Zaytuna Day Nursery

A mud-kitchen and planting and growing areas give Zaytuna Day Nursery its character. This Hyson Green setting combines outdoor exploration with imaginative activity indoors. For parents, the useful distinction is the mix: children have opportunities to move, make things and practise interacting with one another.

Ofsted rated the nursery Good at its 19 June 2024 inspection and found safeguarding effective. The same visit highlighted two teaching priorities: extending children's understanding during play they choose themselves, and reducing interruptions to their concentration. Both matter alongside the positive judgement.

Zaytuna accepts children aged 24 to 59 months. Its weekday opening window runs from 8am to 6pm, giving families a practical starting point for considering how nursery fits around work.

Outdoor space includes a mud-kitchen and areas for planting and growing. These give messy exploration and growing activities a physical place in the nursery day. Rooms are arranged around children's ages and abilities, rather than treating the whole setting as one undifferentiated play space.

Art Lessons, Imaginative Play and Outdoor Play form part of the activity offer. The early years foundation stage is the required framework for children's learning, development and care; here, play provides opportunities to practise movement, communication and social interaction. The named activities sit within that framework.

In June 2024, children's physical play included scrambling on a climbing frame and using a slide. Staff supported them in trying manageable challenges. Music also brought movement and language together, with children joining familiar songs and copying actions. These are concrete examples of a day that uses children's bodies as well as their voices.

A role-play room was another feature of the June 2024 nursery day. Staff had created it following a trip to a role-play centre, using the experience to extend children's opportunities for conversation and social play. The connection between an outing and an indoor activity gives a useful example of how children's experiences can shape what happens next.

The teaching limitation was equally specific. In June 2024, staff did not consistently add new understanding while children pursued their own play. An outdoor activity with loud music also interrupted children who were already absorbed in something else. Parents should weigh the appeal of busy activities alongside the value of sustained concentration.

At the June 2024 inspection, Ofsted found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities received effective support through their key person and collaboration with other professionals, helping their learning progress. That finding gives substance to inclusion: support involved individual relationships and outside advice, rather than simply expecting every child to manage the same way.

In June 2024, key persons knew their children, assessed their development and planned subsequent learning. For families, that creates a link between everyday care and what a child is working towards. Staff also adjusted activities to children's interests, making those relationships relevant to the nursery day itself.

Settling support at that visit included affection, reassurance and access to familiar comforters brought from home. Parents received updates while younger children settled. These details matter because reassurance can be personal and practical: a familiar object and communication with home can accompany the developing relationship with staff.

Mealtimes in June 2024 were also used to practise social habits. Adults ate alongside children and modelled courteous behaviour; children received reminders about staying seated while eating. Sharing, responding to gentle guidance and using polite language were part of daily routines, rather than separate lessons.

The address is 512-514 Berridge Road West, Hyson Green, Nottingham, NG7 5JU. Current opening hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with weekend closure. Enquiries can be made through the contact form or by telephone on 0115-8411200.

In June 2024, the nursery operated throughout the year, closing for the Christmas-to-New-Year week, Eid and bank holidays. That dated calendar is relevant to families who need care beyond school terms, although holiday planning deserves its own attention.

Funded early education for children aged two, three and four was provided in June 2024. Families considering a funded arrangement should distinguish the hours they want to attend from the entitlement they can use. Current prices belong in the nursery's written quotation.

• Learning during independent play. June 2024's teaching priority was to extend children's understanding while they pursued their own interests. On a visit, ask how staff now develop a child's idea into further learning.
• Concentration outdoors. Loud music interrupted established play in June 2024. Ask how energetic group activities are balanced with time for children to remain absorbed in their chosen activity.
• Your attendance arrangement. The weekday opening window is 8am to 6pm, and funded early education featured in June 2024. Which booking pattern and funded-hours arrangement would apply to your child, including any meal or consumable charges?

Zaytuna suits families seeking weekday care for children aged 24 to 59 months, with outdoor exploration and imaginative play as part of the experience. The mud-kitchen and growing areas give that offer tangible shape. The June 2024 findings also provide useful examples of personal settling support and key-person relationships. The decision should include a close look at how staff extend independent play and protect children's concentration: those were the specific teaching priorities alongside the Good judgement.