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Headstart

Ofsted: Good
(May 2022)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·The School House, Brook Lane, Walsall, WS9 9NA · Walsall
Number of places
30 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2022
Local authority
Walsall

About this day nursery

Headstart, established in 2003, is a childcare setting in Walsall offering care for children aged 2 to 11 years. Operating Monday to Friday, sessions run from 7:30 am to 6 pm, with out-of-school care available during term time from 7:30 am to 9 am and 3:30 pm to 6 pm, and all day during school holidays.

The nursery provides a well-planned indoor and outdoor environment, allowing children to develop good physical skills, such as independently pushing cars up a ramp and exploring with left-handed scissors. According to the Ofsted inspection on 20 May 2022, children settle well and develop good communication, language, and literacy skills, with music and songs being an integral part of their routine.

The setting also focuses on promoting good behaviour, with staff supporting children to practise manners and work as a team, leading to the development of good mathematical concepts. Headstart has secure arrangements in place for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Skilled staff implement innovative strategies to support children's individual needs, and the manager proactively applies for relevant funding to build care plans in partnership with parents. The curriculum is sequenced effectively, ensuring children make good progress, with staff building on their existing knowledge and abilities.

What it's like

Children settle well and develop good communication, language and literacy skills, with music and song playing an integral part in their routine. They behave well and are supported by staff to practice manners and work as a team, developing good mathematical concepts. Children benefit from a well-planned indoor and outdoor environment, developing good physical skills and exploring left-handed scissors.

Good Ofsted rating2-11 years age rangeStrong communication skillsGood physical developmentEffective SEND supportHappy children and staff

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm. Out-of-school care is offered to children from 7.30am until 9am and from 3.30pm until 6pm, and all day during the school holidays.

Established

2003

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Headstart

Last inspected 20 May 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 settle well and develop good communication, language and literacy skills, with music and song playing an integral part in their routine. They behave well and are supported by staff to practice manners and work as a team, developing good mathematical concepts. Children benefit from a well-planned indoor and outdoor environment, developing good physical skills and exploring left-handed scissors.

Inspector highlights

  • Children build a great repertoire of fairy tales, stories and songs, using visual props to retell them and developing good communication, language and literacy skills.
  • Children behave well and staff fully support them to practise their manners, leading to confidence and good teamwork during play.
  • Children benefit from a well-planned indoor and outdoor environment, developing good physical skills.
  • Skilled staff put innovative strategies in place to support children's needs, with secure arrangements for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • The curriculum ensures learning is sequenced and children make good progress, with staff building on what children know and can do.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide parents with ideas and suggestions to help them to support further children's ongoing learning and development at home
  • 2support all staff to consistently develop children's independence skills throughout the session
  • 3improve terminology and the explanations given to children by staff, to ensure language used does not negatively impact children's developing ideas.
Inspection #10233620 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

like things sent home specific to learning

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Skilled staff put innovative strategies in place to support children's needs. There are secure arrangements in place for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The manager applies for relevant funding and, in partnership with parents, they build the care plans children need to ensure future success.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from a well-planned indoor and outdoor environment. They develop good physical skills. Children independently use their whole body to push their car up a ramp and smile as they lift their feet up, rolling down in excitement.

Parent Reviews of Headstart

5.0
(2)

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Inspection history

Date: October 2012

  • May 2022Good
  • September 2016Good
  • October 2012Good

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