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Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
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4.0(16 parent reviews) ·55 Park Lane West, Tipton, DY4 8LF · Sandwell
Number of places
73 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Sandwell

About this day nursery

Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery, established in 2012, is a childcare setting for children aged 0-4 years, operating Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm, all year round with the exception of one week at Christmas and bank holidays. The nursery received a Good rating from Ofsted in its latest inspection on 27th August 2024.

Staff at Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel happy and secure, and parents have praised the nursery, noting their children have "thrived" there. The setting implements a well-planned curriculum, tailored to individual learning needs, ensuring all children make good progress.

The curriculum includes meaningful experiences across all areas of learning, and staff collaborate effectively to meet each child's individual needs. Additional funding for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is used effectively, targeted towards individual children's needs to support their progress, such as purchasing specialist equipment to help children acknowledge and regulate their emotions.

Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills both indoors and outside, including skillfully riding tricycles in the garden and negotiating obstacles. Staff are deployed to enhance learning in different play areas.

The nursery also focuses on children's personal development, with many opportunities for developing independence skills.

What it's like

Staff at Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel happy and secure. The setting implements a well-planned curriculum, tailored to individual learning needs, ensuring all children make good progress. Staff use effective behaviour management, leading to positive attitudes to learning.

Warm, welcoming environmentWell-planned curriculumEffective SEND provisionStrong physical development focusHigh priority on personal developmentStrong parent partnerships

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 7am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2012

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery

Last inspected 27 August 2024 · Beverley Devlin

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

Staff at Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel happy and secure. The setting implements a well-planned curriculum, tailored to individual learning needs, ensuring all children make good progress. Staff use effective behaviour management, leading to positive attitudes to learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders plan a curriculum that includes meaningful experiences across all areas of learning.
  • Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills.
  • Children's personal development is given high priority, with lots of opportunities to develop independence skills.
  • Staff recognise how to deploy themselves so that children's learning is enhanced in the different play areas indoors and outside.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong.

Areas to develop

  • 1improve the organisation of the baby room to provide clear floor spaces that allow babies to move about freely
  • 2review the planning of small-group times to reduce noise levels and support children to be able to listen, concentrate and take part.
Inspection #10348776 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Additional funding is used very well and is targeted towards individual children's needs to support them to make progress. For example, specialist equipment has been purchased that allows children to acknowledge and regulate their own emotions.

Outdoor space

Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills. They negotiate obstacles and uneven surfaces as they skilfully ride tricycles in the garden. Staff recognise how to deploy themselves so that children's learning is enhanced in the different play areas indoors and outside.

Parent Reviews of Tiddlywinks Kiddies Nursery

4.0
(16)
Shivani Guna-Sekeran
a year ago

After looking at many nurseries around the Dudley/Tipton area I came across this nursery. I was initially very nervous sending my daughter to nursery at age 2 as she is very attached to me but all the staff have made me feel Comfortable as-well as my child. After a few weeks my child has settled in and really enjoys going to nursery. The staff are always on hand and I can see how much they love what they do. My daughter always comes home with a sticker on and I can see how happy this nursery makes her. Her nappy is always fresh when I pick her up and I can’t fault this nursery in any way. I highly recommend!

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Dora Moreno
10 months ago

Tiddalwink Nursery has been such a loving and supportive place for my twin girls. The staff are amazing kind, caring, and always professional. I always felt they were in safe hands, and they’ve grown so much during their time there. We’ll miss everyone dearly and are so grateful for all the memories. Highly recommend!

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Leanne T
a year ago

A welcoming, friendly, spacious and clean nursery. Their hygiene and cleanliness standards are exceptional. There is so much space for children to play and learn including separate sleep areas and an outdoor play area. The staff are compassionate and understanding and take interest in all children. The food for the children is fantastic. I would highly recommend this nursery!

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Roshni Sanghu
a year ago

Amazing nursery. My son has been going to this nursery from the age of 11 Months. I could cry how much my son has learnt from here. Not 1 day he has cried to not go in. Always goes in with a huge smile on his face & comes out with a huge smile. Ive had days where he wanted to go back into nursery. I feel so happy to see my son looked after so i can go into work, the nursery have been really good with me also. The STAFF i couldnt fault them whats so ever. Their amazing.

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Nikita Mutabwanhi
a year ago

If I could give -0 Star I would. This nursery is so frustrating and their lack of communication is appalling. I visited Tiddlywinks Kiddy’s for my child. Afterwards I was informed that they’ll pass the details to the manager and she’ll be in touch. It’s been a couple weeks now and nothing. I called them a few times and still nothing has been sent to me and there's just no communication whatsoever from them. I’m definitely not going to take my child to this nursery because if someone is going to trust with their child you need to be reliable and communication definitely has to be the key of which so far this place has showed me that they’re not cable of any of that.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024

Date: November 2012

  • August 2024Good
  • March 2018Inadequate
  • July 2014Good
  • November 2012Good

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