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Explorers Day Care Limited | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Explorers Day Care Limited
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Explorers Day Care Limited
- Nursery
- Etherley DL14 0LZ
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Outstanding
| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Woodland area and outdoor facilities used for active learning and real joinery tools for creating a bird house.
Forest School Sessions: Children learn to light fire, use knives, chop food, and use real joinery tools.
Activities: Weekly 'Explorers Adventure trips' including visits to shopping malls and local swimming pools, learning about tractors and farm animals being born.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children show high levels of respect, play together happily, share toys willingly, solve problems independently, and think critically.
Communication: Staff form strong relationships with parents, working closely to support child's learning at home.
Community Building: Parents speak highly of caring and nurturing staff; positive feedback included high-quality education and language development.
Programs and Resources: Provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is exemplary; early identification of specific needs and necessary adaptations in place.
Staff Training: Staff skilled at identifying children's specific needs early and put necessary adaptations in place.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: All staff hold appropriate early years qualifications from level 3 to level 6. Staff are enthusiastic with a shared vision and pride in their work.
Safeguarding Training: Staff are well trained and regularly tested on safeguarding, child protection policies, all staff hold a current paediatric first aid certificate.
Play and Learning Integration: Children benefit from familiar routines which help them feel secure; they are immersed in exciting and meaningful activities.
Transition to Primary School: Children use words to describe feelings about starting school; mealtimes are enriching social occasions.
Diversity Management: Staff are excellent role models, helping older children verbalize thinking and develop vocabulary.
Child Safety Management: Staff supervise children very well, all entrances to premises are secured, detailed risk assessments for premises and outings are in place.
Children's Safety and Security: Yes, children feel safe and secure in the nursery.
Teaching Personal Safety: Children learn to manage their own behavior to use equipment safely; taught personal safety during active learning.
Happiness and Settling: Children wave goodbye to their parents with great confidence, showing they love their nursery.
Nutritional Menu: Children are provided exceptionally healthy snacks and meals that are beautifully presented, enhancing their personal development.
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Explorers Day Care Limited is a Nursery, Nursery located in County Durham, North East.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 24th Feb 2025 - 28th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 14th Apr 2025 - 25th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 21st Jul 2025 - 2nd Sep 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 23rd Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 1st Mar 2025 - 13th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 26th Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 20th Jul 2025 |
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