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Stanleys at Riverside

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2021)
·Riverside Children's Centre, Garrick Street, SOUTH SHIELDS, NE33 4JT · South Tyneside
Number of places
55 places
Age range
2–3 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
South Tyneside

About this day nursery

30pm all year round, providing an exceptionally welcoming and friendly environment for children aged 2 to 3 years. The nursery received an Outstanding rating from Ofsted on its latest inspection on October 4, 2021.

Staff plan exceptional opportunities to help all children make excellent progress in their learning, with a strong focus on physical development through engaging activities like making dough and creating obstacle courses outdoors. Children are encouraged to be respectful and independent, with outstanding support for their personal and emotional well-being.

The nursery places a high value on communication and language development, introducing new vocabulary and providing outstanding support for children with English as an additional language, including working with interpreters to support families. Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is superb, with staff using gestures, pictures, and sign language, and collaborating closely with other professionals.

Children also have rich opportunities to learn about nature through a vegetable plot and engage with technology. Parents speak very highly of the dedicated and highly skilled staff, feeling fully informed about their children's learning.

What it's like

Children are very happy, safe and secure at this extremely welcoming and friendly nursery. Staff plan exceptional opportunities to help all children make excellent progress in their learning. There is superb support for children's physical development.

Outstanding leadershipStrong SEND supportExcellent communication skillsOutdoor learning opportunitiesTechnology explorationSuperb physical development

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2006

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Stanleys at Riverside

Last inspected 4 October 2021 · Julie Foers

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children are very happy, safe and secure at this extremely welcoming and friendly nursery. Staff plan exceptional opportunities to help all children make excellent progress in their learning. There is superb support for children's physical development.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff are highly skilled and well qualified. They have secure relationships with children in their care.
  • Support for children's developing communication and language skills is excellent.
  • Staff provide excellent opportunities for children to access fresh air and exercise.
  • Children have rich opportunities to learn about and understand technology.
  • Staff provide excellent opportunities for children to develop their mathematical skills.
Inspection #10131582 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly of staff and the quality of education and care they provide.

Parents feel fully informed about their children's learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is superb. Staff use a number of ways to support children to communicate. For example, they use gestures, pictures and sign language. Staff work extremely closely with other education and health professionals to provide consistent strategies to support children's learning and development.

Outdoor space

Children learn directly about nature as they grow and eat carrots and potatoes from the nursery's vegetable plot. Staff encourage children to make their own obstacle courses with resources outside. This helps them to understand scale and how to sequence, connect, build and position the equipment.

EAL / language support

Through outings, food and stories, staff provide children with rich opportunities to learn about language and communities beyond their own. Children with English as an additional language make exceptional progress. There is outstanding support for children to flourish in both English and their home language. Staff work with interpreters to share information and help gather the views of parents.

Inspection history

Date: December 2011

  • October 2021Outstanding
  • December 2015Outstanding
  • December 2011Good

Frequently asked about Stanleys at Riverside

About the setting

Stanleys at Riverside registered in 2006. It opens Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 4.30pm all year round. The nursery employs 11 members of childcare staff, all qualified at level 3 or above, with one qualified teacher and one holding early years professional status. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY332276
Registered person
South Tyneside Council
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
Outstanding

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