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Little Acorns Nursery in Barnsley

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Vernon Road, Worsbrough, Barnsley, S70 5HJ · Barnsley
Number of places
28 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Barnsley

About this day nursery

30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, excluding only two weeks during Christmas. The nursery received a "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on March 19, 2024.

Children enthusiastically arrive at the nursery, where they are met with a warm and friendly welcome, quickly forming secure emotional attachments with staff. This supportive environment helps them to feel safe, settle quickly, and engage happily in a broad range of learning opportunities tailored to their individual stages and interests.

The dedicated staff constantly monitor children's progress, promptly identifying and addressing any developmental gaps. They work closely with other professionals and provide exceptional support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring full inclusion in nursery life.

Recognising children's natural love for being outdoors, Little Acorns Nursery offers a well-resourced garden where children can freely explore and develop physical skills. For instance, they enjoy digging for worms with tools and balancing on planks placed on tyres and crates, fostering exploration and confidence.

The passionate manager and owner are committed to continuous improvement, regularly working directly in the nursery to offer staff support and guidance. This commitment ensures that children benefit from high-quality care and a stimulating learning environment, preparing them well for their transition to school.

The nursery also provides wrap-around care for children attending the host school.

What it's like

Children excitedly bound into the nursery, where staff welcome them with a warm and friendly greeting. Children have secure emotional attachments with staff. This helps them to feel safe and secure, settle quickly and play happily. Children benefit from a broad range of learning opportunities.

Good Ofsted ratingAges 1-10 yearsAll-year provisionExcellent SEND supportRich outdoor learningStrong emotional attachments

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Acorns Nursery

Last inspected 19 March 2024 · Rachel Ayo

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 excitedly bound into the nursery, where staff welcome them with a warm and friendly greeting. Children have secure emotional attachments with staff. This helps them to feel safe and secure, settle quickly and play happily. Children benefit from a broad range of learning opportunities.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make choices about their play and independently access resources.
  • Staff recognise children's love for being outside and provide a well-resourced garden for physical development.
  • Staff model and encourage important social skills, leading to good behaviour and interaction among children.
  • Staff constantly monitor children's progress and swiftly identify and support those with developmental gaps.
  • The passionate manager and nursery owner monitor and improve many aspects of practice, offering staff support, feedback and guidance.

Areas to develop

  • 1take greater account of, and support, two-year-old children's individual learning needs more precisely during care routines and activities
  • 2share more information with the host school, to complement children's learning and help them to make the best possible progress through a shared and consistent approach
  • 3strengthen the arrangements for monitoring, coaching and training, to help staff to raise the quality of education to the highest level.
Inspection #10311835 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff constantly monitor children's progress and swiftly identify and support children who have gaps in their development. They make timely referrals and work in close partnership with other professionals. Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities exceptionally well to ensure that they are fully included into nursery life.

Outdoor space

Staff recognise that many children love being outside. They enable children to freely access the well-resourced garden, which helps children to thrive and develop great confidence in their physical skills. For example, children use tools to dig for worms and balance on planks, which they strategically place on tyres, large industrial cotton reels and crates.

Parent Reviews of Little Acorns Nursery

5.0
(2)
Ovidiu murgu
8 months ago

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Inspection history

Date: September 2010

  • March 2024Good
  • April 2018Good
  • May 2014Good
  • September 2010Good

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About the setting

Little Acorns Nursery registered in 1993. It is independently run and is located in the grounds of Ward Green Primary School in Worsbrough. The nursery employs eight members of childcare staff, with seven holding appropriate early years qualifications (five at level 3 and two at level 4). The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, excluding two weeks during Christmas, with sessions from 7.30am until 6pm. It provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and wrap-around care for children attending the host school.

URN
302875
Registered person
Ward Green Pre School Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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