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Willow Grove Childcare

Awaiting first inspection
·Shaw Wood Academy, Mere Lane, Doncaster, DN3 2DG · Doncaster
Awaiting first Ofsted inspection. This is a newly registered provider (registered September 2025). Ofsted has not yet carried out its first inspection, so no rating is available.
Number of places
50 places
Age range
—
Last inspected
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Local authority
Doncaster

About this day nursery

Willow Grove Childcare, located in Doncaster, DN3 2DG, operates as a childcare on non-domestic premises, providing a highly stimulating and nurturing environment for children aged 0 to 3. The setting prides itself on fostering children's curiosity, confidence, and enthusiasm, encouraging them to explore a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities.

Children develop strong attachments with their key workers, ensuring they feel safe and secure, and parents are actively involved in their children's learning and wellbeing. The staff are dedicated to creating a truly inclusive environment where every child feels valued and supported to reach their full potential.

Leaders at Willow Grove Childcare are committed to continuous improvement, regularly reviewing practices and promoting professional development among their team. The setting also demonstrates effective partnerships with external agencies and parents, ensuring a holistic approach to children's care, learning, and development.

What it's like

Children experience a highly stimulating and nurturing environment where they explore with curiosity, confidence, and enthusiasm. They arrive happily and quickly engage with peers, choosing from a wide range of indoor and outdoor experiences. This flexibility promotes independence and enables children to follow their own interests. Children also show a strong understanding of daily routines, independently washing their hands and demonstrating growing responsibility.

Nurturing environmentStrong attachmentsInclusive practiceCuriosity and enthusiasmEffective partnershipsDedicated staff

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 07:30 - 18:00

Registered with Ofsted

2025

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Willow Grove Childcare

What it's like to attend

Children experience a highly stimulating and nurturing environment where they explore with curiosity, confidence, and enthusiasm. They arrive happily and quickly engage with peers, choosing from a wide range of indoor and outdoor experiences. This flexibility promotes independence and enables children to follow their own interests. Children also show a strong understanding of daily routines, independently washing their hands and demonstrating growing responsibility.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy, confident, and thriving within the setting, approaching their learning with enthusiasm and curiosity.
  • Children demonstrate positive behaviour and a good understanding of routines throughout the day.
  • Secure attachments between children and staff underpin behaviour management and contribute to children feeling safe, secure and ready to learn.
  • Children are supported effectively through warm, nurturing relationships with a shared focus on meeting individual needs to a high standard.
  • Staff have worked hard to create and implement a sequenced curriculum for all children, with leaders recognising further guidance is required to embed it securely and consistently.
  • The setting creates a highly inclusive environment where every child is valued, supported and encouraged to achieve their full potential.
  • Leaders demonstrate a passionate commitment to continuous improvement and regularly review practice with external professionals.
  • Effective partnerships with parents contribute positively to the setting, with parents speaking highly of the staff team and valuing the support their children receive.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should further enhance lunchtime routines to ensure consistent organisation across all groups of children, to reduce waiting times and promote engagement and independence.
  • 2Leaders should continue to support to staff to embed the newly implemented curriculum to develop staff confidence and consistency.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The setting creates a highly inclusive environment where children make progress through targeted interventions and adaptable teaching approaches. Staff demonstrate a true commitment to inclusion and provide effective support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders of SEND demonstrate secure knowledge, and they work closely with the Local Authority and other professionals to secure timely support and guidance for children and families.

Outdoor space

Children engage with a wide range of indoor and outdoor experiences, demonstrating enthusiasm. Opportunities for mark making are thoughtfully provided both indoors and outdoors, encouraging children to express themselves creatively and develop early writing skills through meaningful play experiences.

Inspection history

This provider hasn't received its first Ofsted inspection yet. We'll show the trend here once a graded report is published.

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