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Windmills Opportunity Playgroup

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
·Sheddingdean Community Centre, Maple Drive, Burgess Hill, RH15 8UA · West Sussex
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Windmills Opportunity Playgroup, a charitable organisation established in 1984, serves the Burgess Hill community by providing an inclusive and supportive environment for children. The playgroup is dedicated to fostering the development of all children, including those with additional needs, by tailoring their approach to each child and family.

The team collaborates with other professionals when necessary to ensure comprehensive support. Windmills creates an engaging and stimulating learning atmosphere, drawing on the children's individual interests.

The playgroup is currently operating from St John's Pavilion while their usual premises undergo essential works. They invite prospective families to visit and experience their friendly and caring setting firsthand.

Our ethos

Windmills Opportunity Playgroup is dedicated to fostering the development of all children, including those with additional needs, by tailoring their approach to each child and family, and drawing on the children's individual interests to create an engaging and stimulating learning atmosphere.

What it's like

Children make friendships and enjoy their time at this nurturing and inclusive playgroup, receiving a warm welcome from attentive staff who provide effective support throughout the day, helping them feel continually settled and secure. Children are confident to move between indoor and outdoor spaces and make decisions about their play.

Charity-runInclusive environmentSupports children with additional needs

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, term time, Full Day: 8:45 am to 2.45 pm

Session types

Full Day, Morning Session, Afternoon Session

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Established

1992

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Windmills Opportunity Playgroup

Last inspected 25 April 2024 · Maura Pigram

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 make friendships and enjoy their time at this nurturing and inclusive playgroup, receiving a warm welcome from attentive staff who provide effective support throughout the day, helping them feel continually settled and secure. Children are confident to move between indoor and outdoor spaces and make decisions about their play.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are committed to continuous development and regularly evaluate children's learning and welfare, using specific training to help all children make good progress.
  • Staff know the children very well, understanding what they know and can do, and plan activities to build on their skills and learning.
  • Staff encourage children to learn about various aspects that keep them safe and healthy, such as singing a song to remember how to seek help.
  • Staff provide targeted support to encourage all children to make good progress, effectively using the environment with a sensory room and a newly developed 'chill-out' area.
  • Children enjoy a varied curriculum that includes outings to the nearby school library, shops, and bus journeys, helping them understand their community and the wider world.

Areas to develop

  • 1To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should support staff to develop a more consistent approach to extending children's learning when joining in with their play.
Inspection #10335728 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report that their children have come on in leaps and bounds since joining the playgroup. They say that the manager and her team are fantastic and are very flexible in meeting their needs.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are very well supported. Staff use additional funding effectively and provide a stimulating curriculum, making adaptations to ensure all children are fully included in all activities.

Outdoor space

Children are confident to move between the indoor and outdoor space and make decisions about what they play with. Outdoors, children pretend to make soup and vegetable pies and offer these to the adults.

Inspection history

Date: July 2004

  • May 2024Good
  • April 2024Good
  • July 2018Good
  • June 2018Good
  • December 2015Good
  • November 2015Good
  • December 2010Good
  • November 2010Good
  • December 2006Good
  • July 2004Good

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