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Bright Sparks Child Care | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Bright Sparks Child Care
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Bright Sparks Child Care
- Nursery
- Wakefield WF10 3QJ
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children explore the wide variety of activities and quickly become engrossed, demonstrating increasing levels of concentration. They form secure relationships with staff who recognise and value their individuality.
Activities: They confidently say goodbye to parents, register their arrival and eagerly engage in play. Children explore the wide variety of activities and quickly become engrossed.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff are keen for children to develop their speech and language skills in all areas of play. Most staff are particularly skilled at this.
Communication: Staff provide parents with regular updates about children's current interests and learning, so they can support them at home. A nursery lending library and a storybook challenge engage parents successfully.
Community Building: Partnerships with parents are a priority for staff. Parents speak very positively about the nursery, the friendliness of the staff team and how happy their children are to attend.
Programs and Resources: Close working with other professionals and outside agencies means children are further supported. For example, there are effective partnerships with the area special needs coordinator.
Staff Training: This ensures children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive specific care and learning opportunities. Staff monitor all children's progress and use additional funding effectively.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are very good role models; they are kind and respectful in their interactions. They encourage children to think about how their actions may affect others.
Safeguarding Training: All staff understand their responsibilities to safeguard children and can capably describe procedures for working with relevant agencies to protect children from harm. Safeguarding information is clearly displayed in pertinent places to remind everyone of their duty to report concerns.
Play and Learning Integration: Younger children demonstrate good hand-to-eye coordination as they pour water from different-sized vessels down drain pipes. They are excited as they see the water flow back into the water tray.
Transition to Primary School: Children learn to manage their own personal needs, which contributes to their self-confidence, particularly in preparation for school.
Diversity Management: Staff offer good support to children who speak English as an additional language. They use picture prompts and speak in clear, short sentences. This helps children as they begin to understand and speak English.
Child Safety Management: Detailed risk assessments are completed daily to maintain a safe environment.
Teaching Personal Safety: They understand how to use these safely, demonstrating increasing control in their fine-motor skills.
Happiness and Settling: Children arrive enthusiastically at nursery and greet staff warmly. They confidently say goodbye to parents, register their arrival and eagerly engage in play.
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Bright Sparks Child Care is a Nursery, Nursery located in West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
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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 | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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