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Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2022)
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4.5(10 parent reviews) ·Musley Hill School, Musley Hill, Ware, SG12 7NB · Hertfordshire
Number of places
60 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2022
Local authority
Hertfordshire

About this day nursery

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware, registered in 2016, provides full day care from 7:30 am to 6:30 pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year. The nursery caters to children aged 1 to 4 and has a total of 72 children on roll, with a capacity for 60 places.

The setting prides itself on its strong staff-child bonds, where babies are seen crawling to staff for cuddles and older children enthusiastically prepare for outdoor play. The nursery’s approach fosters independence and social skills, with children sharing and taking turns during play, from filling buckets with sand to imaginative games like riding trikes to a pretend shop.

Children also engage with different textures and creative items, with staff supporting their pretend play, even using varied tones when dinosaurs are involved. The management team at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware effectively supports its 21 childcare staff, 11 of whom hold early years qualifications at level 2 or above, including a level 6 qualified manager.

Staff’s continuous professional development, particularly in communication and language, enhances their teaching skills and children’s readiness for school. The nursery also prioritises nutritious eating with a qualified chef providing varied meals that celebrate cultural differences, and strong safeguarding arrangements are in place with well-trained staff.

What it's like

Children settle extremely well at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware. Staff gather information from parents on children's interests to plan engaging activities. Children happily greet staff, form strong bonds, and demonstrate excitement during play. They develop independence and social skills through sharing and turn-taking, and staff effectively support their imaginative and pretend play.

Strong staff-child bondsEarly communication supportPromotes independenceNurturing environmentEffective safeguardingHealthy eating focus

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am until 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware

Last inspected 28 November 2022

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children settle extremely well at Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware. Staff gather information from parents on children's interests to plan engaging activities. Children happily greet staff, form strong bonds, and demonstrate excitement during play. They develop independence and social skills through sharing and turn-taking, and staff effectively support their imaginative and pretend play.

Inspector highlights

  • Children settle extremely well and form strong bonds with staff.
  • Staff plan the environment to kindle children's interest in play and learning.
  • Children share, take turns, and persevere in their play activities, developing mathematical knowledge and exploring different textures.
  • Staff are well-trained in safeguarding and paediatric first aid, ensuring children's safety.
  • The nursery is well-organised, and staff are effectively deployed, with daily risk assessments conducted.
  • A qualified chef prepares healthy and varied meals, promoting children's understanding of cultural differences.
  • Parents highly praise the nursery for its caring staff and professional management.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Areas to develop

  • 1Provide children with deeper learning opportunities that enable them to use, and make links with, what they have learned and understood in different contexts across all areas of learning.
Inspection #10261928 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported by the manager and staff. Referrals to other professionals are made in a timely manner to support individual needs, and staff are confident in working with parents and other professionals to set targets for children's progress, such as developing social skills.

Outdoor space

Older children show excitement as they pull on their boots and coats before heading outside to play, indicating the availability and use of outdoor learning opportunities.

EAL / language support

The nursery promotes cultural understanding and celebrates diversity through healthy eating, offering a wide variety of foods from around the world and sharing special meals during celebrations. This helps children learn about the cultural differences of their friends and the foods they eat.

Parent Reviews of Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Ware

4.5
(10)
S.J Brunton: Heating-Plumbing-Bathrooms
4 years ago

Monkey Puzzle has been amazing for our daughter. The setting is warm and welcoming and she has made great progress since starting. The staff are informative, friendly and professional and the app helps us to know all of the important information throughout the day. We couldn't rate this nursery enough.

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Lydia Dunham
4 years ago

My son has been attending Monkey Puzzle for over a year. He is really happy and has built fantastic relationships with all the staff and children. During times when we have faced challenges such as attachment struggles and potty training, we have worked as a team to come up with strategies to overcome them. We have received regular updates on his development through assessments and one to one meetings and I am confident he is provided with a wide variety of stimulating activities daily to aid his growth. The menu's change weekly and are varied and interesting. It is reassuring that he frequently exposed to new foods and as a busy working parent it is great to find a childcare provider that supplies all meals and snacks.

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Lauren Sorano
4 years ago

Our son has attended MPW since he was 9 months old. He is now 3.5 and has loved everyday! The staff know their children well and he has made so much progress with them. It feels like a home from home which has made sending him for long hours feel so much easier. Our son has allergies and other mild health needs and they couldn't be more accommodating. They understand and have been great at helping us manage days he isn't well. The environment is beautiful and they take so much pride and care in it, changing it always to suit the children's needs. They also have forest school and woodwork for the older children which he wouldn't have been able to access had we have chosen to move to a school Nursery. The staff were incredibly helpful and flexible all throughout the pandemic and I couldn't praise them enough.

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Louise Macdonald
4 years ago

Beautiful nursery and lovely caring staff, who both my children adore. They prepared my daughter for school and she went off with confidence. My three year old is enjoying all the activities (Forest school and woodwork!) and we’ve always been grateful to have a nursery where our children are happy.

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Jessica Brown
4 years ago

My little boy loves going to Monkey Puzzle in Ware. The staff are bright and enthusiastic and I feel confident leaving him in their care. Really good communication with parents, the app is great and staff always spend time with you at pick-up to tell you what the children have been up to.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

28 November 2022

Good

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

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