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Thingwall Buddies

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2024)
·Thingwall Primary School, 559 Pensby Road, Wirral, CH61 7UG · Wirral
Number of places
50 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2024
Local authority
Wirral

About this day nursery

Thingwall Buddies, located in Thingwall, Wirral, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for young children. The nursery prides itself on its highly qualified and experienced, graduate-led team, with all staff holding at least a Level 3 qualification and committed to ongoing professional development in areas such as Safeguarding, Paediatric First Aid, and Food Hygiene.

The setting operates a key carer approach, ensuring that each child has a named member of staff responsible for their well-being and development, fostering secure relationships and individualised care. This approach supports children in feeling safe, cared for, and confident to explore and learn.

Thingwall Buddies values strong partnerships with families, building lasting relationships, and aims to provide a fair and open admission system with competitive pricing. The nursery supports parents in claiming the childcare element of Working Tax Credit and offers various payment options, including monthly in advance fees.

Our ethos

Thingwall Buddies operates a key carer approach, ensuring that each child has a named member of staff responsible for their well-being and development, fostering secure relationships and individualised care. This approach supports children in feeling safe, cared for, and confident to explore and learn. The nursery also values strong partnerships with families.

What it's like

The setting provides a warm, welcoming and nurturing environment in which children make good progress in all aspects of their learning. Children happily rush into the setting, greet staff and friends, and are soon absorbed in play and learning. Staff gather information from parents about children's interests and have activities set up for new children, which successfully smooths their transition into the setting.

Graduate-led teamKey carer approachHighly qualified staffForest School

Pricing & funding

Fees are billed monthly in advance. A one-month notice period is required to cancel a child's place. Holidays taken during term time must be paid for in full, while Holiday Club is booked separately.

Good to know

  • Fees are charged monthly in advance.
  • One month's notice is required for cancellations.
  • Holidays during term time must be paid for.
  • Holiday Club can be booked separately.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.45am to 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2022

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Thingwall Buddies

Last inspected 19 September 2024 · Chris Scully

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 setting provides a warm, welcoming and nurturing environment in which children make good progress in all aspects of their learning. Children happily rush into the setting, greet staff and friends, and are soon absorbed in play and learning. Staff gather information from parents about children's interests and have activities set up for new children, which successfully smooths their transition into the setting.

Inspector highlights

  • Support for children with SEND is a key strength, with leaders partnering with families and professionals and confidently challenging when support falls short.
  • The setting places a strong focus on staff training, development, and support, enhancing their knowledge and skills, contributing to good quality provision.
  • There is a balanced curriculum based on children's interests, offering a range of activities that support learning.
  • Most staff engage in meaningful conversations with children, using spontaneous events to introduce new vocabulary and expand their language skills.
  • Mathematics is embedded into the daily routine, with younger children learning numbers through songs and older children sorting and counting, developing early mathematical concepts.
  • Children benefit from many opportunities to stay fit and well, learning good hand hygiene and understanding food allergies, developing confidence in their well-being.
  • The setting plans ways for children to continually develop their small- and large-muscle movements, through activities like clambering over climbing frames and using wheeled resources.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong, with the setting providing lots of information about children's learning and development and offering activities like a lending library to foster early literacy.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to pitch activities at just the right level, so that all children get the most from the intended learning
  • 2support staff to consistently model the correct pronunciation of words to further extend children's vocabulary and speaking.
Inspection #10356759 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

This setting provides an inclusive environment where each child's uniqueness is acknowledged and celebrated, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Support for children with SEND is a key strength, with staff working in partnership with families and professionals to ensure children receive the right support. Leaders confidently challenge when support falls short and sensitively assist parents in making decisions about their children's future learning, resulting in steady and sustained progress and strong foundations for lifelong learning.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy collaborating with one another, for example, working together to move and reposition logs to support their activities in the forest area. Children benefit from lots of opportunities to develop their large- muscle movements by clambering over climbing frames and using wheeled resources with control as they whiz around the chalk road.

Inspection history

Date: September 2024

  • October 2024Good
  • September 2024Good

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