Opening hours
five days a week from 8am until 5.30pm all year round, except for bank holidays and two weeks at Christmas
Nursery Rhymes in Bridlington
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Apr 2025)
Number of places
38 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
About this day nursery
With a strong focus on putting children at the heart of everything they do, staff create a welcoming and secure environment where children thrive and develop strong bonds with peers and adults. The dedicated team of 17 childcare staff, 13 of whom hold early years qualifications from Level 2 to 7, implements an ambitious and exciting curriculum.
They prioritise strong partnerships with parents, offering face-to-face feedback, online photos, learning books, and termly meetings to discuss children's progress and home learning ideas, ensuring consistent learning experiences and well-rounded development for all children aged 0-4. The setting also accepts government-funded places for childcare and specific funding for disadvantaged children.
What it's like
Children thrive in this exceptional nursery where staff put children at the heart of everything they do. Children show that they feel safe and secure as they rush off to greet their friends and explore the environment. Staff support children to develop strong bonds with their peers and the adults in the nursery. They are friendly, warm and welcoming as children arrive and happily leave their parents. Staff are sensitive to children's individual emotional needs, and this helps children to settle quickly.
Exceptional provisionStrong parent partnershipsAmbitious curriculumExcellent behaviourHighly reflective leadership
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2009
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Nursery Rhymes
Last inspected 17 April 2025
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children thrive in this exceptional nursery where staff put children at the heart of everything they do. Children show that they feel safe and secure as they rush off to greet their friends and explore the environment. Staff support children to develop strong bonds with their peers and the adults in the nursery. They are friendly, warm and welcoming as children arrive and happily leave their parents. Staff are sensitive to children's individual emotional needs, and this helps children to settle quickly.
Inspector highlights
- Children thrive in this exceptional nursery where staff put children at the heart of everything they do.
- Staff support children to develop strong bonds with their peers and the adults in the nursery.
- The atmosphere in the nursery is lively and purposeful.
- Staff plan and implement an ambitious and exciting curriculum that covers all areas of learning successfully.
- All children make exceptionally good progress in their learning from their starting points.
- Children's behaviour is exceptional.
- Children develop their independence from a young age.
- Partnerships with parents are strong.
- The leadership team are highly reflective and strive for excellence.
- Staff prioritise children's health, well-being and physical development.
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Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The leadership team is committed to providing high-quality care and education for all children, especially those who are disadvantaged or have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They work closely with parents and professionals to ensure that additional funding is best spent to help children with SEND and those from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive. Staff are extremely knowledgeable and put timely support in place once any gaps in children's development have been identified.
Outdoor space
Children benefit from daily outdoor play to support their physical development.
Parent Reviews of Nursery Rhymes
4.0
(3)
Sue Lozynskyj
9 years ago
Children welcomed on arrival. Always treated kindly. Very high standard of hygiene at all times observed. Rich learning environment. Staff aware of each child's ways of being comforted. After school club and good opening times. Highly recommended.
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Kimberley Clark
a year ago
My children loved coming to Nursery Rhymes, the staff are nurturing and attentive to children’s indavidual needs.
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Emma Midgley
8 years ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025
Date: September 2014
- April 2025Outstanding
- October 2019Good
- September 2014Good
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