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How We Help Your Child Prepare for Further Education
At Muddy Boots, our aim is to help you give your child their best start in life, and that means helping them prepare for the next big step - school! Across our nurseries, the Pre-School staff work hard to make sure your child is ready for full time education; from skills like reading/writing, to self-care and demonstrating independence. Here’s a little insight into how we do it!

National Trust Locations: Wentworth Castle Gardens
Towards the south of Yorkshire, between Leeds and Sheffield, is Wentworth Castle Gardens, an idyllic location originally created for the privileged few but now fully open for the public to enjoy. With a formal garden and conservatory full of amazing plant life, wildlife, and acres of rolling parkland, this really is a beautiful place perfect for adventure, with lots of activities fit for the whole family!

NEWS: Muddy Boots Morley Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted!
We’re proud to announce that Muddy Boots Morley received Ofsted rating ‘Good’ following their most recent inspection! The team at Morley confidently showed the inspector what a day at nursery is like for your children at Muddy Boots. To celebrate, we’re sharing some of the fantastic things said about our Morley setting in the final report!

National Trust Locations: Yorkshire Coast
As the Summer holidays are fast approaching, we’re sharing two fantastic National Trust locations you can visit along the Yorkshire Coast! If you’re looking for ideas on where to take your little ones this summer, visit Robin Hood’s Bay or Ravenscar for free with the free family membership gifted to you by Muddy Boots. Not only do both locations offer fantastic views, they are also packed with family-friendly activities perfect for any child at Muddy Boots - what’s not to love?

We’re Shortlisted for the 2025 Nursery World Awards!
We’re so excited to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for ‘Nursery Group of the Year’ at the 2025 Nursery World Awards. Winners will be announced September, so keep your fingers crossed for Muddy Boots!

National Trust Locations: Brimham Rocks
When you refer a family to Muddy Boots as an existing member of our community, you receive a free 12-month family membership to the National Trust! Whether you’ve already got your membership or are looking for places to visit this summer when you refer someone to us, we’ve got you covered. In this blog, we’ll be looking at Brimham Rocks, a unique habitat to various plants and the perfect natural playground to get little legs moving

National Trust Locations: Goddards
With a name like Muddy Boots, you probably already know how we feel about the outdoors - it's something we believe all children should love and get to experience, no matter how messy they may get! That’s why we gift families a free 12-month membership to the National Trust when they recommend someone to us, and we recommend a new National Trust location for our families to visit. This month, we’re looking at Goddards, a wonderful little garden haven just outside York city centre, making it the perfect little day-time escape for you and your family.

Our Award Winning Company Culture
At Muddy Boots, having a happy team is one of the most important parts about working with children. It’s our staff members who make our nurseries what you see today!
Take a look at our latest blog where we dive into our most recent culture profile results, where our team evaluated their overall experiences at work, and find out just how happy our team is.

National Trust Locations: Hardcastle Crags
If you’ve received your free National Trust Family Membership but aren’t sure where to visit, we’ve got you covered! This month, we’re sharing another recommendation with you - Hardcastle Crags. Within close proximity to Hebden Bridge, and with lots of great woodland areas to explore, Hardcastle Crags is an excellent adventure for the whole family.

We're on an awards roll!

What are the Benefits of Outdoor Learning?
At Muddy Boots, we prioritise outdoor learning for all children, whatever the weather, it’s what makes us a unique nursery! But what does this actually mean; what are the benefits of outdoor learning? We’ll give you a quick rundown on why we focus on the outdoors, and why the Muddy Boots ethos is so crucial to our way of learning.

News: Facilities Team Update (Spring 25)

National Trust Locations: Beningbrough
We’re super grateful to all our families who refer others to Muddy Boots; when they do, they’re given a free 12-month Family Membership to the National Trust! It’s become part of our mission to share some fantastic outdoor spaces near to our nurseries that you can access with your membership, so that you can get the most out of the 12-months. To do that, we’re sharing some of the amazing outdoor spaces on offer with the National Trust, and this week’s location is Beningbrough.

Our 2024 Highlights
2024 was an amazing year at Muddy Boots, full of exciting developments and (of course) lots of adventures! To celebrate the work of our fantastic staff, and the support from our families, we’re looking at some of the big headlines and successes of 2024 across Muddy Boots as a whole.

New Year, New Referral Perk!
Nothing beats a recommendation from an existing family when encouraging others to join, and we’re so grateful for all our families that refer their friends to Muddy Boots. To show our appreciation, we are introducing a new referral gift available to you when you recommend a new parent to us! That’s why we’re now offering a 12-month Family Membership to the National Trust!

We need your votes!
We are SUPER excited to kick start 2025 by announcing we have been nominated for another award, this time the Customer Service Award '25 at the Yorkshire Choice Awards

Muddy Boots 12 Days of Christmas!
Christmas is on its way, and we know your little ones must be really excited about getting a visit from Santa! At Muddy Boots, we’ll be setting up lots of fun activities for your children while they’re at nursery, but to continue the festivities after nursery closes on Christmas Eve, we have created our very own 12 Days of Christmas! In this blog, we’ll be giving you some more detail on the ways you can make these activities as fun and easy as possible for you and your children.

We are the best Small Nursery Group in the UK!
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have won the prestigious award for 'Best Small Nursery Group' at the National NMT Nursery Awards!

A Muddy Boots Guide to Government Funded Childcare
Did you know you might be eligible for free childcare? In September 2024, new government funding plans were announced, giving parents the opportunity to receive free childcare for their children. If you or someone you know has little ones from the ages of 9 months to 3 years old, read on to find out how to access fully funded childcare for 2025.

MUDDY BOOTS NURSERIES HAVE MOVED INTO LEEDS!
From starting our first setting at the end of 2011, with only a handful of families and a couple of staff members, in a small breeze block unit that had space for 10 children, to building a purpose-built setting in 2017 (our Poppleton site), taking on our second site in Acomb in 2018, followed by our third in 2021 in Wilberfoss, and finally our fourth setting in Stamford Bridge in 2022…