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Whitegate Nursery School and Children's Centre

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
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4.3(6 parent reviews) ·Whitegate Nursery School, Victoria Road, Burnley, BB12 8TG · Lancashire
Number of places
84 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Whitegate Nursery School and Children's Centre, located in Padiham, Lancashire, offers a nurturing environment where children are at the core of all activities. The nursery believes that the early years are crucial for learning and strives to provide high-quality experiences, opportunities, and environments to ensure children's success.

They encourage an approach to learning that emphasises fun, exploration, investigation, curiosity, and creativity. Whitegate aims to make the admission and induction process positive and relaxed, understanding that it can be a significant step for both children and parents.

They offer home and nursery visits for families to familiarise themselves with the setting and staff. The settling-in process is personalised, focusing on making each child feel happy, confident, and secure, and fostering a strong learning partnership with parents through regular communication and stay-and-play sessions.

They welcome new admissions in September, January, and April, though April places can be limited. The nursery also provides an app for instant communication with parents.

Our ethos

We understand that children learn more in their early years than they will at any other times in their lives. It’s vital, therefore, that all of our children have the chance to access high quality experiences, opportunities and environments so that they are able to succeed in their learning. Having fun, exploring and investigating together; being curious and being creative is what learning is all about.

What it's like

Children settle well at this safe and nurturing setting. Staff have worked hard to address the actions from the last inspection, resulting in all children making good progress. Staff sequence children's learning effectively, helping them build skills over time.

Personalised settling-inChild-centred approachStrong parent partnershipEmphasis on play and explorationCommunity integration

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Age range

Early Years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Whitegate Nursery School and Children's Centre

Last inspected 15 August 2024

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 settle well at this safe and nurturing setting. Staff have worked hard to address the actions from the last inspection, resulting in all children making good progress. Staff sequence children's learning effectively, helping them build skills over time.

Inspector highlights

  • Children settle well in a safe and nurturing setting.
  • Staff have worked hard to address previous inspection actions.
  • The curriculum is clear and ambitious, leading to good progress for all children.
  • The curriculum has a strong focus on developing children's speech and communication skills.
  • Children learn to be independent and manage self-care tasks well.

Areas to develop

  • 1help staff to consistently implement children's next steps in learning, particularly during spontaneous interactions and activities
  • 2support staff to consistently adhere to and maintain hygiene routines, to help children to learn healthy practises
  • 3identify precisely what individual staff need to do to raise the quality of their teaching even further
Inspection #10315988 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment on the improvements in their children's social skills.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff use their knowledge of child development to help identify gaps in children's learning. They work closely with parents to provide a consistent approach, sharing ideas for activities that parents can use at home. Where other agencies are involved, staff follow the advice of specialists, for example, physiotherapists. This helps to reduce gaps in learning and all children make good progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

Staff consider children's physical development in planning the curriculum. For example, they encourage children to stand while playing, knowing this supports children's core strength. In addition, staff plan trips out so that children can access an obstacle course where children learn to climb and balance, making good progress in their physical development.

Parent Reviews of Whitegate Nursery School and Children's Centre

4.3
(6)
Courtney Stott
8 months ago

My Autistic/non verbal son went to this nursery and he thrived, I would highly recommend this nursery the teachers are so committed to every single child.

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kev foz
3 years ago

Great nursery my child went here and she loved it

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024

Date: August 2010

  • August 2024Good
  • October 2023Requires improvement
  • August 2019Good
  • June 2015Outstanding
  • August 2010Outstanding

Frequently asked about Whitegate Nursery School and Children's Centre

About the setting

The setting registered in 2006 and is located in Padiham, Burnley. It is independently run and situated on the premises of Whitegate Nursery School. It employs 16 members of childcare staff, of whom eight have an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 and five at level 2. The setting opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm all year round with the exception of bank holidays and Christmas.

URN
EY334266
Registered person
Whitegate Early Years Care
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Requires improvement

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