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Hurly Burly Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2024)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Petroc, Bolham Road, TIVERTON, EX16 6SH · Devon
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2024
Local authority
Devon

About this day nursery

Hurly Burly Day Nursery, established in 2016, provides childcare from its location at Petroc College in Tiverton, Devon. Operating year-round from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Friday, the nursery offers a welcoming and dynamic environment for children aged 0-4 years.

The setting prides itself on an ambitious Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, designed to challenge children and foster significant progress across all learning areas. With a strong focus on independence and social skill development, children are well-prepared for their future academic journeys.

The nursery is led by a proactive manager who also serves as the special educational needs coordinator, ensuring highly effective partnerships with professionals and agencies to support all children. This commitment to individualised care extends to excellent communication with parents, who are actively involved in their children's learning.

The dedicated team of 16 staff members, many holding qualifications at Level 2, 3, or 5, create an environment where children are confident, happy, and enthusiastically engaged in play.

What it's like

Children are confident and happy. Staff plan an ambitious curriculum that successfully challenges children to make the best possible progress across all areas of learning. Staff provide a welcoming and inviting learning environment, where children enthusiastically engage in play.

Confident childrenAmbitious curriculumStrong leadershipEffective partnershipsGood communication

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm on Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hurly Burly Day Nursery

Last inspected 15 February 2024

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 are confident and happy. Staff plan an ambitious curriculum that successfully challenges children to make the best possible progress across all areas of learning. Staff provide a welcoming and inviting learning environment, where children enthusiastically engage in play.

Inspector highlights

  • Children have good opportunities to take part in role play and develop good communication skills.
  • Staff know the children well and plan activities based on what they already know and can do.
  • Children listen well, understand and communicate their thoughts, and babies are well supported to develop a wide vocabulary.
  • Children learn to live a healthy lifestyle and develop their independence at lunchtime.
  • The manager provides strong leadership, and she and her staff have built highly effective partnerships with other professionals and external agencies.
  • Parents comment favourably upon the excellent communication with staff and how well staff involve them in their children's learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1Provide more targeted and frequent support to encourage older children to compare groups of objects and begin to make simple calculations to build on their understanding of number.
  • 2Make the most of routine activities such as lunchtime to support children's language development and build on their vocabulary further.
Inspection #10293503 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The manager provides strong leadership for the staff team. In her role as the special educational needs coordinator, she is extremely proactive in seeking early help for children when needed. The manager and staff have built highly effective partnerships with other professionals and external agencies to ensure that all children receive the help they require to make the best possible progress in relation to their individual starting points.

Outdoor space

The report does not provide specific details about the outdoor space or how children use it beyond a general mention that the inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors.

Parent Reviews of Hurly Burly Day Nursery

5.0
(1)
Jacob Pow
a year ago

Our son Albie started here when he was 9 months old and reluctantly we had to move him but it meant he was closer to us, but since moving to another setting we're really missing Hurly. The were very professional, caring, informative and compassionate. We could not recommend them enough.

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024

Date: September 2017

  • February 2024Good
  • April 2023Requires improvement
  • September 2017Good

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