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Live Wires Club

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2022)
·Easingwold CP School, Thirsk Road, York, YO61 3HJ · North Yorkshire
Number of places
44 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Live Wires Club Ltd operates as a childcare provider in Easingwold, York, catering to a broad age range from babies to 12-year-olds. They offer a private day nursery for infants and toddlers, along with dedicated nursery and preschool sessions for children aged 2-5.

For school-aged children, the club provides breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs, with a focus on engaging activities and facilitating learning through play. The setting prides itself on its rural location, overlooking open fields and woodlands, offering children ample space for outdoor activities.

The day nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, ensuring a comprehensive approach to child development across all key areas. Live Wires Club is registered with Ofsted and provides a variety of session options, including full day care and government-funded places, aiming to offer flexibility to parents.

Our ethos

The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, ensuring a comprehensive approach to child development across all key areas. They also focus on engaging activities and facilitating learning through play.

What it's like

Children show excitement and enthusiasm as they arrive at the nursery. Staff carefully prepare interesting activities which help children settle into their play quickly. Children show they feel safe and content in the nursery. They have good relationships with staff and include them in their play.

Rural locationAged 0-12 yearsEYFS-aligned curriculumFlexible session options

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age band, with separate rates for babies/toddlers and children aged 2-5. Sessions are offered as full or half days. Wraparound care is available via breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs, with optional hot lunches and school transport.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Hot lunches are available for an additional charge.
  • School transport is available to and from village schools.
  • A late collection fee applies for late pick-ups after 6pm.
  • A 10% sibling discount is available on marked sessions.

Key facts

Session types

Full Day Care, Half Day, Baby/toddler Unit sessions, Nursery/preschool sessions, Breakfast Club, After School Club, Holiday Club

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

Age range

0 years and above (Holiday Club up to 12 years)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2005

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Live Wires Club

Last inspected 13 December 2022 · Michelle Lorains

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 show excitement and enthusiasm as they arrive at the nursery. Staff carefully prepare interesting activities which help children settle into their play quickly. Children show they feel safe and content in the nursery. They have good relationships with staff and include them in their play.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide a varied, broad and balanced curriculum that helps children make good progress across all areas of learning.
  • Babies thrive in a warm, nurturing environment with consistent routines reflecting parents' wishes.
  • Staff focus on supporting children's communication and language development through small-group sessions, stories, and singing.
  • Children demonstrate very good mathematical skills and awareness, including outdoors where they make a wooden snowman and solve problems.
  • Children develop good levels of independence and self-care, as staff encourage them to explore outdoors and teach them to manage small risks.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance learning opportunities for older babies to help them prepare for the next stages in their learning
  • 2build on ways to help older children to further develop their literacy skills.
Inspection #10261700 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff use assessments to identify areas of potential delay in children's learning and create tailored targeted plans to help them make progress. Children make particularly good progress, in relation to their starting points, in their speech and language development. The management team establishes and maintains effective partnership working with other professionals involved with children, such as health visitors and speech therapists. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities attend.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, children make a wooden snowman and point out large and small pieces. They show pride as they use problem-solving skills to put the pieces in the right order. Staff encourage them to put on their own wellies and puddle suits to explore outdoors. Children thoroughly enjoy the fresh air and continue their learning as they play. Staff teach them how to manage small risks, such as safety on the slide.

Inspection history

Date: April 2011

  • December 2022Good
  • July 2019Good
  • August 2015Good
  • April 2011Good

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