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Marion Scott Playgroup

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·C/O Didsbury Baptist Church, Beaver Road, Manchester, M20 6SX · Manchester
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Manchester

About this day nursery

Marion Scott Playgroup, located in Manchester, M20 6SX, is a well-established childcare setting that has been serving families since its registration in 2003. This childcare on non-domestic premises achieved an overall "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on April 18, 2024, maintaining the same positive outcome from its previous inspection.

Operating during term time only, the playgroup provides full day care for children aged 2 to 4 years. With a capacity for 20 children and currently having 32 children on roll, the playgroup offers sessions from 9 am to 3 pm from Monday to Thursday, and 9 am to 12 pm on Fridays.

The experienced team at Marion Scott Playgroup, all holding Level 3 childcare qualifications, is dedicated to creating an environment where children feel secure, happy, and are encouraged to be active, self-motivated learners. The playgroup prioritises children's well-being and development, ensuring a calm and busy atmosphere with well-established routines that help children understand expectations and prepare them for school.

What it's like

Children show that they feel secure and happy as they play. Managers and staff create a calm, busy atmosphere in the playgroup with well-established routines that help children understand the expectations for their conduct. The experienced team creates indoor and outdoor spaces that children enjoy learning in. Children are encouraged to be active, self-motivated learners.

Good overall effectivenessExperienced teamFocus on self-motivated learningStrong parent communication

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm, Monday to Thursday and from 9am to 12pm on Fridays.

Term time / All Year

Term_time_only

Established

2003

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Marion Scott Playgroup

Last inspected 18 April 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children show that they feel secure and happy as they play. Managers and staff create a calm, busy atmosphere in the playgroup with well-established routines that help children understand the expectations for their conduct. The experienced team creates indoor and outdoor spaces that children enjoy learning in. Children are encouraged to be active, self-motivated learners.

Inspector highlights

  • Children show that they feel secure and happy as they play.
  • Managers and staff create a calm, busy atmosphere in the playgroup.
  • The experienced team create indoor and outdoor spaces that children enjoy learning in.
  • Staff encourage and help children to follow their own lines of enquiry.
  • Children learn about the purposes of writing, signing in with their own marks.
  • Children gain high levels of self-esteem, proudly displaying their drawings.
  • Staff act quickly when children's development gives cause for concern and work in partnership with parents and carers.
  • Staff follow routines that keep children safe, including at snack time.

Areas to develop

  • 1Focus more closely on the detail of staff's interactions with children, so that support for improving their teaching promotes the swiftest possible progress in children's learning.
  • 2Help staff to set learning intentions that promote children's communication and language skills even more effectively during activities and interactions.
Inspection #10335776 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress.

EAL / language support

Parents of children who speak English as an additional language say that children make rapid progress in learning to speak English. This promotes children's readiness to start school.

Parent Reviews of Marion Scott Playgroup

5.0
(1)

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Inspection history

Date: June 2010

  • April 2024Good
  • June 2018Good
  • July 2015Good
  • June 2010Good

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