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New Beginnings At Penkhull

Ofsted: Expected standard·2 Harris Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7EZ · Stoke-on-Trent
Number of places
12 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2026
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent

About this day nursery

New Beginnings At Penkhull, registered in 2025, is a childcare setting located in Stoke-on-Trent, catering to children aged 1 to 4 years. The nursery operates Monday to Friday from 07:30 to 18:00, offering year-round provision.

The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), ensuring a structured yet engaging learning environment. The leadership team at New Beginnings At Penkhull is dedicated to ensuring all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those learning English as an additional language (EAL), make progress in line with their peers.

They actively use additional funding to support children with SEND and collaborate with agencies such as speech and language therapists to enhance communication skills. For EAL children, leaders work closely with families, building a vocabulary of home language words and phrases to support immediate care needs.

While the setting has a relatively recent inspection date of March 6, 2026, the report highlights that the leadership team is still developing, with a focus on strengthening management and staff support. Children are noted to be happy and settled, forming positive relationships with staff and confidently following routines, which helps them feel secure.

What it's like

Children are happy and settled in the nursery. They have established positive relationships with all staff and follow the rules and routines in the nursery. Children settle quickly into predictable routines that help them to feel secure. Leaders and staff plan a curriculum based around children's interests and areas of next steps.

Happy and settled childrenPositive relationshipsConfidence and independenceEffective progressGood behavioursPositive role models

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:30 - 18:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Mar 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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Expected standard
Needs attention
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 routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for New Beginnings At Penkhull

Last inspected 6 March 2026

Actions the provider must take

  • Improve leadership systems to ensure that staff training and supervision is implemented and that it fosters a culture of mutual support, teamwork and continuous improvement.

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and settled in the nursery. They have established positive relationships with all staff and follow the rules and routines in the nursery. Children settle quickly into predictable routines that help them to feel secure. Leaders and staff plan a curriculum based around children's interests and areas of next steps.

Inspector highlights

  • Children generally make progress from their starting points across all areas of learning and develop confidence and independence.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those learning English as an additional language make progress due to leaders working with families and professionals.
  • Children make effective progress and develop confidence in their physical development, learning to pedal tricycles and climb slides.
  • Children confidently follow routines, understand rules, behave well, and learn to share and take turns with peers.
  • Leaders and staff are positive role models, teaching children respect, positive communication, and good manners.
  • Children form positive relationships with their key person and other staff, feeling confident to seek comfort and express feelings.

Areas to develop

  • 1Improve leadership systems to ensure that staff training and supervision is implemented and that it fosters a culture of mutual support, teamwork and continuous improvement.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders strive to ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make progress in line with their peers, utilising additional funding to meet children's needs and working with agencies like speech and language therapists to enhance communication skills.

EAL / language support

Leaders engage with families to build a repertoire of words and phrases in children's home languages to support those learning English as an additional language, ensuring their immediate care needs are met.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

6 March 2026

Expected standard

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

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