Platform One Nursery

A July 2023 inspection found children making choices, from requesting paints instead of play dough to experimenting with colour mixing. Platform One Nursery was judged Good overall, with Good judgements for education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Safeguarding arrangements were effective at that time.

The report's strongest picture is of children learning through conversation, practical activity and outdoor movement. Babies were reassured by familiar routines and key-person relationships, while older children prepared fruit, used cutlery and practised independence. These were inspection-time observations, not a description of the present-day offer.

The Early Years Foundation Stage, or EYFS, sets the standards for early-years provision. For a child, that means learning is woven through play, conversation, routines and hands-on activity rather than a school-style timetable. In July 2023, all areas of learning were built into the day and staff planned from children's interests.

That produced concrete moments. Children designed pasta jewellery, combined ingredients in the mud kitchen and explored sensory materials. Painting and colour mixing began with children's own request for paints, which matters because their ideas shaped the activity rather than simply filling time.

Outdoor play was another clear thread in July 2023. Children climbed, balanced and rode scooters in the garden, developing larger-muscle movement alongside the confidence to be active.

In July 2023, babies were described as secure with familiar routines and key persons. Staff knew children well, tracked progress and used additional strategies when help was needed. Picture cards explained routines for children who spoke English as an additional language, giving a practical example of how communication was adapted.

Language was threaded through the day. Staff shared stories, songs and conversations, repeated key vocabulary around babies' play and encouraged older children to express ideas. Safeguarding arrangements were effective, with staff able to recognise and report welfare concerns.

Parents were receiving regular feedback about experiences and achievements in July 2023, alongside songs, books and activities to continue at home. The report also recorded nutritious meals and daily garden time.

Platform One Nursery is listed as open on the Ofsted provider record. Its latest published full report is dated July 2023 and recorded funded early education for children aged three and four at that time.

Improvement work. The July 2023 inspection asked the nursery to deepen children's understanding of healthy lifestyles and strengthen staff knowledge of the early-years curriculum. Use a visit to discuss how those two priorities now shape meals, outdoor activity and planned learning.

Language support. Picture cards were used to explain routines for children who spoke English as an additional language in July 2023. Families who would value that approach can explore how communication is tailored for their child now.

Independence and outdoor play. Fruit preparation, cutlery use, climbing, balancing and scooters were all observed in July 2023. Ask how these practical routines fit into a child's current day.

Platform One Nursery's latest full report gives families a clear, positive starting point: Good overall, effective safeguarding and a detailed account of children learning through language, choice and physical play in July 2023. The mud kitchen, pasta jewellery and garden movement bring the report to life.

It suits families looking for an early-years setting where routines, communication and independence were central to the inspected experience. The published improvement points on healthy lifestyles and staff curriculum knowledge are equally important, because they give a family precise areas to explore before deciding whether the nursery fits their child.