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Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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4.4(17 parent reviews) ·35 Milnrow Road, Shaw, OLDHAM, OL2 8AP · Oldham
Number of places
83 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Oldham

About this day nursery

Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw offers comprehensive childcare services, creating a nurturing and stimulating space where children can thrive in a secure setting. The nursery is dedicated to fostering development across various domains, including physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth.

Programmes include engaging activities such as Forest School sessions, promoting outdoor learning and self-confidence, along with sports and physical development programmes. Creative arts, music, and dance are integral parts of the curriculum, complemented by language and storytelling sessions to enhance communication skills.

The nursery also provides healthy, balanced meals and snacks, and supports parents through regular newsletters and parent evenings. Emphasis is placed on providing a rich environment with quality resources and equipment, including access to e-learning journals for parents to track their child's progress.

The nursery aims to support children's transition to primary school with special graduation ceremonies. Furthermore, they encourage participation in fundraising activities to instil a sense of community and empathy in children.

Our ethos

Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw is committed to fostering children's development across all domains within a secure and stimulating environment. They integrate various pedagogical approaches, including Forest School for outdoor learning, creative arts, music, dance, and language development, aiming to enhance self-confidence, communication skills, and social-emotional growth. The nursery also focuses on holistic well-being through healthy meals and community involvement, preparing children for their transition to primary school.

What it's like

Staff provide children with a warm welcome and act as good role models, ensuring children understand expectations and behave well. They foster a can-do attitude towards learning, encouraging children to take on challenges and helping babies develop core body strength. The ambitious curriculum helps all children make good progress, and staff provide rich first-hand experiences and encourage independence.

Accepts government fundingIncludes nappies and formulaHealthy meals and snacks

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

Nappies, wipes, formula milk, meals, and snacks are included in the fees. Children are encouraged to participate in preparing their meals.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2008

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw

Last inspected 8 March 2024 · Luke Heaney

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

Staff provide children with a warm welcome and act as good role models, ensuring children understand expectations and behave well. They foster a can-do attitude towards learning, encouraging children to take on challenges and helping babies develop core body strength. The ambitious curriculum helps all children make good progress, and staff provide rich first-hand experiences and encourage independence.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff are good role models and teach children right from wrong.
  • Children are kind, caring and develop positive friendships.
  • Staff provide an ambitious curriculum with first-hand experiences.
  • The manager is aspirational for children's achievements and uses self-evaluation to improve outcomes.
  • Leaders provide a broad curriculum and support staff to gain higher qualifications.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the organisation of routines, so that children stay fully engaged in their learning
  • 2refine systems for staff supervision, to help raise staff practice further.
Inspection #10317111 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent. The highly experienced SEND coordinator ensures that no child is left behind, meticulously monitoring intervention plans, which results in gaps in learning quickly closing and children flourishing.

Outdoor space

Staff effectively support children's love for the outdoors, with a carefully planned play environment designed to ignite curiosity and adventure. Children enjoy activities like searching for bugs, watching wildlife, playing ring games, and learning about caring for the environment, gaining a good understanding of the importance of outdoor play for physical activity and fresh air.

Parent Reviews of Holyrood Day Nursery Shaw

4.4
(17)
Nicola Eyres
7 years ago

My Daughter loves attending preschool here. My Son also attended this Nursery until he started school in 2015 and he loved his time here, however they have made some excellent improvements to their facilities since he left. The nursery feels welcoming to everyone and all the staff are very friendly and helpful. My Daughter can't wait to go every morning and comes home full of tales about all the things she's done during the day. She loves the staff in the preschool room and they get to do some really fun activities. I'd definitely recommend this Nursery to anyone who is looking for a placement for their child.

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Rebecca Barber
6 years ago

My Son has been going here for almost 2 years now and he has flourished in that time. He had struggled with social communication until attending Holyrood - where they encouraged him and were patient with him. He is now a chatty 3.5 year old who comes home every day having learnt a new word, a new action or a new way to communicate. Their safeguarding policies are fantastic - I never worry about him when he is at nursery as I know they take care of him as well as I do. The staff are amazing and they are always willing to help.

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Jason Gilligan
6 years ago

This is an excellent nursery, I am more than happy with the staff are helping both of my children to develop. Both love going to nursery each morning, which gives me a lot of re-assurance that they are being treated very well, and are learning lots of new things - its a nice feeling when they learn something at nursery and are able to repeat at home without being prompted.

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Madaleine Jones
7 years ago

Outstanding nursery, all three of my children have gone to this nursery, and soon my fourth will be doing. The staff are the most caring and trustworthy people that it makes it easy to leave my children in their care and not worry about them. My children have all loved going to this nursery and being there has taught them a lot of skills and has got them ready for school brilliantly.

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Carly Butterworth
6 years ago

Since starting at Holyrood in January 2019, my son has come on leaps and bounds. He has a little speech delay at the moment but he has gained so much confidence and the staff have been really supportive with his speech development and he is learning so quick! The staff are very friendly and are more than willing to help and support with any issues or queries. The general running of the nursery is fantastic and is not a let down in the slightest.

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Inspection history

Date: November 2008

  • March 2024Good
  • May 2018Good
  • December 2013Good
  • October 2013Good
  • July 2013Requires improvement
  • May 2012Outstanding
  • November 2008Good

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