Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm
Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Mar 2023)
Number of places
110 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2023
Local authority
York
About this day nursery
Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton, situated on approximately 9 acres of land and less than a mile from Poppleton's village centre, is a prominent establishment within the Muddy Boots Nurseries group. The nursery embraces a "curiosity approach" to childcare, with each room designed to reflect this theme and style.
Children at Muddy Boots Poppleton benefit from direct access to outdoor garden spaces, reinforcing the nursery's core philosophy of encouraging children to learn through hands-on exploration, embracing mud, embarking on adventures, and actively participating in their environment. The dedicated and qualified childcare professionals plan a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities.
The nursery aims to provide a nurturing and engaging space where children can thrive, guided by staff who genuinely care for their well-being and development. Families interested in the nursery can scroll through the webpage for images of the setting, information on the various rooms, testimonials from other parents, and an option to download a parent pack or book an in-person showround.
Our ethos
Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton embraces a "curiosity approach" to childcare, encouraging children to learn through hands-on exploration, mud, adventures, and active participation in their environment. Activities are planned to promote learning both indoors and outdoors.
What it's like
Children show high levels of happiness and enjoyment in the nursery. The atmosphere in each room is nurturing, busy, exciting and filled with laughter and chatter from the children. Children enjoy experiences inside and outside, learning about rainbows, spring and flowers, and mixing colours. Staff extend their language skills, boost personal, social, and emotional skills, and act as excellent role models, offering specific praise.
Curiosity approach to childcareExtensive outdoor space (9 acres)Focus on outdoor learning and explorationQualified and caring staff
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.
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Food
Meals provided
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton
Last inspected 28 March 2023 · Michelle Lorains
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children show high levels of happiness and enjoyment in the nursery. The atmosphere in each room is nurturing, busy, exciting and filled with laughter and chatter from the children. Children enjoy experiences inside and outside, learning about rainbows, spring and flowers, and mixing colours. Staff extend their language skills, boost personal, social, and emotional skills, and act as excellent role models, offering specific praise.
Inspector highlights
- The leadership team are inspirational, dedicated, and committed to providing the best possible standards of care and learning for children and families.
- Staff are passionate and share leaders' high expectations, continually improving their practice with children at the heart of every decision.
- Children thrive in the nursery, making exceptional progress and building secure foundations for future learning.
- Babies and young children explore the environment with excitement, benefiting from high-quality interactions where staff model new words and provide sensory experiences.
- Toddlers develop excellent physical skills outdoors with staff support, and pre-school children gain an exceptional understanding of their own feelings and behaviours.
Inspection #10279651 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Staff are dedicated to nurturing children, they deserve so much recognition.
Outstanding provision and care for our son, since he started.
thrilled with the level of care and education
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children who have special educational needs and/disabilities attend the nursery.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy experiences inside and outside. Toddlers develop excellent physical skills outdoors, with staff supporting them to walk, run, and climb up the hill, and move around on bicycles, thoroughly enjoying the fresh air.
Parent Reviews of Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton
4.8
(32)
Aimee Bell
7 months ago
Very happy I chose Muddy Boots to be my son's nursery. I couldn't be happier with the level of communication from Muddy Boots from the start. I really appreciated the midday messages in the early days when I was anxious leaving my son with them, and they always take the time to talk to me about his day when I go and collect him. The quality of the setting environment is really impressive too which was important to me, as well as the focus activities they do with the children every day. There is clear progression from room to room too as the children get older. My son loves coming here and I have full faith in the service they provide.
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Danielle
7 months ago
There are so many reasons to recommend Muddy Boots! As a parent, my goal is to ensure the best for my Daughter and I do genuinely believe she is getting just that with the Team at Poppleton! The communication is second to none. I have friends with children in nurseries across York and in conversations, I know that they don't receive the same level of communication across the board about day to day matters, food, nappy changes, sleep etc. I am grateful for the updates as on days where we have particularly unsettled mornings or E is a little under the weather, I can check that she's OK.
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Clare Sobala
9 months ago
Staff are wonderful and my child is always happy to be told they will be going to play at nursery today. I also really appreciate how staff have identified areas that my child could grow (such as confidence in larger groups of newer people) and thought about how to address this. My child sometimes comes home from having 2 days in a row at nursery and it’s like they have had a “leap” while gone! You really enable and support their development in so many areas and it’s wonderful.
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Andrew Dearnley
10 months ago
Muddy boots really excels. I genuinely feel like my son learns so much at nursery, and he is so keen to come to nursery everyday it’s just amazing. Everything from language to potty training. The Muddy Boots team makes our life easier and gives us a head start on so many developmental milestones.
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R S
10 months ago
The team have been absolutely brilliant with L from day 1 in this room, and we are really sad he will be moving rooms shortly as we trust that nothing is ever forgotten. So much time and focus was put into helping him walk, especially by Jessie, and the fact he is so happy every day is definitely down to this relationship. It's amazing to also see that standards never drop on Jessie's day off and L adores all of the team. There's no better feeling than picking him up from nursery and hearing his laughter down the hall.
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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2023
Date: April 2018
- March 2023Outstanding
- April 2018Good
Frequently asked about Muddy Boots Nursery Poppleton
About the setting
Muddy Boots Nursery registered in 2017. The nursery employs 40 childcare staff, including one with a level 6 early years qualification, one with qualified teacher status, and at least half of all other staff with a level 3 qualification. It operates all year round, Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, closing only for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY548527
- Registered person
- Muddy Boots Nursery Ltd.
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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