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Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
·Childcare Centre, Londesborough Grove, Selby, YO8 9NX · North Yorkshire
Number of places
42 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
North Yorkshire

About this day nursery

Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre is a charity-run establishment in Selby, managed by a voluntary committee, dedicated to providing high-quality childcare for local children. The centre prides itself on offering a safe, caring, and stimulating environment, with a professional and dedicated team that ensures a diverse and inclusive setting.

They believe in the intrinsic value of early years education, focusing on nurturing each child as a unique individual and fostering a lifelong love of learning. The centre offers a range of services including a Breakfast Club, After School Club (Pit Stop), and a Holiday Club.

" Currently, the centre is actively fundraising for essential repairs, particularly a new roof, to ensure its continued operation and ability to serve the community.

Our ethos

At Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre we understand and value the importance of Early Years education in its own right and not just in preparation for starting school. We believe that each child is unique and therefore strive to ensure that each child is valued through our warm and nurturing environment, an environment in which each child can flourish, develop a lifelong love of learning and reach their full potential.

What it's like

Children thrive in this warm and supportive environment, greeted daily by patient and kind staff. The provider prioritises giving children a voice and offers a rich variety of resources and activities, allowing them to make choices about their learning. Children demonstrate confidence in sharing their knowledge and ideas, and their independence, social, and emotional development are fully promoted.

Charity-runVoluntary committee-managedBreakfast ClubAfter School ClubHoliday Club

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

07:30 – 18:00

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1977

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre

Last inspected 2 July 2025 · Nicola Dickinson

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children thrive in this warm and supportive environment, greeted daily by patient and kind staff. The provider prioritises giving children a voice and offers a rich variety of resources and activities, allowing them to make choices about their learning. Children demonstrate confidence in sharing their knowledge and ideas, and their independence, social, and emotional development are fully promoted.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thrive in a warm and supportive environment.
  • The provider’s curriculum is well designed and sequenced.
  • Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with SEND.
  • Activities capture children’s interest, leading to high motivation and sustained concentration.
  • Staff are exceptionally skilled in promoting children’s communication and language.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen further the partnership with all parents to enhance the two-way flow of information between home and the setting
  • 2fully consider the age and stage of children when planning whole group activities, so that all children maintain their interest and continue to be highly engaged.
Inspection #10388568 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that staff are amazing and the setting is an enriching environment that sparks their children's curiosity and wonder.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children and work hard to help them reach their full potential, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders have built strong partnerships with other professionals to ensure a shared approach to children's learning and development, and they work closely with parents of children with SEND to ensure access to additional support, which quickly narrows developmental gaps and prepares children for school.

Outdoor space

Children are confident to share their knowledge and ideas, for example, they talk about the lavender in the nursery garden and recall when they saw bees landing on it to collect pollen.

Inspection history

Date: January 2009

  • July 2025Good
  • July 2019Good
  • July 2014Good
  • January 2009Good

Frequently asked about Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre

About the setting

Thorpe Willoughby Childcare Centre registered in 1977. The provision is a community centre which operates from two buildings in the school grounds of Thorpe Willoughby School in North Yorkshire. It employs 11 members of childcare staff, with eight holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The centre opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas, with sessions from 7:30am until 6pm. The centre provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
400302
Registered person
Thorpe Willoughby Playgroup Committee
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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