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Muddy Boots Gildersome

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.8(4 Google reviews) ·22 The Green, Finkle Lane, Gildersome, Leeds, LS27 7DX · Leeds
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2026
Local authority
Leeds

About this day nursery

00 pm, 51 weeks a year. The day nursery offers a joyful, safe, and nurturing environment where children settle quickly and confidently explore their surroundings.

Staff create warm, respectful relationships, fostering a strong sense of belonging among children. A highly effective key-person system provides tailored care, ensuring children feel secure and ready to explore, with staff offering gentle guidance and reassurance when needed.

The curriculum, which includes a focus on independence, emotional development, and curiosity, is well-sequenced, preparing children for school while encouraging outdoor exploration and physical activity. Leaders promote attendance diligently, working closely with families, and ensure inclusive approaches are embedded, with targeted strategies for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

The setting effectively supports children from diverse backgrounds, ensuring everyone participates fully. Regular reviews and strong partnerships with external agencies ensure tailored support and consistent progress for all children.

Parents report feeling respected and involved, noting their children "come on leaps and bounds" in this warm, inclusive environment where every child's uniqueness is celebrated.

What it's like

Children clearly enjoy their time in this joyful, safe and nurturing environment. They arrive happily, settle quickly and show clear confidence in exploring their surroundings. They progress steadily through the well-sequenced curriculum and develop skills and knowledge needed for the next stage of their learning. Children show a strong sense of belonging and learn ways to build their own wellbeing through everyday routines.

Joyful, safe environmentNurturing relationshipsStrong curriculumInclusive practiceDedicated staff

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured as monthly packages for two to five days per week, with standard and 30-hour funded rates available. Optional daily surcharges for meals, consumables, and activities are tiered by age group (under 1, 2 years, and 3-4 years). Sibling and five-day discounts are offered.

Good to know

  • A 5% discount is applied to all 5-day packages.
  • A 10% sibling discount is available on packages and additional sessions.
  • Fully funded Innovators sessions are available at selected settings.
  • Opt-in surcharges apply for food, consumables, and other activities based on age.

Key facts

Food

Delicious food is home cooked from locally sourced ingredients to provide a healthy, balanced diet for your child. We cater for any type of diet.

Opening hours

7.30 am to 6.00pm, 51 weeks of the year, excluding Bank Holidays

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Jul 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Muddy Boots Gildersome

Last inspected 1 July 2026

What it's like to attend

Children clearly enjoy their time in this joyful, safe and nurturing environment. They arrive happily, settle quickly and show clear confidence in exploring their surroundings. They progress steadily through the well-sequenced curriculum and develop skills and knowledge needed for the next stage of their learning. Children show a strong sense of belonging and learn ways to build their own wellbeing through everyday routines.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders provide clear direction for positive behaviour, creating a calm, respectful atmosphere where children feel secure and confident.
  • Relationships across the setting are consistently warm and respectful, with staff modelling courtesy and children mirroring this naturally.
  • Leaders promote attendance diligently, working closely with families to develop regular habits that help children to benefit fully from early education.
  • Warm, reliable relationships are a priority from the moment children join nursery, supported by a highly effective key-person system.
  • Leaders and staff identify children's needs swiftly and provide well-planned support, particularly for children with emerging challenges and SEND.
  • Leaders set a clear vision for what they want children to learn, with the curriculum focusing on independence, emotional development, curiosity, and enjoyment of learning.
  • Staff plan activities based on accurate assessments of children's progress, providing a broad range of learning opportunities across early number, language, and physical development.
  • Staff wellbeing is a major priority, leading to a harmonious atmosphere where every member of staff feels supported, valued, and part of a close, professional community.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should support staff to refine teaching of mathematics so that it consistently builds on children's current learning and deepens their understanding.
  • 2Leaders should continue to build staff expertise through further precisely planned professional development so that emerging excellence in teaching becomes fully embedded.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) benefit from targeted strategies such as calm spaces, visual prompts and adapted communication approaches, helping them to express needs with confidence and participate fully in nursery life. Leaders work exceptionally well with external agencies to provide timely and cohesive support, ensuring children with SEND make secure, sustained progress through highly tailored strategies.

Outdoor space

Leaders encourage children to spend as much time outdoors as possible, where experiences differ from those provided indoors and offer distinct opportunities and challenges.

Google Reviews of Muddy Boots Gildersome

4.8
(4 Google reviews)
Jade
7 months ago

L loves coming to nursery and I think the main reason is her relationship with the staff, especially Jess and Emma (before she left). She obviously trusts the staff and feels safe and looked after while she’s there which is a great comfort to us.

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Ryan Wilson
8 years ago

Experienced child minders. Have certain age groups assigned to a specific room. Staff record what child has eaten and at what time. Nap times (if necessary) and the duration. Will record any incident and require your signature as a parent or guardian to acknowledge you have been informed. The members of staff are warming and welcoming and range between healthy mixture of "seasoned veterans" and new starters.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

1 July 2026

Strong standard

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

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