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Little Scallywags Day Nursery in Tamworth (B78)

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2021)
·453 Watling Street, Tamworth, B78 3ND · Staffordshire
Number of places
56 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2021
Local authority
Staffordshire

About this day nursery

Little Scallywags Day Nursery in Mile Oak, established in 2017, offers a nurturing and homely environment for children. This smaller setting is organised into three playrooms and boasts a garden designed to foster continuous learning and skill acquisition through various activities.

The baby room provides a comfortable and secure space for infants with consistent staff support. The nursery prioritises children's interests in its playrooms and garden, ensuring all developmental needs are met.

The curriculum is thoughtfully planned to align with children's interests, promoting significant progress across all areas of learning. The nursery also has high expectations for each child's achievements, providing additional support for those with special educational needs or disabilities by collaborating with external professionals.

Children form strong bonds with staff, feeling safe and secure, and engage in warm interactions with both peers and adults. Recent Ofsted reports highlight how quickly children settle, adapting well to routines and enjoying the newly designed outdoor space for physical development.

Activities such as singing nursery rhymes with instruments and story props are integrated into the daily routine to support learning.

Our ethos

The nursery prioritises children's interests in its playrooms and garden, ensuring all developmental needs are met. The curriculum is thoughtfully planned to align with children's interests, promoting significant progress across all areas of learning. Strong bonds with staff ensure children feel safe and secure.

What it's like

Children are happy and thrive in this welcoming nursery. They settle in quickly on arrival and have adapted well to the necessary changes, including saying 'goodbye' to their parents at the entrance and confidently going to their key person. Children have warm and affectionate relationship with staff. They feel safe and secure and have lovely interactions with staff and each other.

Homely EnvironmentChild-Interest Led LearningSupport for SENDFocus on Physical Development

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

7:30am – 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Scallywags Day Nursery

Last inspected 26 November 2021 · Jennifer Turner

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and thrive in this welcoming nursery. They settle in quickly on arrival and have adapted well to the necessary changes, including saying 'goodbye' to their parents at the entrance and confidently going to their key person. Children have warm and affectionate relationship with staff. They feel safe and secure and have lovely interactions with staff and each other.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy and thrive in this welcoming nursery.
  • Children are keen to play outside in the safe, newly designed garden.
  • Staff have a good understanding of what children already know and what they need to learn next.
  • Staff have good relationships with parents and communicate effectively about children's learning and development.
  • The manager is ambitious and continuously seeks ways to improve the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1support children to learn about their own and other cultures and communities beyond their own
  • 2enhance staffs' understanding of what they want children to learn during activities, to help children make the best possible progress.
Inspection #10215842 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents speak very highly of the staff and say they are 'lovely' and their children look forward to attending

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs/and or disabilities, make good progress. Staff recognise when children may have special educational needs and/or disabilities, and seek advice from outside professionals. Staff develop and implement targeted plans for them.

Outdoor space

Children are keen to play outside in the safe, newly designed garden. They enjoy a wide range of activities that support their physical development, such as digging in the large sand pit, using apparatus, and building in the construction area.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

26 November 2021

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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Frequently asked about Little Scallywags Day Nursery

About the setting

Little Scallywags Day Nursery registered in 2017. It operates from a converted house in Mile Oak, Tamworth. The setting is open Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery employs nine members of staff, seven of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 to level 5. The nursery is in receipt of funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY548368
Registered person
Little Scallywags Day Nursery Ltd
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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