Everbloom Childcare @Shadsworth Business Park
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Shadsworth Business Park for children from birth to 8+, open 00:00 to 24:00, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 64 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Blackburn with Darwen
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Blackburn with Darwen from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BB1 2QSWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 4 September 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including those with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND), benefit from a rich curriculum. Staff provide a wide range of new and exciting experiences that broaden children's understanding of the world. For example, they learn how guide dogs help people, and they have opportunities to visit farms, nature reserves and libraries. These experiences are used effectively by staff to promote children's knowledge and skills across all aspects of their learning.
Staff get to know children and their families well. They forge positive, nurturing relationships with the children they care for. This helps children to settle quickly when that start at nursery and supports them to feel safe and secure. Children are confident to approach staff when they are anxious or need help. They consistently receive a warm response from staff, who take time to comfort children and provide reassurance and cuddles.
The embedded routines that are in place support children to understand the expectations of the nursery. Children demonstrate that they understand these expectations as they promptly respond to staff's instructions. Staff help children to learn about their own feelings and those of others. They read a story about how to fill people's happiness buckets. Following this, children compliment their friends to try to make them feel happy. Children behave well and are beginning to understand how their actions impact on the feelings of others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to understand children's precise next steps in learning so that they are able to consistently deliver the intended curriculum n improve the organisation of transition times so that children are consistently engaged in purposeful learning experiences.
- 23 May 2024Good
- 4 July 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Everbloom Childcare @Shadsworth Business Park
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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