ABC, D's Child Care Nursery

In July 2024, play sheds arranged as a café and a builders yard gave children at ABC, D's Child Care Nursery settings for imaginative play. In July 2024, outdoor play linked imaginative roles with physical activity, while children chose books and sought adults to share them.

The nursery has capacity for 30 children, from birth to five, at Whinmoor Surgery in Leeds. At its July 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated it Good and judged safeguarding effective. The strongest practical examples concern independence, imaginative play and relationships.

In July 2024, the outdoor space supported cycling, ball games, balancing and climbing. Its play sheds included a doctors surgery and a fruit and vegetable stall alongside the café and builders yard. These gave children settings for acting out familiar jobs and everyday exchanges.

The early years foundation stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care. Here, July 2024 examples included babies posting pegs through holes, toddlers exploring a farm-themed sensory tray, and older children connecting a story with early reading sounds and drawing or writing. Different activities addressed different stages of development.

Choice also mattered. Children selected activities themselves, and dressing-up clothes became material for imaginary photography games.

In July 2024, babies reached towards staff for cuddles, while older children applauded friends' achievements. Practical independence began early: low sinks let babies practise washing their hands, and a mirror beside the tissue station helped toddlers manage nose wiping. Older children handled their coats, shoes and toileting themselves.

Parents received curriculum updates digitally and through detailed handovers, giving them concrete ways to continue learning together. A special educational needs coordinator discussed support with the inspector during the July 2024 visit.

Meals and snacks were described as balanced in July 2024, and children bringing food from home were covered by a healthy packed-lunch policy.

The address is Whinmoor Surgery, White Laithe Approach, Leeds, LS14 2EH. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, throughout the year, with bank holidays excluded.

In July 2024, session times ran from 7.30am to 6pm, and the nursery provided funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. That is a dated account of its funding provision.

• Language and understanding others. At its July 2024 inspection, Ofsted asked for more effective staff development to make teaching consistently strong, especially in extending children's communication and language, and deeper learning about families and communities different from their own. These are useful priorities against which to judge the curriculum.
• Your child's daily arrangement. On a visit, ask how attendance, settling and the daily group would work for your child's age. The nursery spans babies through to children aged five, so the practical fit matters alongside the overall judgement.

This nursery suits families who value imaginative outdoor play and everyday independence. The July 2024 account combines affectionate interactions with opportunities for children to make choices and practise doing things themselves. Its teaching-development priorities deserve equal attention when weighing that picture.