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Playfit St Marys

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2022)
·Manor House Centre, Haddenham Road, Leicester, LE3 2BG · Leicester
Number of places
40 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Leicester

About this day nursery

PlayFit St Marys is a Kids Club located in Leicester, offering OfSTED registered childcare for children aged 4 to 11 years. They provide holiday provisions with healthy play activities integrated.

The club operates from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm during holiday periods. PlayFit is dedicated to supporting working parents and schools by offering reliable, high-quality, and affordable childcare.

The service aims to foster healthy, engaged, and happy children, which in turn contributes to contented parents and schools. The organisation emphasises a child-centred approach, ensuring that activities are well-tailored to suit all children.

PlayFit continues to expand its reach across Leicestershire, with specific venues in Loughborough, Rearsby, Enderby, Wigston, and the City of Leicester, and it is always exploring new opportunities to extend its services to additional locations.

What it's like

Children are welcomed warmly and eagerly join in activities. Staff support them in play, foster language skills, and encourage good behaviour with positive role modelling. Children learn to take turns, share, and their views are valued during activities like story time. They develop an appreciation for diversity through food-tasting and learning about religious festivals.

OfSTED RegisteredHoliday ClubHealthy Play Activities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

8:30am - 3:30pm

Age range

4 - 11 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Session types

Holiday Provision Only

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Playfit St Marys

Last inspected 11 October 2022 · Vanessa Cuthbert

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 welcomed warmly and eagerly join in activities. Staff support them in play, foster language skills, and encourage good behaviour with positive role modelling. Children learn to take turns, share, and their views are valued during activities like story time. They develop an appreciation for diversity through food-tasting and learning about religious festivals.

Inspector highlights

  • New children are supported to settle quickly and build relationships with their key person.
  • Children with SEND are supported very well with close agency collaboration and additional funding for resources.
  • Children demonstrate increasing independence and awareness, such as washing hands and helping to tidy up.
  • Children benefit from lots of time playing and exploring outdoors, learning about nature and keeping safe.
  • Parents speak highly of the setting, praising staff communication and describing staff as "more like friends than caregivers".

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to develop skills to clearly identify what they want individual children to learn from activities.
Inspection #10236582 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of the setting. They comment that staff are 'more like friends than caregivers' and feel that communication is excellent.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The manager provides targeted training, including a workshop with a speech and language therapist, to help staff support gaps in children's learning, especially for children who speak English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children with SEND are supported very well, with staff working closely with various agencies and using additional funding to purchase specific resources that are shared with home.

Outdoor space

Staff help children learn to keep safe and ensure they benefit from lots of time playing and exploring outdoors. Children explore the forest area, discovering things like mushrooms, and learn about the natural world around them by collecting twigs, feathers, leaves, and flowers.

Inspection history

Date: October 2016

  • October 2022Good
  • October 2016Good

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