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Busy Nought To Fives - St Nicholas House

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2021)
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5.0(4 parent reviews)
·St Nicholas House, Walton Lane, Birchwood Park, WA3 6YL · Warrington
Number of places
120 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2021
Local authority
Warrington

About this day nursery

Busy Nought To Fives is a well-established nursery group that first opened its doors in 1992, growing to include five nurseries over the subsequent decade. Each nursery operates as an individual family-run concern, ensuring specific local needs are met with professional excellence.

The group is committed to providing a safe and secure environment where children aged from birth to five years can develop, grow, and acquire social skills. They focus on the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements and offer an extensive curriculum, providing parents with regular, detailed updates on their child’s progress.

The nurseries are staffed by caring, qualified professionals passionate about working with young children, and all locations are easily accessible via public transport and motorway networks. Busy Nought To Fives prioritises the highest levels of childcare, actively promoting children's all-round personal, social, and emotional development.

They also provide delicious food made fresh daily by qualified chefs and boast fantastic outdoor play and learning areas at all sites, encouraging physical activity and learning in fresh air.

Our ethos

We aim to provide an environment where children feel safe and secure, but also one in which they can develop, grow, and acquire social skills. We are committed to looking after your children at the highest levels and standards, without compromise. We take pride in promoting and actively encouraging all children to promote their all-round personal, social, and emotional development.

What it's like

The nursery is filled with happy and confident children. Babies create close bonds with skilled and experienced staff, which helps them to feel safe and make great progress in their physical development. Toddlers develop their self-care skills as they begin to use potties and toilets and wash their hands independently.

Family-runEstablished since 1992EYFS-focused curriculumOutdoor learningFreshly prepared meals

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm

Age range

Birth to five years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Busy Nought To Fives - St Nicholas House

Last inspected 1 December 2021

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

The nursery is filled with happy and confident children. Babies create close bonds with skilled and experienced staff, which helps them to feel safe and make great progress in their physical development. Toddlers develop their self-care skills as they begin to use potties and toilets and wash their hands independently.

Inspector highlights

  • The support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent.
  • Partnership working is a strength of the nursery. Links with parents and external professionals are rooted in trust and respect.
  • Children access a variety of books. Staff read to children with enthusiasm and children relish opportunities to enact the roles of their favourite characters.
  • Staff support children's large-muscle development. Children relish opportunities to climb on low-level apparatus outdoors and show excellent physical skill while playing football.
  • Leaders evaluate the nursery well. Priorities for improvement are accurate and include the views of children, parents and staff.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff knowledge of how to teach children about differences and similarities
  • 2provide staff with incisive feedback about their interactions with children, to raise their teaching to a higher level
  • 3strengthen children's communication and language skills, by supporting staff to model the correct pronunciations of letter sounds and words.
Inspection #10214423 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents say' staff are 'amazing and really care for the children'

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The support in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is excellent. Leaders leave no stone unturned when it comes to removing barriers to learning. External professionals monitor intervention plans, alongside nursery staff, and children with SEND make good progress.

Outdoor space

Staff support children's large-muscle development. Children relish opportunities to climb on low-level apparatus outdoors and show excellent physical skill while playing football.

Parent Reviews of Busy Nought To Fives - St Nicholas House

5.0
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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • December 2021Good
  • August 2017Good
  • September 2014Good
  • February 2014Requires improvement
  • August 2013Requires improvement
  • May 2011Good

Frequently asked about Busy Nought To Fives - St Nicholas House

About the setting

St. Nicholas House registered in 2003 and is one of six settings owned and managed by a private company. The nursery opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6pm, all year round with the exception of bank holidays and one week at Christmas. It provides funded early years education for two-, three- and four-yearold children. There are currently 22 members of staff employed who work directly with children. Of these, two hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 6, two hold qualifications at level 4, 16 hold qualifications at level 3 and one holds qualifications at level 2.

URN
EY259610
Registered person
Busy Nought to Fives Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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