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Paper Moon Nurseries

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2022)
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5.0(4 parent reviews) ·Gamston District Centre, Gamston, Nottinghamshire, NG2 6PS · Nottinghamshire
Number of places
70 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Nottinghamshire

About this day nursery

Paper Moon Nurseries has been a trusted childcare provider for over 35 years, serving families across Nottingham and Lincoln since 1991. With seven conveniently located nurseries, they offer a warm and welcoming environment for children.

The nursery chain emphasises the importance of choosing the right childcare and encourages prospective families to book a visit to their nearest location to explore their options and have any questions answered by their friendly team. Each nursery is open for visits, and families can easily get in touch to arrange a tour or send an enquiry.

The Head Office, located in The Clock Tower, Compton Acres, Nottingham, serves as a central point of contact, and individual nurseries also have their own contact details. They also provide options to connect via WhatsApp for visit bookings.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and are confident to separate from their parents, demonstrating they feel safe and secure. Staff know children well and support their progress, encouraging them to persevere with tasks and learn about emotions and imaginative play.

Established since 19917 convenient locationsWelcoming environmentBook a visit encouraged

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Paper Moon Nurseries

Last inspected 5 October 2022 · Hayley Ruane

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happy and are confident to separate from their parents, demonstrating they feel safe and secure. Staff know children well and support their progress, encouraging them to persevere with tasks and learn about emotions and imaginative play.

Inspector highlights

  • Children arrive happy and are confident to separate from their parents.
  • Staff know the children well and how to help them progress in their development.
  • The manager has supported staff through supervisions, in-house and external training to help extend their knowledge of how to support children's communication and language skills.
  • Staff work well in partnership with parents and other professionals to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Children who speak English as an additional language are supported to have a sense of belonging in the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff in the baby room to quickly identify how to extend one-year-old children's interests in being physically active indoors
  • 2strengthen staff's knowledge of how to offer two-year-old children age- appropriate equipment to help build on their self-care skills.
Inspection #10213480 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that the same strategies are used in the nursery as at home to support consistency in their children's communication skills.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work well in partnership with parents and other professionals to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Parents comment that the same strategies are used in the nursery as at home to support consistency in their children's communication skills.

Outdoor space

Staff supervise children well, for example when they take risks and go down slides head first safely outdoors. Older children are excited to pretend to go on a hunt in the garden for a bear and join in saying repeated phrases from favourite stories.

Parent Reviews of Paper Moon Nurseries

5.0
(4)
Elizabeth Hansen-Chambers
a year ago

A great nursery - the staff are friendly & it’s clear they genuinely care about the children. My little one has thrived since starting last year and we’ve never had an upset drop off as they love being there. There’s been lots of positive updates to the nursery recently including some modernisation. The location is also very ideal being close to the A52 and there is plenty of parking. I couldn’t recommend Paper Moon Gamston enough!

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Hugo Rodrigues
3 years ago

Amazing place with incredible people. My work schedule was always changing and they always did everything to accommodate our needs. Fantastic environment. My daughter never wanted to come home because it was so much fun in there 😂

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alison hill
5 years ago

Highly recommend this nursery, close to Nottingham and ideally located just off the A52

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Inspection history

Date: January 2004

  • November 2022Good
  • October 2022Good
  • December 2021Requires improvement
  • October 2021Requires improvement
  • June 2016Good
  • May 2016Good
  • July 2009Good
  • June 2009Good
  • February 2006Requires improvement
  • January 2004Good

Frequently asked about Paper Moon Nurseries

About the setting

Paper Moon Nurseries registered in 1998 and is situated in Gamston, Nottinghamshire. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualifications at level 2, 11 hold level 3 and one holds level 6. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday all year round, except for one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
253395
Registered person
Paper Moon Nurseries (Mansfield) Ltd
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Requires improvement

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