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Zig Zag Day Nursery Corby

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
·United Reformed Church, Elizabeth Street, CORBY, NN17 1PN · North Northamptonshire
Number of places
62 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

About this day nursery

The latest Ofsted inspection, on 15th July 2024, rated the nursery as 'Good' in overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Staff at Zig Zag Day Nursery Corby offer a warm welcome, providing reassurance and cuddles, helping children to feel happy and confident in their environment and to choose their own activities.

The curriculum is built around children's interests, professional knowledge, and individual learning steps, incorporating activities such as messy and sensory play, mathematical learning with different-sized containers, and imaginative play extended from children's interests like emergency vehicles. The nursery places a strong emphasis on outdoor learning, with inspectors observing the quality of education both indoors and outdoors.

Staff also focus on promoting language skills through interesting conversations and new vocabulary, encouraging independence, and helping children to understand and manage their emotions positively using books and toys. The nursery also works closely with families, offering flexible sessions and detailed daily feedback, and incorporating parents' insights into activity planning to ensure a consistent approach to care and learning.

What it's like

Staff greet children with a warm welcome, and children are eager to say hello. They give children lots of reassurance and cuddles as they successfully distract children and show them what they can play with. As a result, children are happy and confident at nursery and confidently choose what they want to do.

Warm welcomeChild-centred curriculumPromotes independenceSupports emotional developmentStrong parent partnershipGood Ofsted rating

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday and Tuesday, from 8am until 5.30pm and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8am until 5pm, all year round.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Zig Zag Day Nursery Corby

Last inspected 15 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

Staff greet children with a warm welcome, and children are eager to say hello. They give children lots of reassurance and cuddles as they successfully distract children and show them what they can play with. As a result, children are happy and confident at nursery and confidently choose what they want to do.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff are supported and valued by leaders, who inspire them to reflect on their work and interactions with children, leading to positive impacts on children.
  • The staff know the children well and offer a curriculum built on children's interests, professional knowledge, and individual next steps in learning.
  • Overall, staff promote children's language skills well, introducing interesting conversations and new vocabulary.
  • Staff encourage children to be independent, demonstrating how to open snack packets and helping them with their shoes.
  • Staff support children to be aware of their feelings, using a sensitive and perceptive approach with books and toys to help children name and manage their emotions positively.
  • Staff work hard to help children and their families, offering flexibility in sessions, detailed daily feedback, and incorporating parents' insights into activity planning.

Areas to develop

  • 1review and improve the organisation of some daily routines, so the youngest children do not have to wait too long when activities change, and staff help them understand what is happening next
  • 2help staff develop skills to be even more effective in differentiating language to the age and stage of the children.
Inspection #10357938 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this was having on children's learning.

Inspection history

Date: February 2019

  • July 2024Good
  • February 2019Good

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