Westside Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bilton Grange for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2007, with 58 places.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HU9 4DBWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 7 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Confidence, independence and well-being are at the heart of everything the nursery does. Older children spoke to the inspector about their nursery at every opportunity. Younger children confidently talked to the inspector about the shapes and colours they know. Children are well behaved and keen to engage with staff and other adults. This has a significant impact on their learning, safety and wellbeing. Children are confident, attentive and ready to learn.
Children are increasingly independent. Younger children learn to use cutlery well, and they scrape their plates at lunchtime. Older children proudly put their own coats and boots on to go outside. They automatically go to wash their hands after playing outside. They explain that this is necessary because 'you can't see germs'.
Staff foster warm, trusting relationships with children and their families. Children show they feel safe at the nursery. They turn readily to staff for reassurance or to talk about their needs and wishes. Babies snuggle comfortably with staff to share a book. Toddlers go happily to have their nappies changed. During well-planned small-group sessions, older children say that they would talk to their parents or staff if they were unhappy or hurt.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- work even more proactively with parents and other agencies to help children to get the support they need to access the curriculum n develop an even sharper focus on the specific words or sounds that children need to learn and practise, so this can be more easily shared with parents and staff and practised as much as possible.
- 7 February 2024Good
- 13 February 2018Good
- 19 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Westside Day Nursery
- 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.
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