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William Gladstone Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2023)
·William Gladstone Church Of England Primary School, Holden Crescent, NEWARK, NG24 4HU · Nottinghamshire
Number of places
62 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2023
Local authority
Nottinghamshire

About this day nursery

30am until 6pm, catering to children aged 0-11 years. Established in 2011, the nursery provides a welcoming environment where children happily engage in activities, demonstrate good behaviour, and are polite and confident.

The Ofsted inspection on 23/02/2023 rated the nursery as 'Good' in overall effectiveness, reflecting strong performance in the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The curriculum encourages development across various areas, with staff using cylinders in water play to teach mathematical concepts like full and empty, and actively engaging in imaginative play with children, such as pretend hairdressers.

Physical development is supported indoors with low-level furniture for younger children to pull up on and soft-play items for climbing. Outdoors, children enjoy digging, climbing stairs, sliding, and balancing on beams in the garden.

Independence is fostered through support in self-care tasks like dressing, using the toilet, and pouring drinks. The management team provides effective feedback to staff, which positively impacts children's learning.

The nursery also includes a before and after-school club for older children.

What it's like

Children happily come into nursery with their parents, engage in their environment and activities for prolonged periods of time, and behave well. They are polite to one another and use manners. Children are confident and show off skills they have learned to visitors.

Good overall effectivenessFocus on mathematical conceptsImaginative play encouragedStrong physical development supportIndependence in self-careSupportive management team

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around a daily rate or a per-session rate. No information is provided regarding age-specific bands or what is included in these costs.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30am - 5:30pm, 51 weeks a year (excluding bank holidays and three staff training days)

Age range

Birth to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

Lunch provided by parents

Waitlist

Yes

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for William Gladstone Childcare

Last inspected 23 February 2023 · Alice Anders

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 happily come into nursery with their parents, engage in their environment and activities for prolonged periods of time, and behave well. They are polite to one another and use manners. Children are confident and show off skills they have learned to visitors.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide children with cylinders in the water tray to develop children's understanding of mathematical concepts, such as full and empty.
  • Children have experiences that develop their imagination, with staff actively engaging in their play.
  • To support children's physical development inside, staff position low-level furniture for younger children to pull up on and arrange soft-play items for climbing. Outside, children enjoy digging, climbing, sliding, and balancing.
  • Staff support children to develop independence in self-care tasks like getting dressed, using the toilet, and pouring their own drinks.
  • Staff feel well supported by the management team, who provide appropriate and effective feedback, positively impacting children's learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop the consistency of interactions with children, to ensure that all staff are expanding children's vocabulary
  • 2support staff to identify quieter children, to enable them to fully take part in play experiences and activities
  • 3support staff to develop their interactions with children, to ensure that they are working towards children's next steps for their ongoing learning.
Inspection #10233796 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

In the garden, children run around together, holding hands and giggling. Outside, children enjoy digging, with staff support, climbing up and down stairs and sliding and balancing on carefully arrange balancing beams.

Inspection history

Date: May 2012

  • February 2023Good
  • March 2017Good
  • June 2013Good
  • May 2012Good

Frequently asked about William Gladstone Childcare

About the setting

William Gladstone Childcare registered in 2011. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff, all holding an appropriate early years qualification at level 3. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, closing for one week between Christmas and New Year, and is closed on bank holidays. The nursery provides a before and after-school club for older children and offers funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY435746
Registered person
Pre-School Learning Alliance
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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