Inspirations Nurseries and Forest School Horsforth

This nursery is outstanding and surpassed all my expectations. It's like a hidden secret nursery that I am so happy to have found and I believe this to be the best one out there!

Fantastic nursery with a brilliant ethos.

Staff are really friendly and caring and my little boy loves his nursery. Staff are great for catering to allergies and I feel happy and confident in the quality of care provided.

The use of Tapestry to provide information on what my child is up to and their progress is great.

A nursery that is always self reflecting and changing for the better! It just keeps improving. The children love it!

I've only visited a couple of times but safety is excellent. The nursery is clean and children appear happy and relaxed. Staff are friendly and welcoming.

I really like the nursery, great location and outdoor space.

The staff are great - really welcoming and caring towards the children.

I think Dolphins nursery is a wonderful place that nurtures children beautifully and prepares them extremely well for going to school. They provide a very stimulating and varied environment for learning, including forest school for example. All staff know each child really well. They cater well for food allergies/intolerances. Would highly recommend

Fantastic nursery, my child enjoys going every day. Great staff who get to know the children well and update Tapestry often.

I would highly recommend this nursery. Fantastic outdoor space. Wonderful setting. Staff and management have been very responsive and flexible with respect to our child's special needs. Fantastic place for children to play and learn.

Lovely, friendly atmosphere, children are well looked after.

I feel relaxed going to work and leaving my child. I know he is in good hands.

Dolphins is a fabulous nursery. I would highly recommend it. The manager does a great job supporting both the staff and parents to ensure the children are well looked after and enjoy their time spent there.

Thank you to everyone for making her feel so welcome and making it an easy transition for me too!

Dolphins Day Nursery, Horsforth is fantastic. My two year old started six weeks ago and all of the staff have worked so hard to help him settle in. From the cuddles he gets to help him manage the difficult few minutes when he gets there, to the picture of me on the wall he can go to for reassurance, to having his own key worker who keeps a close eye on him, his own peg with his picture on and his own cup - there is lots of effort made to help him settle in and feel at home.

Days seem jam-packed with activity and staff post photos of what he's been up to every day. This ranges from outdoor play to music to art and sometimes even features special activities such as visits from a small animal petting zoo at no extra cost. Interaction with other kids is fostered and his skills development monitored and rated. I also get a verbal and written handover at the end of the day so I know exactly what he's eaten/done and even how many poos he's done!

I couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Just joined a month ago and so so pleased with this phenomenal nursery. It is warm, intimate and welcoming. Staff are clearly very skilled and communication is excellent. Their use of the tapestry app to record progress and what your child does each week gives me no hesitation in recommending them to others!

I only ever have positive things to say about Dolphins - the staff are incredible and my son loves it - he cannot wait to leave the house on a morning! The feeling you get when you walk in the place is confidence and calmness. The staff, the outdoor space, the food and the activities are fantastic. Dolphins was recommended to me by a friend and I'm so pleased she did. The staff give you confidence, which is really important and helpful when it's your first child - I ask them for advice! I cannot recommend Dolphins and the staff highly enough xxxx

I looked at a lot of nurseries before choosing Dolphins. I was so relieved to find it! The setting is lovely and the staff are exceptionally caring and committed. Most importantly for me, my daughter is very happy there - she is always excited to go to the nursery and she evidently loves her carers.

My eldest started in 2011, the youngest in 2015, so I've known the nursery over the years. It was already a pretty good nursery back then, and it's been improving all the time. They are always plenty of creative, educational and fun activities. Foods are healthy and freshly prepared on-site and even picky eaters eat happily there than at home. Staff are kind, helpful and positive. They always have time for you and happy to talk to you. The staff's dedication and passion are outstanding. Some of them go in out of hours to feed chicks/put up X'mas decor/install new interior decorations, etc. I'm sad that the youngest is leaving for school this summer...

The staff are really knowledgeable, very friendly and caring. I love the nursery setting which is on the very edge of a wood. The activities that the children are offered is amazing and it's wonderful to get instant feedback by way of the Tapestry observations. I would never have known what kind of things happened in a baby room for example.

I have just enrolled my daughter as well, as the setting is perfect for happy, well-educated children.

We are very happy with this nursery. Our daughter joined in September and I'm glad we made Dolphins our choice. All the staff are friendly, polite and helpful and are fantastic with the children. The children have plenty to play with and are able to make their own decisions about what they'd like to do, for instance, if my daughter wanted to sit and read she can or if she wanted to play in the sand or water then she can etc. My daughter can be a fussy eater at times and recently went through a phase of disliking tuna, a lot. When tuna pasta was on the menu that day, they provided something different for my daughter to have. We feel very welcome at this nursery, the parents say hello to one another, we feel included in things, for instance, we get regular updates about events and what's happening at the nursery via email, and there are also parents evenings too.

My little girl loves her time at Dolphins! I love the amount of time that she spends outdoors and she is so excited to take part in forest school this year.The staff are friendly and welcoming and truly care about the little ones.