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Springboard Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2023)
·Springboard Sunderland, The Alec Dickson Centre, Sunderland, SR4 6AD · Sunderland
Number of places
26 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2023
Local authority
Sunderland

About this day nursery

Springboard Nursery, located in Sunderland, is a family-focused setting where children are greeted with smiles and eagerness to engage in play and learning. Established in 2004, the nursery operates all year round, from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, closing only for bank holidays and two weeks over Christmas.

The dedicated staff, most of whom hold Level 3 or above early years qualifications, create a safe, warm, and welcoming environment, carefully planning activities to support each child's development. The nursery provides a broad and balanced curriculum, encouraging imaginative play in babies and exploratory activities for older children, such as searching for bugs and tending to plants.

Staff enthusiastically join in children's play, skilfully guiding them to learn and remember more, fostering positive attitudes towards learning through engaging activities like making "sunshine cakes" from mud, flowers, and water. The setting effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and prioritises language development, preparing children well for reading.

What it's like

This family-focused nursery is filled with fun and laughter. Children bound through the gate with big smiles on arrival, waving books that they have brought to share with their friends. This shows their confidence and eagerness to play and learn. Staff provide a safe, warm and welcoming environment, which they plan carefully to support children's learning.

Family-focusedWarm and welcomingSupport for SENDStrong parent partnershipsEngaging activities

Key facts

Opening hours

8am until 5pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Springboard Nursery

Last inspected 29 June 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

This family-focused nursery is filled with fun and laughter. Children bound through the gate with big smiles on arrival, waving books that they have brought to share with their friends. This shows their confidence and eagerness to play and learn. Staff provide a safe, warm and welcoming environment, which they plan carefully to support children's learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children arrive with big smiles, waving books and showing confidence and eagerness to play and learn.
  • Staff provide a safe, warm and welcoming environment, carefully planned to support children's learning.
  • Babies are encouraged to show early imaginative skills, pretending to feed vegetables to staff and giggling at bubbles.
  • Older children search for bugs, dig for worms, and learn to take care of plants, exploring smells as they water herbs and lavender.
  • Staff plan a broad and balanced curriculum and skilfully help children to learn and remember more.
  • Children recall what they have learned, looking back at pictures they have made linked to a favourite story, contributing to positive attitudes to learning.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported particularly well, with staff celebrating every achievement and fostering effective partnerships with parents.
  • Staff provide plenty of opportunities for children to see and hear words, preparing them very well for learning to read.

Areas to develop

  • 1Encourage reluctant children to engage more consistently in activities
  • 2Support older children to learn how to resolve their own conflicts that arise during their play.
Inspection #10295355 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported particularly well. Staff recognise and celebrate the significance of every achievement, for example, when children develop the confidence to hold a friend's hand or to step over a crack in the pavement. Effective partnerships with parents and other professionals help children to make the best possible progress.

Inspection history

Date: September 2008

  • June 2023Good
  • December 2017Outstanding
  • October 2014Good
  • November 2013Requires improvement
  • September 2008Good

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