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YMCA @St James Road

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
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3.5(2 parent reviews) ·29 St. James's Road, Dudley, DY1 3JD · Dudley
Number of places
95 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Dudley

About this day nursery

YMCA St James’s Road Nursery, located conveniently near Dudley Town Centre, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 0-5 years. The nursery is designed with age-appropriate rooms for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, each equipped with resources that encourage exploration and curiosity through play.

A carefully designed outdoor play area complements the indoor facilities, providing ample space for children to engage in physical activity and discovery. With a capacity for 57 children, the nursery prioritises healthy development by providing delicious and nutritious meals and snacks prepared on-site.

The dedicated team of highly qualified staff are committed to fostering a sense of belonging, encouraging contribution, and supporting each child to thrive in their early years journey. The nursery also boasts good accessibility with public transport links and free on-site parking for drop-offs and pick-ups.

What it's like

All children make progress at this nursery. Staff get to know them well and develop good relationships with their families. Staff are caring towards children and are responsive to their needs, for example, by providing comfort to babies when settling to sleep.

Age-appropriate roomsOutdoor play areaNutritious mealsHighly qualified staff

Pricing & funding

This nursery offers full-time care, full days, half days, and school-day sessions. Charges are based on the type of session booked, with additional hours billed separately. Meals and snacks are not included in the standard fees but can be added as optional extras.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Full-time care is offered on an all-year-round basis.
  • Meals and snacks are available as optional additions.

Key facts

Food

Delicious and nutritious meals and snacks prepared on-site

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm

Age range

0-5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Staff

Highly qualified staff

Waitlist

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Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating

Last inspected 11 July 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

All children make progress at this nursery. Staff get to know them well and develop good relationships with their families. Staff are caring towards children and are responsive to their needs, for example, by providing comfort to babies when settling to sleep.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider has taken swift and appropriate action to ensure early years foundation stage requirements continue to be met despite recent staff changes.
  • The curriculum is well understood by leaders and staff, with learning experiences sequenced to build on existing knowledge and skills.
  • Children become good communicators, with staff planning activities that promote curiosity and supporting them to think critically and improve problem-solving skills.
  • Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is good, with leaders working closely with parents and professionals.
  • Leaders implement suitable recruitment and induction procedures and review the progress of new staff regularly, asking questions to consolidate their knowledge.

Areas to develop

  • 1help quieter, less-confident children to fully access the activities on offer in order to extend their learning further
  • 2strengthen the arrangements for supporting staff who do not always work at the nursery, so that they understand how to carry out their roles and responsibilities effectively
  • 3improve the regular two-way flow of information with parents to ensure that they have information about the activities provided and how to support children's learning at home.
Inspection #10356391 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that their children are happy to attend, and staff are friendly.

They see their children making progress as a result of attending the nursery.

some parents feel that communication from staff could be improved. They do not always receive regular communication about the activities their children engage with, or how they can support their children's learning further at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Support for children who may have special educational needs and/or disabilities is good. Leaders work closely with parents and other professionals to ensure that children have suitable support in place. They use additional funding well to provide resources that cater for children's individual needs, resulting in all children making good progress.

Outdoor space

Staff help children to learn about speed and distance as they roll cars down tracks outdoors, describing how fast cars go and how far they have gone. They organise the environment so that children have opportunities to practise moving over different levels, enjoying climbing on higher surfaces and jumping off.

Parent Reviews

3.5
(2)
Amani Xx
8 months ago

This is a lovely nursery my son attended for 3 weeks however I didn’t feel as though we had the right support to deal with his needs even with requests to speak to staff about making a plan for him to support him with his behaviour at nursery. I received no handovers on pick ups accept if there had been an incident involving my child which would have been okay if they had an app that most nurseries have that update you on your child throughout the day but they don’t have this also.

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matthew brotherton
a year ago

Great Nursery, Staff are brilliant & my Son has build lovely bonds with hes key worker.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

11 July 2024

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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