Opening hours
Monday–Friday 14:00–18:00
Jimmy D's
Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2025)
Number of places
24 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
Lincolnshire
About this day nursery
Jimmy D's is a small preschool facility located within the grounds of Deeping St James Primary School in Peterborough, offering early years education tailored for children prior to their entry into primary school. The setting is designed to help children seamlessly transition into a school routine, familiarising them with the environment and daily structure of a larger educational institution.
Operating exclusively on weekday afternoons, Jimmy D's provides a focused sessional model, which can be particularly suitable for families seeking shorter, structured learning periods rather than full-day childcare. The ethos of the preschool is centred on nurturing social, emotional, and communication skills within small, manageable groups, fostering a personal and caring atmosphere where staff are known for being friendly, professional, and genuinely attentive to each child's individual needs.
This integrated approach allows children to benefit from shared school facilities like outdoor play areas and ensures a consistent educational pathway through the Early Years Foundation Stage, aligning with the broader curriculum priorities of the primary school.
Our ethos
The ethos of Jimmy D's centres on nurturing social, emotional, and communication skills in small groups, fostering a personal and caring atmosphere. They aim to help children transition smoothly into primary school by familiarising them with a school routine and integrating them into the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
What it's like
Children are confident to arrive and separate from parents, engaging keenly with activities staff offer. They are supported to understand rules and boundaries, and show positive relationships with staff by inviting them to play. Older and younger children learn to share and develop imaginative skills.
School-attached preschoolAfternoon sessions onlyFocus on school readinessSmall group setting
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
Term Time
Established
1995
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Jimmy D's
Last inspected 10 February 2025
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 to arrive and separate from parents, engaging keenly with activities staff offer. They are supported to understand rules and boundaries, and show positive relationships with staff by inviting them to play. Older and younger children learn to share and develop imaginative skills.
Inspector highlights
- Staff provide children with opportunities to revisit and practise skills to embed their learning.
- Staff attend training courses to help build on their professional development to help children regulate their emotions and feelings.
- Staff’s curriculum includes observing, assessing children’s development and identifying what they need to learn next.
- Staff gather information from other early years settings that the children previously attended to find out about children’s prior abilities.
- Children are given tasks to complete to help give them a sense of responsibility.
Areas to develop
- 1develop ways to communicate with all parents about their children’s learning and development
- 2strengthen the key-person system so that it is consistently effective in promoting all children’s individual care needs.
Inspection #10368227 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
If staff identify any gaps in children’s learning, they liaise with other professionals to plan for children’s individual needs. Staff implement targets to help close any gaps in children’s learning. This includes providing activities to support children’s speaking skills, for example to introduce two-word phrases for children to copy.
Outdoor space
Staff take children into the hall of the host school to engage in physical activities. Children use towels to wipe down wet equipment in the garden.
Parent Reviews of Jimmy D's
5.0
(1)
Sabina Green
8 years ago
Excellent preschool, the staff are very helpful, friendly, professional but above all else caring.
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Inspection history
Date: July 2010
- February 2025Good
- March 2019Good
- March 2018Good
- October 2014Good
- April 2014Inadequate
- September 2013Good
- May 2012Good
- July 2010Good
Frequently asked about Jimmy D's
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