continually evolving to ensure a stimulating and relevant experience, with children actively involved in creating new displays. A key person system is in place to provide each child with a consistent and supportive adult connection, easing their transition into the group and fostering a strong link with parents.
Daily planning is highly individualised, accommodating each child’s unique needs, from sleep schedules to feeding preferences, with a dedicated sleep room, changing area, and separate spaces for meals. The nursery prioritises healthy eating, offering top-up breakfasts, homemade lunches, teas, and snacks.
Communication with parents is enhanced through the Famly app, which provides regular updates on children’s dietary intake, nappy changes, sleep patterns, and developmental milestones.
What it's like
A key strength of this welcoming nursery is the relationships between staff and children. Staff provide a nurturing, caring approach for all children that helps them to separate quickly from their parents and explore their environment with confidence. Staff have high expectations for children's learning, and implement an ambitious programme of activities that help children to develop the essential skills for future learning.
Key person systemIndividualised planningHomemade mealsChild-led activities
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Opening hours
Monday to Thursday for 50 weeks of the year, from 8am until 5.30pm.
Established
2004
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Haltwhistle Little Star
Last inspected 5 March 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
A key strength of this welcoming nursery is the relationships between staff and children. Staff provide a nurturing, caring approach for all children that helps them to separate quickly from their parents and explore their environment with confidence. Staff have high expectations for children's learning, and implement an ambitious programme of activities that help children to develop the essential skills for future learning.
Inspector highlights
- Managers continuously evaluate the setting and gather views of staff, parents, and children to identify and address weaknesses.
- Managers and staff work closely with parents, sharing information and encouraging reading at home to provide a continued approach to learning.
- Children develop good physical skills, confidently pedaling in the outdoor area and engaging in imaginative play with staff.
- Managers and staff complete regular risk assessments and encourage children to develop an awareness of how to keep themselves safe.
- Staff interact positively with children, asking well-timed questions to develop thinking skills and encouraging an understanding of health and hygiene.
Areas to develop
- 1Consider ways to build on children's understanding of boundaries and how their behaviours may impact on others.
- 2Review key routine times of the day, such as mealtimes and outdoor play, to ensure that children do not wait too long and remain engaged in their activities.
Inspection #10307855 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The special educational needs coordinator is aware of the importance of sharing information and putting strategies in place at the setting to help children to make the best possible progress.
Outdoor space
Children develop good physical skills. They confidently peddle around the outdoor area on trikes and in toy cars. Children spend time making marks using chalks in the outside area.
Inspection history
Date: August 2009
- March 2024Good
- March 2018Good
- May 2015Good
- August 2009Good
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