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Muddy Boots Nursery School in Poole (BH16)

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2024)
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5.0(19 parent reviews) ·Turlin Moor Childrens Centre, Turlin Road, POOLE, BH16 5AH · Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Number of places
35 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2024
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole

About this day nursery

Muddy Boots Nursery School, located in Turlin Moor Children's Centre in Poole, Dorset, is a "Good" rated childcare on non-domestic premises, as confirmed by its latest Ofsted inspection on 20th September 2024. The nursery, established in 2016, is part of a group of five privately owned settings and operates from 8am to 6pm on weekdays throughout the year.

It provides funded early years education for two-, three- and four-year-olds and has 11 staff, most holding qualifications at level 3 or above, plus three bank staff. Children aged 0-3 are catered for, with a total of 35 places and 69 children on roll.

The nursery prioritises a calm and reassuring environment, fostering children's well-being, confidence, and positive relationships with staff and peers. The curriculum encourages creativity, exploration, and the development of strong social skills through a variety of activities, both indoors and outdoors, including engaging experiences like mixing mud in the mud kitchen and going on local walks to places like nature reserves and the beach.

Muddy Boots Nursery School focuses on providing high-quality provision and strong parental partnerships, ensuring a smooth settling-in process and a consistent approach to care and learning.

What it's like

Children enter this friendly nursery happily. Staff are very caring and provide a calm, reassuring approach for children. They focus on nurturing children's well-being and encourage them to share and play cooperatively. Children gain confidence and build secure relationships with staff and their friends. Children benefit from the praise staff give them. They gain a clear sense of self-worth and feel valued and welcomed in the nursery.

Good overall effectivenessNurturing environmentCreative playStrong parent partnershipsDedicated staff

Key facts

Opening hours

8am until 6pm on weekdays

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Muddy Boots Nursery School

Last inspected 20 September 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children enter this friendly nursery happily. Staff are very caring and provide a calm, reassuring approach for children. They focus on nurturing children's well-being and encourage them to share and play cooperatively. Children gain confidence and build secure relationships with staff and their friends. Children benefit from the praise staff give them. They gain a clear sense of self-worth and feel valued and welcomed in the nursery.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enter this friendly nursery happily. Staff are very caring and provide a calm, reassuring approach for children.
  • They provide a broad curriculum that promotes children's learning and helps them make good progress.
  • Children enjoy being creative and explore colour and texture with interest.
  • Children develop good hand-eye coordination skills.
  • Children enjoy going on local walks with staff, such as to a local nature reserve, the nearby botanical gardens or the beach.
  • Babies enjoy their circle times and singing songs.
  • Parents speak very highly about staff and the setting.
  • Staff support children's communication and language very well.
  • Children behave very well.
  • All children develop an enjoyment of books.

Areas to develop

  • 1Strengthen teaching to provide appropriate challenges in activities for all children, and sustain their interest and learning consistently well
  • 2Develop further ways to encourage children's understanding of keeping themselves and others safe, such as within their outdoor play.
Inspection #10355228 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children enjoy playing in the outdoor mud kitchen, mixing mud, water and leaves to make "strawberry birthday cake". They also enjoy daily exercise like yoga and riding bikes outdoors. Staff discuss safety during outings to the beach.

Parent Reviews of Muddy Boots Nursery School

5.0
(19)
Valerie Duncan
5 months ago

Our daughter went to muddy boots from the age of 1 until just after she turned 2. She loved it and so did we 🥰 The staff are lovely and they do loads of activities with the kids throughout the day, my favorite thing is that they try get out for a walk everyday. We only left because I went on maternity leave so decided to go for a local nursery that I could walk to while on mat leave.

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Vicky Collier
9 months ago

The ethos of muddy boots is bought to life through its great staff. They are wonderful with the children, making the effort to create healthy nurturing relationships that build the children as well as promoting good friendship skills amongst the children too. My little one has learned so much there already and although only 2 I’m confident she’ll easily be school ready when the time comes. Muddy boots find the joy in learning through exploring and get lots of time outside all year round. I have no doubt muddy boots is building strong and resilient little adventurers.

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Victoria Charman
10 months ago

Muddy Boots Turlin Moor is a great place, really supportive of children’s development with a fantastic range of activities both inside and outside the setting. Also really good at communication in person and via the Famly app, also great additional events such as parent events giving children time together outside of nursery and for parents to be able to make connections with one another. A fantastic wholesome early years setting which my son enjoys, is developing well in and would highly recommend 🤩

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Molly Perry
10 months ago

Both my little girls go to muddy boots and absolutely love it. Staff are lovely, helpful and supportive. The kids get to go for walks and play outside and both enjoy this so much. Would recommend to everyone

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Danielle Smith
2 years ago

Muddy Boots could not have been a better choice for our little girl. She started at 10months old and is now 2.5yrs old. She thoroughly enjoys her days at nursery, the staff are just wonderfully patient and attentive and the outdoors ethos is fantastic! If you are considering muddy boots for your little one, do not hesitate to send your child here, it is the best decision we have made for her wellbeing and development.

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Inspection history

Date: November 2018

  • September 2024Good
  • November 2018Outstanding

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