Session types
Full Day (07:00-18:00), Short Day (08:30-14:30 or 09:30-15:30), Funded sessions (08:30-16:00, 08:00-18:00, 07:00-10:00, 07:00-11:30)
Hucknall Day Nursery in Nottingham
Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2023)
Number of places
92 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2023
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
About this day nursery
Hucknall Day Nursery in Nottingham provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for children, focusing on their holistic development. The nursery is open 51 weeks a year, closing only for bank holidays, and offers flexible session times to accommodate various family needs.
With a strong emphasis on well-being, the nursery promotes healthy, active, and happy children through a carefully planned curriculum and dedicated staff. They encourage strong partnerships with parents, offering a smooth settling-in process and transparent communication about a child's progress.
The nursery also provides comprehensive support for transitions between rooms, ensuring children feel comfortable and secure as they develop. They offer guidance on various aspects of childcare, including online safety, weaning, and speech and language development, demonstrating a commitment to supporting families beyond the nursery setting.
Furthermore, Hucknall Day Nursery provides a range of funding options to make childcare accessible for eligible parents.
What it's like
Children enjoy the learning opportunities provided by staff, who have a strong focus on making them feel at home. They learn early mathematics skills and have built secure bonds with staff, showing confidence to speak to new people and ask for help when needed. They are praised for achievements, encouraged to try new things independently, and begin to problem-solve.
Flexible session timesStrong parent partnershipsHolistic child development
Pricing & funding
Charges are based on full days or short days, reviewed annually. Subsidised funded places can access optional wrap-around care charged hourly, alongside optional additional service charges for meals, care packages, and enhanced services charged per hour or as a daily rate.
Funding accepted
Tax-Free Childcare
Good to know
- Fees are reviewed annually.
- Additional service charges for funded places are optional.
- Wrap-around care for subsidised funded places is charged per hour or part thereof.
Key facts
Opening hours
07:00 to 18:00, 51 weeks a year (closed on bank holidays)
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2019
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Hucknall Day Nursery
Last inspected 25 January 2023 · Will Good
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 the learning opportunities provided by staff, who have a strong focus on making them feel at home. They learn early mathematics skills and have built secure bonds with staff, showing confidence to speak to new people and ask for help when needed. They are praised for achievements, encouraged to try new things independently, and begin to problem-solve.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have made significant improvements since the last inspection, ensuring children are safe and identifying training for staff based on children's needs.
- Staff support children to learn about behaviour expectations, modelling positive interactions and helping children understand social cues.
- Leaders have clear thinking on the skills and knowledge they want children to gain, tailoring support in each room for sequenced learning and focusing on independence skills.
- Staff provide many opportunities for children to develop physical skills, including using tools and practicing fine motor skills for eating.
- Parents are happy with the care, appreciating the "home-from-home" feel, regular updates on "golden moments", and ideas for supporting learning at home.
- Staff support children's communication and language development, extending vocabulary and introducing complex words.
- Leaders and staff use their thorough knowledge of children to widen learning experiences, helping them learn about different cultures.
Areas to develop
- 1develop staff understanding of how to better support each child's individual needs in the learning that they plan
- 2improve consistency of staff interactions so that children can develop their communication skills even further
Inspection #10258113 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents are happy with the care provided by staff.
They like the home-from-home feel and that children enjoying going to nursery.
Parents think that communication from staff is great.
Parents comment that staff give them ideas on how they can work together to support children's learning, both at nursery and at home.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders identified that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on the well-being of some staff, children and their families, and have provided training to support staff, children and families if required. However, sometimes, staff do not think enough about how they can support individual children's needs during the learning they plan.
Outdoor space
The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Hucknall Day Nursery
3.7
(3)
Marcus P12
3 years ago
Hucknall Day Nursery is a fantastic place. Our daughter is always very happy when we pick her up and she has developed quickly since attending. The staff are all great with kids and are very helpful when communicating with the parents. The owners are very friendly too. The Nursery uses an app which sends daily updates and photos of your child. The app is a good way to email staff, get Nursery updates etc. We couldn't be happier and are glad we chose Hucknall Day Nursery.
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Monika McCreedy
a year ago
Our daughter loves it there she made lovely friends
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Ben West
a year ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2023
Date: July 2022
- January 2023Good
- July 2022Inadequate
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