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The Willows Day Nursery in Spalding

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2023)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·Old Main Road, Fleet Hargate, SPALDING, PE12 8LL · Lincolnshire
Number of places
60 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2023
Local authority
Lincolnshire

About this day nursery

The Willows Day Nursery, located in Spalding, PE12 8LL, offers a stimulating and fun learning environment for children from birth to eight years old, including a Holiday Club. The nursery focuses on education and believes in providing a strong foundation for children's future.

With a team of qualified childcare practitioners trained since 1996, the nursery offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities. They prioritise the individual needs of each child and work closely with parents to ensure a happy, safe, and enriching experience.

The premises are equipped with CCTV systems to ensure the safety and safeguarding of all children, parents, staff, and students. Prospective families are invited to arrange a nursery tour or make an enquiry about available places through their online form.

The nursery also provides ample parking with 10 spaces at the front.

What it's like

Children are becoming confident communicators. Staff focus on language development through singing, reading, and well-planned activities, building a rich vocabulary. Children practise and build on their skills over time, particularly in physical development, which prepares them for writing.

Childcare for newborns to 8 yearsStimulating indoor and outdoor environmentExperienced and qualified staffFocus on early educationCCTV for enhanced safeguarding

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around full-time weekly packages, full days, and morning or afternoon sessions, with an hourly rate for extra ad-hoc care. Standard session fees include meals, while funded places have different calculation models and separate meal charges.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Standard session prices include meals.
  • Separate meal charges apply to funded hours, but parents can provide packed meals for free.
  • Grant funding rates cannot be combined with standard session prices.

Key facts

Food

Meals included in non-funded session prices. Meal charges apply separately to grant care charges; parents can provide packed meals, but the nursery cannot cook or reheat them.

Opening hours

7am to 5pm, or 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday

Waitlist

No explicit mention of a waitlist, but sessions are subject to availability.

Age range

newborns to eight years (Holiday Club)

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Willows Day Nursery

Last inspected 14 July 2023

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

Children are becoming confident communicators. Staff focus on language development through singing, reading, and well-planned activities, building a rich vocabulary. Children practise and build on their skills over time, particularly in physical development, which prepares them for writing.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are becoming confident communicators and build a rich and varied vocabulary.
  • Staff are clear about what they are teaching and why, ensuring learning is securely embedded.
  • The manager has ensured that the action set at the last inspection has been met, and staff implement robust risk assessment processes.
  • Staff have created a list of '50 top learning experiences' to broaden children's knowledge of the world.
  • Children's behaviour is supported well, including through individual behaviour plans and teaching sharing and turn-taking.

Areas to develop

  • 1act swiftly, and communicate effectively with parents and external services, so that children with emerging SEND are supported without delay
  • 2adapt the organisation of group learning times so that all children get the most from the planned learning experience.
Inspection #10281676 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that staff are very accommodating, and they feel safe leaving their children at the setting.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

A recent change in staffing has meant that some children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have experienced a slight pause in accessing the external services they need. The provider should act swiftly and communicate effectively with parents and external services to ensure children with emerging SEND are supported without delay.

Outdoor space

Children play in safe and suitable spaces, both indoors and outdoors. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of The Willows Day Nursery

5.0
(3)

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2023

Date: September 2012

  • July 2023Good
  • February 2023Inadequate
  • February 2017Outstanding
  • June 2013Good
  • September 2012Good

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