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Paradise Early Years

Ofsted: Strong standard·Brilliant Minds, Forge Lane, Dewsbury, WF12 9EJ · Kirklees
Number of places
105 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2026
Local authority
Kirklees

About this day nursery

Paradise Early Years, located in Dewsbury, WF12 9EJ, is a childcare on non-domestic premises setting that provides a strong standard of care and education for children aged 1 to 4 years, with a total capacity for 105 children. Registered with Ofsted on 21/05/2025, the day nursery prides itself on its robust safeguarding standards and its commitment to an inclusive environment.

The curriculum is broad and ambitious, designed to nurture curiosity and support meaningful progress, with a particular focus on communication and language development, utilising tools like cue cards and sensory experiences for babies. The setting fosters a warm and nurturing atmosphere where children are greeted with a familiar Islamic greeting and address staff respectfully as 'Apa', reinforcing its culturally-rooted, inclusive ethos.

Children benefit from strong relationships with their key persons and peers, and staff are dedicated to supporting individual needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and providing engaging outdoor play experiences in a well-developed space, including a mud kitchen, water play, and a ball pit. Parents are well-supported through clear daily communication, personalised induction, and learning packs to extend development at home, ensuring consistent support for children's learning and wellbeing.

What it's like

Children are welcomed into a warm, nurturing environment and greeted by their key person with a familiar Islamic greeting. This helps children who are of this culture feel valued and settle quickly. Staff get to know children and their families well through a thoughtful, gradual settling-in process, providing the care and support children need to form strong attachments. As a result, children are happy, emotionally secure and ready to learn. Children demonstrate respect and kindness by addressing staff as 'Apa', a culturally-rooted term that conveys warmth and esteem. This respectful form of address strengthens relationships and reinforces the setting's nurturing, inclusive culture, helping children feel secure, valued, and connected to the adults who care for them.

Strong standardsInclusive careAmbitious curriculumIslamic valuesOutdoor playStrong relationships

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 08:20 - 03:30

Registered with Ofsted

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Jul 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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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

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Paradise Early Years

Last inspected 14 July 2026

What it's like to attend

Children are welcomed into a warm, nurturing environment and greeted by their key person with a familiar Islamic greeting. This helps children who are of this culture feel valued and settle quickly. Staff get to know children and their families well through a thoughtful, gradual settling-in process, providing the care and support children need to form strong attachments. As a result, children are happy, emotionally secure and ready to learn. Children demonstrate respect and kindness by addressing staff as 'Apa', a culturally-rooted term that conveys warmth and esteem. This respectful form of address strengthens relationships and reinforces the setting's nurturing, inclusive culture, helping children feel secure, valued, and connected to the adults who care for them.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make strong, consistent progress through a carefully sequenced curriculum and effective teaching.
  • Children recognise and overcome barriers to their learning because they know how to use the strategies that help them.
  • Children build strong relationships with their peers and reflect the positive language and attitudes modelled by staff.
  • Leaders and staff set high expectations for behaviour, so children demonstrate excellent attitudes and show respect for adults, peers and their environment.
  • Staff build warm, trusting relationships that help children to feel a strong sense of belonging and become confident, motivated learners.
  • Children's welfare and wellbeing are given the highest priority.
  • Leaders have designed a broad, ambitious curriculum that nurtures children's curiosity, encourages exploration and supports meaningful progress across all areas of development.
  • Leaders create a robust culture of inclusion that ensures every child is well supported.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should ensure continued improvement in the setting's successful work to remove barriers for children who need extra help, to realise a transformational impact on all children's achievement and wellbeing.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The setting has a robust culture of inclusion, swiftly identifying emerging needs through baseline assessments. Staff have expert knowledge to adapt practice for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), rigorously monitor progress, and use additional funding purposefully for targeted interventions and appropriate equipment.

Outdoor space

Staff make excellent use of the large outdoor space and natural environment, including water play and a ball pit, to help children develop coordination, agility, core strength, and motor skills. They also utilise natural resources in the mud kitchen to encourage role play and communication.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

14 July 2026

Strong standard

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

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