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Osborne House Community Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
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4.8(9 parent reviews) ·5 Minto Road, Sheffield, S6 4GJ · Sheffield
Number of places
—
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Sheffield

About this day nursery

Osborne House Community Nursery, established in 1997, is a childcare setting located in Sheffield. The nursery offers a stimulating environment where children make excellent progress from their starting points in development.

Staff are attentive and responsive, fostering a sense of value and encouraging children to thrive. The nursery prides itself on promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality by working closely with families, understanding their home lives and experiences, and incorporating cultural, seasonal, and religious festivals into their activities.

This approach ensures that individual learning plans are developed for children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with strong partnerships between staff, parents, and other professionals. Children enjoy both indoor and outdoor activities, with opportunities to learn about growing plants and developing independence through shared meal times.

The nursery provides a supportive and collaborative environment where staff feel valued and parents are impressed with the quality of care their children receive, noting their children are flourishing.

Excellent progressInclusive environmentStrong partnershipsStimulating environmentOutdoor playEarly years experts

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Open each weekday from 8am to 6pm, closed on bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

1997

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Osborne House Community Nursery

Last inspected 9 April 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

Inspector highlights

  • Children are excited to come to the nursery, arriving happy and eager to play, making excellent progress from their starting points.
  • Staff focus on prime areas of learning, including supporting children's independence, language, and physical skills, and introduce yoga stories.
  • Younger children enjoy a "hello" song, with staff pacing the singing well to help children follow along and learn names, and introducing sign language.
  • Children enjoy a variety of group sessions and stories, with staff reading clearly and explaining details.
  • Staff promote diversity, inclusion, and equality by working closely with families, finding out about their home lives, and providing resources representing different ethnicities and families.
  • Staff know children well, developing close partnerships with parents and carers and working with other professionals to support individual learning plans for children with SEND.
  • Children enjoy time outside, planting seeds and exploring, using garden tools and watering cans, and engaging in conversations with staff who understand the value of these activities.
  • Parents are very impressed with the quality of care, noting strong key-person system, support plans for individual needs, and children flourishing.
  • Staff feel valued and supported, enjoying their work and undertaking training for professional development.

Areas to develop

  • 1Review the organisation of group times to reduce distractions and to engage all children in their learning.
Inspection #10392203 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work closely with other providers and professionals to develop individual learning plans for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy time outside, planting seeds, using garden tools, and exploring. Staff engage with children outdoors, providing knowledge and understanding of the value of these activities.

EAL / language support

Staff introduce sign language and encourage children to use their home languages, sharing greetings and teaching correct pronunciation to both children and staff.

Parent Reviews of Osborne House Community Nursery

4.8
(9)
amy willoughby
5 years ago

We are absolutely delighted with the way Osborne House has enabled our daughter to develop and build her confidence. The team in the nursery setting have been responsive to her needs at each stage, working with us to support her early years education at home too. Staff at Osborne House are approachable, open and friendly. Most importantly they have formed a great relationship with our daughter too. Crucially, during the recent difficult circumstances of the pandemic, we have been well informed and kept up to date with safeguarding and rollout of health and safety practices. Would happily recommend without any doubt.

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Lucy Peck
5 years ago

Having had a baby during the pandemic we were left in the situation of trying to pick a nursery without being able to tour any. From the outset the communications with Osborne House Community Nursery have been reassuring, informative and friendly. They were able to send me information about the nursery in a timely manner, they were available on phone and email to answer any questions. The settling in visits were responsive to mine and my child's needs and every day we get detailed feedback on what has unfolded during the day as well as receiving photos using a secure method. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the nursery.

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Catherinemakin83
7 years ago

Osborne House has been a home from home for my little girl. She has attended since she was 9 months old and will leave for school in September. The Staff are experienced, fun and caring, they really get to know the children and work with parents through all the milestones. I would highly recommend this nursery.

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Raoul Robinson
7 years ago

I really like Osborne House. Staff are great, prices are competitive and my daughter loves nursery days. Not long left now before we leave for school but would highly recommend checking it out.

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Maria-Eirini Terzenidou
2 years ago

Everyone is so nice and friendly, a lovely nursery, I would definitely recommend!

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Inspection history

Date: December 2009

  • April 2025Good
  • August 2019Good
  • April 2015Outstanding
  • December 2009Good

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