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Pumpkin Pie Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2021)
·United Reform Church, West Thirston, Felton, NE65 9EF · Northumberland
Number of places
82 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2021
Local authority
Northumberland

About this day nursery

Pumpkin Pie Childcare, registered in 2018 in Felton, Northumberland, operates as a full day care setting from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, all year round. The nursery prides itself on its dedicated team of 30 childcare staff, including two with qualified teacher status, and provides funded early education for two-, three-, and four-year-old children.

Children at Pumpkin Pie Childcare are observed to be happy, safe, and settled, consistently engaged in a wide array of stimulating activities designed to encourage investigation and exploration. The setting places a strong emphasis on outdoor learning, with children planting their own fruits and vegetables in the nursery allotment and older children eagerly anticipating their weekly visits to a forest school.

Additionally, the manager ensures that key persons are available daily to speak with parents and provide updates on their children's activities, fostering highly positive parent feedback.

What it's like

Children arrive happily to start their day in the nursery. They are welcomed fondly by their key person and immediately become engaged in the exciting activities on offer. All children demonstrate that they are happy, safe and settled in the nursery. Staff plan many activities that encourage children to investigate and explore.

Focus on outdoor learningStrong parent communicationGood behaviourRich learning activities

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

7:30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2018

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Pumpkin Pie Childcare

Last inspected 23 July 2021

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happily to start their day in the nursery. They are welcomed fondly by their key person and immediately become engaged in the exciting activities on offer. All children demonstrate that they are happy, safe and settled in the nursery. Staff plan many activities that encourage children to investigate and explore.

Inspector highlights

  • Children arrive happily to start their day in the nursery. They are welcomed fondly by their key person and immediately become engaged in the exciting activities on offer.
  • All children demonstrate that they are happy, safe and settled in the nursery. Staff plan many activities that encourage children to investigate and explore.
  • Children behave very well. Staff give children lots of praise for their achievements. They explain clearly to children what is expected of them.
  • Staff encourage children to learn about staying healthy. They plan many opportunities for children to play outside in the fresh air.
  • Children have many opportunities to develop their mathematical understanding. Staff have recently attended training to further children's learning in this area.
  • The manager makes sure that key persons are available to speak to parents each day. Staff provide parents with daily information about the activities their children have taken part in. They keep parents well informed about their children's development.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
  • Staff can confidently recognise when children may be at risk of harm. They understand the action to take and who to contact if they have a concern about a child's welfare.
  • Staff check the environment to make sure that it remains a secure and safe place for children to play in. Children learn how to keep themselves safe.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance the planning and organisation of group times so that all children are fully involved and engaged in their learning
  • 2plan opportunities for younger children to develop their independence and self-care skills further.
Inspection #10190418 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Staff place a focus on children learning outdoors and understanding about the world around them. Children can plant their own fruit and vegetables in the nursery's allotment. Older children look forward to visiting a forest school twice each week. Staff take children to places of interest in the local community, such as local parks, walks in the fields to the river and the nearby farm. Children enjoy healthy meals and snacks.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

23 July 2021

Good

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

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