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Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Aug 2022)
·2 Lindsay Road, Branksome Park, Poole, BH13 6AR · Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole

About this day nursery

Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery in Branksome Park, Poole, offers an outstanding early years experience, as confirmed by its latest Ofsted inspection on 18 August 2022. The nursery, which has been established since November 2002 and is privately owned, operates year-round, except for a week at Christmas, from 8:30 am to 5:45 pm.

Children from birth to four years old thrive in a spacious, well-resourced, and effectively planned environment spread across two floors, including a dedicated baby unit on the first floor. The 17-strong staff team, almost all holding relevant early years qualifications, are highly skilled and dedicated, ensuring each child's individual needs are met from the start through tailored settling-in programmes and home visits.

They expertly promote physical, social, and emotional development, fostering high levels of confidence and independence. The nursery prioritises strong parent partnerships, maintaining regular communication and involving families in their child's learning and development journey.

This commitment to excellence and continuous improvement ensures that children at Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery consistently make excellent progress and are exceptionally well-prepared for their next stages of learning.

What it's like

Children blossom in this outstanding nursery. They make excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development. Highly skilled staff ensure that children's individual needs are thoroughly met from the moment they start, fostering strong relationships with caring and knowledgeable staff. Children enjoy playing and learning in all areas of the spacious, well-resourced and effectively planned environment, showing high levels of confidence and independence.

Outstanding provisionSkilled staffStrong parent partnershipsHolistic developmentWell-resourced environment

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

8.30am to 5.45pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2002

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Puss 'n' Boots Day Nursery

Last inspected 18 August 2022

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children blossom in this outstanding nursery. They make excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development. Highly skilled staff ensure that children's individual needs are thoroughly met from the moment they start, fostering strong relationships with caring and knowledgeable staff. Children enjoy playing and learning in all areas of the spacious, well-resourced and effectively planned environment, showing high levels of confidence and independence.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make excellent progress in all areas of their learning and development.
  • Highly skilled staff ensure that children's individual needs are thoroughly met from the moment they start.
  • Children enjoy playing and learning in all areas of the spacious, well-resourced and effectively planned environment.
  • Staff expertly support children's learning and curiosity in the garden.
  • Parents are very happy with the care and education their children receive.
  • Staff receive highly effective supervision and training opportunities, which ensures that the whole team provides exceptional teaching and learning opportunities.
  • Staff's ability to support children with additional needs is outstanding.
  • Care practices are excellent throughout the nursery.
  • The ambitious curriculum is delivered expertly and consistently by all staff.
  • Staff's interactions with children are of a very high quality.
  • Children's personal, social and emotional development is extremely well supported.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
Inspection #10234690 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The nursery's special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) and the whole team make use of a wide range of highly effective approaches to meet the needs of individual children. Staff have strong links with a wide range of professionals, including the area SENCo and health visitors, who regularly visit to offer support and guidance. Staff skilfully implement this professional advice to ensure that all children make excellent progress. Staff's ability to support children with additional needs is outstanding.

Outdoor space

Children show enjoyment and focus when exploring outside. Staff expertly support children's learning and curiosity in the garden, which offers motivating and challenging experiences and an area where they can safely take risks. Children take safe risks in their play, especially outdoors, for example, using swings carefully and playing with natural resources such as sticks. Staff in the baby room show an excellent understanding of how to keep the youngest children safe in outdoor spaces.

Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2022

Date: March 2011

  • August 2022Outstanding
  • October 2016Good
  • April 2013Good
  • March 2011Good

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