The Village Nursery

Herb picking, water tracks and a community allotment give The Village Nursery's June 2024 account a practical, hands-on character. Children explored how things work, helped one another and brought experiences from home into their play. These are useful examples of what learning looked like beyond an activity timetable.

Ofsted rated the nursery Good at its 19 June 2024 inspection. At 409 Helmshore Road in Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 4JA, it has capacity for 41 children, with an age range of 0 to 60 months.

In June 2024, children picked herbs, identified plants and poured water into teapots. Those activities connected small hand movements with language and an understanding of capacity. Building water tracks also involved sharing jugs and moving buckets together: practical problems gave children reasons to cooperate.

The early years foundation stage sets the framework for children's learning, development and care. Here, the June 2024 examples show how play brought those elements together. A child's experience of helping with a home extension became wall-building in the construction area, linking nursery learning to something personally meaningful.

Bus journeys, library visits and planting at the community allotment extended the June 2024 learning beyond the nursery. Stories and singing also formed part of the day, giving children opportunities to practise speech and language.

At the June 2024 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective, children making good progress and specialist advice being incorporated into personalised support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

In June 2024, babies explored with their trusted key worker nearby, while staff followed safe sleep practices and accommodated dietary needs. When children changed rooms, staff pooled their observations into a developmental picture to support the move. This made transitions a shared responsibility.

Sand timers helped children negotiate turns, and staff helped them put feelings into words. Communication worked in both directions: families shared experiences and challenges, while staff explained ways to support learning at home. Those exchanges supplied practical starting points for subsequent activities.

The address is 409 Helmshore Road, Haslingden, Rossendale, BB4 4JA. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with closures on bank holidays and for one week at Christmas.

In June 2024, the nursery provided funded education for children aged two, three and four. That is a dated participation fact rather than a promise of an individual child's entitlement or booking arrangement.

• Teaching development. In June 2024, staff coaching needed a sharper emphasis on teaching practice and subject knowledge. Ask how staff development now addresses that specific improvement point.
• Planning attendance. The opening window spans 7.30am to 6pm, with a Christmas closure. At a visit, ask which booking patterns and funded-hours arrangements fit your intended attendance.

The Village Nursery suits families who value practical exploration and close exchanges between home and nursery. Its June 2024 account gives concrete examples: children applied family experiences to construction play, negotiated turns and encountered learning beyond the setting. The Good judgement provides a useful quality reference, alongside a clear improvement priority for staff coaching.