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Play & Learn Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
·2 Beverley Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3LQ · Middlesbrough
Number of places
57 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Middlesbrough

About this day nursery

Play & Learn Nursery, located in Middlesbrough, was established in 2019 and provides childcare for children aged 0-7 years. The day nursery operates all year round, from Monday to Friday, with sessions running from 8am until 6pm.

Building on a "Good" Ofsted rating from their latest inspection on 8th July 2025, the day nursery offers a warm, welcoming, and nurturing environment where children are settled and confident. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, designed to build on children's existing knowledge and interests, sparking their curiosity through engaging activities.

Staff deftly support children's communication and language skills, introducing new vocabulary and encouraging thoughtful conversations, which bolsters confidence and comprehension. Leaders at Play & Learn Nursery are proactive in identifying children with additional needs, ensuring timely referrals and adapting routines with targeted support to meet individual requirements.

This commitment ensures that all children, including those with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), are fully included and make progress. The nursery also places a strong emphasis on outdoor learning, where children can engage in physical challenges such as balancing on crates and planks, thus developing strength, coordination, and confidence while learning about safe risk-taking.

Children are encouraged to develop independence, from serving snacks to tidying resources and following self-care routines like toothbrushing, preparing them for future learning. Strong partnerships with parents are a cornerstone of the nursery's approach, with families appreciating the approachable staff and feeling well-informed about their child's progress, further supported by the option to borrow home learning packs.

What it's like

Children are settled and confident in this warm and welcoming nursery. They are deeply engaged in purposeful play and enjoy the calm, nurturing environment. Strong, trusting relationships help children feel safe and emotionally secure, approaching staff with ease and showing high levels of well-being.

Settled and confident childrenBroad, ambitious curriculumStrong communication and language supportPromotes independenceStrong partnerships with parentsEffective SEND provision

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Play & Learn Nursery

Last inspected 8 July 2025 · Claire Budge

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 are settled and confident in this warm and welcoming nursery. They are deeply engaged in purposeful play and enjoy the calm, nurturing environment. Strong, trusting relationships help children feel safe and emotionally secure, approaching staff with ease and showing high levels of well-being.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are settled and confident in this warm and welcoming nursery.
  • Children benefit from a broad, ambitious curriculum that builds on what they already know and can do.
  • Staff skilfully support children's communication and language throughout the day.
  • Staff promote children's independence well.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen how information about children's next steps is shared across the staff team, to better support staff in building on what children already know and can do
  • 2ensure learning intentions are clearly identified in adult-led activities, so that staff can focus interactions and maximise children's learning.
Inspection #10392894 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders identify children with additional needs quickly and ensure timely referrals are made to external professionals. Staff adapt routines and implement targeted support to meet individual needs. This ensures that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are fully included and make progress from their starting points in their learning.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, children challenge their physical skills by balancing on crates and planks, helping to build strength, coordination and confidence. These experiences support physical development and the ability to take safe risks.

Inspection history

Date: October 2019

  • August 2025Good
  • July 2025Good
  • October 2019Good
  • October 2019Good

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