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Ladybirds Neighbourhood Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2024)
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4.0(4 parent reviews) ·Halton Lodge Children's Centre, Grangeway, Runcorn, WA7 5LU · Halton
Number of places
66 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2024
Local authority
Halton

About this day nursery

The nursery received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 27/09/2024. The curriculum is supportive, clear, and ambitious, fostering curious and engaged individuals who make good progress.

Children are encouraged to develop personal skills and confidence as they move through the nursery. Leaders ensure a language-rich environment, promoting opportunities for children to use new vocabulary.

Staff effectively identify and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), working closely with parents to implement targets and plans, ensuring continuous progress and preventing learning gaps from widening. Outdoor learning is a key feature; staff encourage calculated risk-taking, for instance, by having children wear puddle suits to slide down a wet tarpaulin hill, allowing them to explore risks safely with adult supervision.

What it's like

The nursery provides all the children in its care with a supportive, clear and ambitious curriculum. This helps children to be curious, engaged individuals who make good progress in their learning. Children have the opportunity to develop their personal skills and confidence as they progress through the nursery.

Supportive curriculumLanguage-rich environmentEffective SEND supportCalculated risk-takingWell-planned environmentHigh expectations for behaviour

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2005

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Ladybirds Neighbourhood Nursery

Last inspected 27 September 2024 · Sarah Shearman

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

The nursery provides all the children in its care with a supportive, clear and ambitious curriculum. This helps children to be curious, engaged individuals who make good progress in their learning. Children have the opportunity to develop their personal skills and confidence as they progress through the nursery.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have a good use of spoken language and leaders continually support their work to build on children's communication skills.
  • The highly motivated leaders understand the needs of the families they support and work closely with outside agencies to enhance their provision.
  • The nursery environment is very well planned, with a clear, progressive structure and curriculum that helps children settle into new rooms and environments extremely well.
  • Leaders support staff to continually improve their understanding of ways in which children learn, providing access to online learning related to their role.
  • Staff set high expectations for children's behaviour and conduct, supporting them to understand why rules are in place and helping them to stay safe and to learn.

Areas to develop

  • 1monitor and evaluate the impact of curriculum strategies more closely, to help maintain high-quality provision for children
  • 2support all staff to use assessment even more effectively and precisely target individual children's next steps in learning.
Inspection #10351340 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders work effectively to identify and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They work closely with parents, implement targets, and put plans in place for children while waiting for additional professional support. This means that children continue to progress and any gaps in their learning do not continue to grow.

Outdoor space

Staff help children to understand the importance of taking calculated risks. For example, staff and children wear puddle suits and slide down the hill on wet tarpaulin. This allows children to explore risks in a monitored manner in the presence of adults.

Parent Reviews of Ladybirds Neighbourhood Nursery

4.0
(4)
Amanda Roberts
a year ago

Conflicting views when I picked up my child, one teacher saying on the app he’s been fine, another telling his nan that they’ve struggled and when she’s turned up he’s been hysterical and crying. They weren’t being clear or finding ways with myself to settle my son. They kept ringing me up to come collect him and for around a month, was making me staff in the classroom where he wouldn’t settle at all because he expected me to be there. This nursery seems to be about making money and not the child’s wellbeing. After pulling him out and emailing through, there was no correspondence or communication. He’s now at a much better nursery and thriving at JJs early explorers,

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Caroline McDonnell
8 years ago

A happy relaxed nursery. My little girl is shy but flourishes here. They really attend to her medical issues and were involved in saving her life once. My child is healthy, happy and safe at Ladybirds.

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Melissa 2k17
6 years ago

Fantastic group off staff highly recommend

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Inspection history

Date: November 2011

  • September 2024Good
  • November 2015Good
  • July 2013Requires improvement
  • April 2013Requires improvement
  • November 2011Good

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