Warmsworth Community Pre-School

Songs, stories and small steps towards independence give Warmsworth Community Pre-School its character. In February 2026, children used wooden animals to explore position, counted objects in sea-themed play and helped prepare snack tables. These are practical ways of making language, numbers and cooperation part of the nursery day.

At its 24 February 2026 inspection, Ofsted judged all six areas at Expected standard and safeguarding standards met, while identifying opportunities to deepen learning and develop older children's independence. That is a report-card assessment, rather than a single overall grade.

Based at Warmsworth Community Centre in Doncaster, the setting has 40 places in total and accepts children from nine months until their fifth birthday. Attendance is term-time only, with morning and afternoon sessions alongside Breakfast Club and After School Club.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage is the framework for children's learning, development and care: here, its everyday meaning includes play that builds communication, physical skills and early understanding of numbers. In February 2026, learning was organised across children's development, with songs and books providing a recurring thread. Younger children joined in with action rhymes; older children discussed story characters and followed longer narratives. Familiar material gave children something to revisit and talk about.

Mathematical ideas also took physical form that month. Wooden animals helped children explore where objects were positioned, while older children counted shells and sea creatures and linked quantities with written numbers. These examples connect abstract ideas with objects children can handle. They also show why precise adult conversation matters: staff did not consistently use questions to establish how securely children understood unfamiliar vocabulary or ideas.

The next steps were clear. Staff needed more strategies for extending and consolidating learning, supported by further curriculum planning and professional development. For parents, the useful distinction is between keeping children occupied and using an activity to move their understanding forward.

Outdoor and Physical Play

In February 2026, slides and climbing equipment provided opportunities for movement outdoors, with a familiar marching song accompanying the journey outside. Children practised physical skills through ride-on toys, progressing from pushing with their feet towards pedalling and balancing. Water play and trays containing rice or cereal gave younger children opportunities to exercise their hands and fingers.

Choice and cooperation were part of these experiences too. Children selected toys and helped put them away before moving to another activity. Tidying was more than the end of play: it created opportunities to share responsibility and prepare for what came next.

Relationships and Communication

In February 2026, staff worked with parents to understand babies' eating and sleeping patterns. That connection between home routines and nursery care is useful for families managing the transition into childcare. Encouragement also ran through everyday routines, including singing during tidying and recognising children's helpfulness towards one another.

Parents received detailed updates about learning and suggestions for activities at home that month. Staff also worked with families experiencing difficulties with punctuality. The practical emphasis was on helping children attend consistently and take part in the nursery day.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the February 2026 inspection, Ofsted found that children, including those with SEND and those experiencing disadvantage, progressed from their individual starting points, with support planned alongside parents, inclusion specialists from the local authority and therapists supporting speech and language. Additional funding was directed towards emotional, sensory and physical needs, making the support more specific than a general promise of inclusion.

In February 2026, staff broke learning into smaller steps for children who found sharing or waiting difficult. Gentle modelling helped children practise patience and recognise other people's feelings. Progress was reviewed so that plans could respond to changing needs.

Practical independence featured at snack time that month: children poured drinks and cut fruit, although older children could have been given further opportunities to do things for themselves. Handwashing was another daily learning opportunity, with staff demonstrating hygiene alongside helping children practise it. The staff team holds paediatric first aid certificates.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Warmsworth Community Centre, Low Road West, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9LE. Enquiries can be made by telephone or email through the contact route.

Term-time attendance runs Monday to Friday. Morning sessions are 9am to 12pm, and afternoon sessions are 12pm to 3pm. Breakfast Club runs from 8.15am to 9am; After School Club runs from 3pm to 4pm. These separate patterns allow families to consider a morning or afternoon session alongside care at either end of the day.

A wraparound collection service also supports children attending Warmsworth Primary School Nursery. Children attending its morning nursery can spend the afternoon at Preschool, and those attending its afternoon nursery can spend the morning here. This collection service complements attendance at Warmsworth Primary School Nursery.

Funding and Paid Extras

Government-funded childcare and childcare vouchers are accepted, and private childcare is offered. Attendance follows the term-time timetable. Breakfast is included with Breakfast Club, which is useful when comparing that session with the morning-only pattern.

Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation. Families weighing funded attendance against additional paid care should consider the particular sessions they need, rather than treating the opening window as a single booking pattern.

• Term-time timetable. Morning and afternoon sessions sit between Breakfast Club and After School Club. Families needing childcare during school holidays should account for the term-time-only offer.
• Extending learning. In February 2026, questioning did not consistently establish children's understanding, and older children's independence could be developed further. At a visit, ask how staff now extend activities and give older children greater responsibility.
• Funding and extras. Breakfast is included with Breakfast Club and government funding is accepted. Ask for one written breakdown covering your funded sessions, additional hours, other food and consumables before choosing an attendance pattern.

Warmsworth suits families seeking term-time morning or afternoon childcare, with Breakfast Club and After School Club providing additional attendance patterns. Its collection service is also relevant to families already using Warmsworth Primary School Nursery.

The February 2026 picture combines concrete learning through stories, objects and movement with areas requiring further development: deeper questioning and more independence for older children. Those are useful priorities for a visit, alongside deciding how the separate sessions fit family routines.