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PlayTots Northwood

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2024)
·Northwood Community Centre, Gilescroft Avenue, Liverpool, L33 9TW · Knowsley
Number of places
16 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2024
Local authority
Knowsley

About this day nursery

Playtots Nursery is a family-operated limited company offering high-quality, accessible childcare services across five locations in Knowsley and Liverpool. Dedicated to children aged 0-5 years, the nursery strives to create a secure, nurturing, and engaging environment where each child can thrive.

Their educational approach focuses on fostering personal, social, and emotional development through playful learning experiences. The curriculum is deeply rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidelines, incorporating annual themes, cultural festivities, and individual child interests to inspire a holistic learning journey.

Playtots places a strong emphasis on collaborating with parents and caregivers, believing that a robust partnership is key to providing children with the best possible start. The ultimate goal is to cultivate joyful, compassionate, and self-assured individuals, fully prepared for their future academic and personal milestones.

Our ethos

Playtots Nursery's educational approach focuses on fostering personal, social, and emotional development through playful learning experiences, rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidelines. They aim to cultivate joyful, compassionate, and self-assured individuals by inspiring a holistic learning journey through themes, festivities, and child interests, in close collaboration with parents.

What it's like

Children are greeted warmly and quickly engage with activities in this setting. Staff plan experiences carefully to meet children's needs and interests, fostering communication and language development through conversation and story time. Routines and boundaries are clearly established, promoting a culture of respect.

Family-runChild-centred learningEYFS curriculumStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers full day, short day, and half-day sessions, as well as an hourly rate. Prices are reviewed annually. Funding is accepted, with an additional daily charge for meals and snacks when using funded hours. No age-based price differences are specified.

Good to know

  • Fees are subject to change each year in April.
  • Meals and snacks are chargeable per day when using funded hours.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm (Northwood site, term time only)

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Session types

Full Day, Short Day, Half Day

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for PlayTots Northwood

Last inspected 26 November 2024 · Michelle Highcock

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 greeted warmly and quickly engage with activities in this setting. Staff plan experiences carefully to meet children's needs and interests, fostering communication and language development through conversation and story time. Routines and boundaries are clearly established, promoting a culture of respect.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider implements an ambitious and sequenced curriculum, which builds on children's interests and next steps in learning.
  • Staff have a good knowledge of the demographics of the area. There is a strong focus on building community links and signposting families to local services to support their individual needs.
  • Staff celebrate events with children. They introduce celebrations from other countries and use events to talk about safety.
  • Staff work closely with parents. They ask parents what they would like help with for their children's learning at home and provide home learning activity packs.
  • Staff know children well and have a good understanding of their needs. They make referrals for additional support for children and put play plans in place.

Areas to develop

  • 1refine group activities, such as story time and singing, to maintain all children's interest and engagement
  • 2strengthen the use of effective questioning to ensure that staff consistently provide opportunities to develop children's thinking skills.
Inspection #10363837 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff know children well and have a good understanding of their needs. They make referrals for additional support for children. Staff put play plans in place to reflect the targets set by both the setting and the other professionals involved. This early identification and implementation of additional strategies help all children to make progress in their learning.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning.

Inspection history

Date: January 2019

  • November 2024Good
  • January 2019Good

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