Opening hours
Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6pm.
Wellybobs Day Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2025)
Number of places
81 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
About this day nursery
The provision is rated as Outstanding by Ofsted, an outcome confirmed during its latest inspection on 18th February 2025. Children are met with enthusiasm by friendly staff and confidently say goodbye to their parents, benefiting from highly effective settling-in arrangements and a well-established key-person system.
This ensures a happy and smooth transition through the various rooms. Staff are attentive and know each child exceptionally well, allowing them to create engaging and exciting activities.
The curriculum is ambitious, built around "promises" made to the children, and incorporates Makaton deeply to support communication skills. This approach has also positively impacted children's behaviour, particularly for those who cannot yet communicate verbally.
Additional funding is used effectively for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring all children, including those with SEND, make excellent progress. The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator actively supports children with SEND.
Both indoor and outdoor learning experiences are observed, with staff planning a range of activities to broaden children's experiences, such as visits to a local kitchen and ice-cream vans. The nursery continuously reflects on its practices, even moving rooms based on parental feedback to support toilet training.
Children are encouraged to develop self-care and independence skills, and enjoy a wide range of stories, with some activities centred around a story of the month. Highly focused professional development ensures staff are well-supported, which contributes to their morale and the high quality of care provided.
What it's like
Children are greeted with enthusiasm by friendly staff and confidently say goodbye to their parents at the door. There are highly effective settling-in arrangements alongside a well-established key-person system, ensuring children are happy and transition through each of the rooms with ease. Attentive staff know each child exceptionally well, allowing them to plan a range of exciting and engaging activities.
Outstanding Ofsted ratingAmbitious curriculum based on promisesStrong SEND supportVaried outdoor and indoor learningFocus on independence and communicationHappy and confident children
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2014
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Wellybobs Day Nursery
Last inspected 18 February 2025 · Amy Whiting
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children are greeted with enthusiasm by friendly staff and confidently say goodbye to their parents at the door. There are highly effective settling-in arrangements alongside a well-established key-person system, ensuring children are happy and transition through each of the rooms with ease. Attentive staff know each child exceptionally well, allowing them to plan a range of exciting and engaging activities.
Inspector highlights
- Managers and leaders have developed a highly ambitious curriculum based on 'promises' they have made to children.
- Staff plan a range of exciting activities to further support children's wider experiences, such as visits to a local kitchen and ice-cream vans.
- Managers and staff continuously reflect on practice to ensure they are meeting the needs of all children, including moving rooms based on parents' feedback for toilet training support.
- Highly focused professional development opportunities ensure staff feel well supported and thrive on additional roles and responsibilities.
- Children develop a range of self-care and independence skills and enjoy a wide range of stories, with some activities planned around a story of the month.
Inspection #10380588 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Additional funding is used effectively to ensure it supports children it is allocated for. As a result, all children make excellent progress, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The special educational needs and disabilities coordinator supports children with SEND.
Outdoor space
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 Wellybobs Day Nursery
5.0
(3)
Jeanette Gallacher
6 years ago
Lovely Christmas lunch today!!!.🎄🌲🎁🎁 The staff laid on the lunch for the grand parents of the children that attend the playgroup 🎅🎅 The children even made special placemats for the grandparents 🎅🎄🎁 Thankyou to all the staff for working so hard to make the afternoon special👌👌😁😁
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Jolden Doves
6 years ago
Marvellous buildings in beautiful surroundings, intelligent and friendly staff dedicated to their vocation.
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Phil Jackson
8 years ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025
- February 2025Outstanding
- June 2019Good
- November 2015Good
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