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Selby Cottage Childcare Centre | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Selby Cottage Childcare Centre
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Selby Cottage Childcare Centre
- Nursery
- Durham DH2 2EY
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children thoroughly enjoy investigating the well-resourced garden.
Activities: Staff provide children with an ambitious range of activities and experiences which support them to make good progress.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: The quality of teaching across the setting is good and occasionally outstanding. Staff are highly qualified and have a good knowledge of children's individual needs.
Communication: Overall, partnerships with parents are a strength of the setting. Staff share information with parents to help them understand how children's learning can be further supported at home.
Community Building: Parents are extremely complimentary of the setting. They say that the quality of the care their children receive is 'fantastic', 'amazing' and 'second to none'.
Programs and Resources: Children, including those with SEND, are very well supported. The special educational needs coordinator is passionate and committed to her role.
Staff Training: Staff work closely with schools, speech and language professionals and other external agencies to provide children with any additional support they require.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children thrive in this warm, welcoming setting. They are provided with a rich, stimulating learning environment which excites and motivates them to learn.
Safeguarding Training: All staff are very knowledgeable about safeguarding legislation. They have an in-depth knowledge of how to report concerns about children's welfare.
Play and Learning Integration: Children develop their small-muscle skills as they collect leaves and use their large muscles as they negotiate their way around the garden.
Transition to Primary School: Older children develop excellent skills in their own personal care needs. Children have high self-esteem and are extremely confident.
Child Safety Management: Staff introduce new words, such as 'sycamore', and demonstrate how the leaves fall from the trees. Children learn how to stay safe and manage risks.
Children's Safety and Security: Young children develop incredibly close and trusting relationships with the caring and attentive staff. They take time to settle children into the setting.
Teaching Personal Safety: For example, staff talk about crossing the roads safely and support children as they learn to use a flint and steel to light a fire.
Happiness and Settling: Children thrive in this warm, welcoming setting. They are provided with a rich, stimulating learning environment which excites and motivates them to learn.
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About Us
Selby Cottage Childcare Centre is a Nursery, Nursery located in County Durham, North East.
This nursery accepts children from 0-11.11 years old.
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Selby Cottage was founded in 1990 and provides programmes for young people aged 0 to 14.
Selby Cottage seeks to deliver the greatest results for kids in a secure and motivating setting where kids' overall wellness and development is fostered by caring adults.
Selby Cottage is dedicated to provide our pre-school students with high-quality care, education, and growth.
Our engaging outdoor space provides numerous special opportunities and perfectly supports the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
At Selby Cottage, children's mealtimes are a lively, social time where independence, polite table manners, and proper cutlery use are promoted.
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Selby Cottage seeks to deliver the greatest results for kids in a secure and motivating setting where kids' overall wellness and development is fostered by caring adults.
Selby Cottage is dedicated to provide our pre-school students with high-quality care, education, and growth.
Our engaging outdoor space provides numerous special opportunities and perfectly supports the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum.
At Selby Cottage, children's mealtimes are a lively, social time where independence, polite table manners, and proper cutlery use are promoted.
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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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