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Tiddlywinks Centre

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2021)
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3.7(9 parent reviews) ·7 Eastern Drive, Sheffield, S2 3WP · Sheffield
Number of places
65 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
Sheffield

About this day nursery

Tiddlywinks Centre, established in April 2005, is a charitable organisation dedicated to providing high-quality childcare services for families in the local community. Starting as a small toddler group in 1997, it has grown to serve approximately 168 families, offering up to 65 full-day childcare places and family support.

The centre caters to children from three months old up to school age, focusing on a nurturing environment. Tiddlywinks Centre prides itself on its dedicated staff and community-rooted approach.

The organisation operates with a clear mission to support families, offering essential services in a not-for-profit capacity. They encourage prospective families to get in touch for more information or to discuss their childcare needs.

What it's like

Children have fun and their days at the nursery are busy. They are enthusiastic, energetic learners, who enjoy exploring and investigating. Staff follow the interests of children, adopting approaches that develop a love of learning. Children's individual learning needs are met with a personalised day full of activities.

Charity-runFull day careCommunity-focused

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 6:00pm

Age range

3 months to school age

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2005

Waitlist

Unknown

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tiddlywinks Centre

Last inspected 25 October 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

Children have fun and their days at the nursery are busy. They are enthusiastic, energetic learners, who enjoy exploring and investigating. Staff follow the interests of children, adopting approaches that develop a love of learning. Children's individual learning needs are met with a personalised day full of activities.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager and staff team create a warm and welcoming environment for the children and their families.
  • The nursery set up initiatives to help parents and children throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Staff make observations and assessments about each child's learning, which are used skilfully to create interesting and challenging activities.
  • Managers support the staff team well, identifying their needs and helping them to access training.
  • Staff understand the importance of developing children's language and communication skills, with initiatives and plans in place to support this development.

Areas to develop

  • 1use more effective methods of planning and teaching, in particular questioning techniques, so that the children's communication and language can be developed to a higher level
  • 2develop more strategies that allow children to become even more independent in what they can do and achieve for themselves.
Inspection #10065776 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are quick to recommend the nursery.

They appreciate the feedback staff give daily about the child's experiences and daily achievements.

They find the activities the staff suggest that can be continued at home are easy and exciting to achieve.

They appreciate the value of these joint activities.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, feel safe, happy and confident. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children take advantage of the garden space and enjoy the various areas that promote their learning and development. Often, activities explored by children continue between the indoor and outdoor environments, for example, seeing a squirrel in the garden leads to autumn discoveries in a curiosity tray indoors.

Parent Reviews of Tiddlywinks Centre

3.7
(9)
Robyn Brown
2 years ago

So grateful for this nursery. My son has attended here for just over a year and they have been nothing but amazing with him as he has special requirements and needs which they more than accommodate for. Nothing is ever too much and they have constantly gone out their way to make me feel so comfortable and provide my son with the best care. We have been invited to face to face catch ups with the nursery to discuss my sons development and attended a lovely coffee cake morning they hosted for the kids and their parents which was so nice and chance to speak to our child’s key worker. Both Amy and Bethany are brilliant and have been the best key workers possible for my boy. Since moving to Tiddlywinks, my son’s development has come and heaps and bounds and I have to thank Tiddlywinks for playing a huge role in that. Thank you all so much, such a hard working team

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Supriya Shirke
3 years ago

Tiddlywinks is the best nursery in this area. My two kids have been going to this nursery at age of 2 yrs, until they started their school, they really enjoyed their stay at nursery, very happy to go and play, got really settled very well. Especially the staff is very kind, helpful and very attentive towards the kids and their development.

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Becky Cox
5 years ago

Both of my boys have been through Tiddlywinks from being 6 months old until they went to school. From a home from home baby room, to the independence building toddler room and finally the foundation room which prepared them for the next chapter. Staff are friendly, welcoming and always willing to help in anyway they can. It's like being part of a big family.

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Joanna
5 years ago

My eldest came from 9 months to 4yrs and loved it here, the staff are so lovely and very thorough especially when comes to the safety and wellbeing of the children. I've brought my second child to Tiddlywinks because I know he will be safe and well looked after here.

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Billies Cleaners
5 years ago

Nothing but difficult from the start but the most recent event is making it difficult for me to transfer my child over from them to another provider. It's taken several days worth of nagging and pestering just for them to make it too late. They claim that they're a charity but far from it, they're a none profit organisation. And they claim to have supported me and my child. The only thing I need from them it's for them to take care of my child while I work and this has always proven to be difficult. I've had no choice but to take my child to work with me for the last 2¾ years. I'm now £3,200 down just on the most recent event due to not being able to work. Let alone any other previous jobs I've been turned down due to lack of childcarer provisions

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Inspection history

Date: October 2010

  • October 2021Good
  • July 2015Good
  • October 2010Good

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