Kids World Goldthorpe, a childcare setting on non-domestic premises in Rotherham, provides a welcoming and secure environment for children aged 2 to 4 years. Rated as 'Good' by Ofsted following its inspection on 27th March 2025, the nursery prides itself on its effective educational programmes that prepare children well for school.
Children eagerly enter the nursery to a warm greeting and thrive within consistent daily routines. Staff serve as excellent role models, fostering essential social skills, and children demonstrate positive behaviour and build strong friendships through cooperative activities.
The nursery is particularly strong in its provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Through continuous assessments, staff are quick to identify and support children with developmental delays, implementing excellent early interventions and meticulous support plans.
These efforts include close collaboration with other professionals and parents, and children benefit significantly from small-group or one-to-one sessions held in the dedicated 'sensory' room. Outdoor learning is a key feature at Kids World Goldthorpe.
Children, especially those who prefer outdoor activities or have limited garden access at home, benefit from free access to the nursery garden. Here, staff ensure children develop skills and extend their learning across various curriculum areas while engaging in joyful play.
This includes negotiating a climbing wall, riding wheeled toys, and exploring with pipettes and mud, all of which enhance their physical development. Early writing skills are encouraged through the use of chunky chalks outdoors.
The nursery also effectively uses additional funding to improve outcomes for children and works collaboratively with other agencies to ensure children's safety and welfare.
What it's like
Children excitedly enter the nursery to a warm welcome and follow consistent daily routines, fostering a sense of happiness and security. Staff implement effective educational programmes that promote good progress, preparing children for school. Children exhibit positive behaviour and develop friendships through cooperative activities with staff.
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Last inspected 27 March 2025
What it's like to attend
Children excitedly enter the nursery to a warm welcome and follow consistent daily routines, fostering a sense of happiness and security. Staff implement effective educational programmes that promote good progress, preparing children for school. Children exhibit positive behaviour and develop friendships through cooperative activities with staff.
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Inclusion & environment
Through their constant assessments, staff swiftly identify and support children with a developmental delay. They put in place excellent early interventions, including meticulous support plans, and work extremely closely with other professionals and parents. Children benefit greatly from small-group or one-to-one sessions in the 'sensory' room.
Children, especially those who prefer to be outside or have less outdoor access at home, benefit greatly from free access to the nursery garden. Staff ensure that children develop their skills and extend their learning across the curriculum while playing happily outside, for example, through negotiating the climbing wall, riding on wheeled toys, filling pipettes with water and scooping mud, children develop their physical skills. They engage in early writing using chunky chalks.
Lovely place lovely staff. It’s normal for a child to have an accident and keep it a secret! My boy always tried to wipe himself. Son came on leaps and bounds. Manager very human and approachable, all staff friendly & great at peeling away and distracting a clingy child. No complaints what so ever :)
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My daughter loves this place and it’s such a shame to have to find somewhere else but there is no duty of care whatsoever, coming home with poo in her bum, really sore from not changing her and not giving her packed lunch, nothing but problems with this place. Oh and a bit misleading as the man who owns the company has given it 5* and written as review as a family member 😂😂😂
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Really great nursery all staff there are polite and help with any problems you have really good with my child and other children I would recommend kids world to anyone
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Friendly and helpful staff. Looking forward to my child starting when it opens.
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Date: April 2019
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