Our Nursery 

Our early education and care for children from 3 months to 5 years old is offered in age groups below, with flexible sessions including 15 and 30 hours  funded spaces. Children move dependent on the individual children's needs and development as well as the cohort of the children in the group. 

Babies (3 months – 18 months)

Your babies learning journey starts there, with specifically toys and activities,  so that even the youngest children in our care can have lots of fun at nursery.

Care is tailored to the needs of every single baby which is why we ask you to complete a detailed questionnaire so we can follow your home routine as closely as possible, babies enjoy close supervision with a staff ratio of 1:3. 

All that fun and learning can be exhausting, so there is a quiet area so that each baby can get as much rest as they need.

Pre-Toddler  (18 months – 2.5 years)

Your child is developing very quickly, is inquisitive and is always learning.      We do everything we can to help them reach their full potential.

The Pre-Toddler are given space they need to explore and learn in a secure, home-from-home environment. Also encourage to take part in a wide variety of activities, including creative, messy and role play, imaginative and small world play. Pre-Toddlers also have easy access to our garden, children can enjoy lots of supervised fun outside, whatever the weather. 

Toddler (2.5 years - 3.5 years)

Your child begin to discover the world around them, they need new challenges so they can explore in a safe and secure setting.
Our Toddlers offers the ideal environment to have lots of fun and to learn new skills, with opportunities to choose what they would like to do.

A nursery routine is followed by the Toddlers and every day they will enjoy breakfast, circle time, a range of child-led and staff-led activities, lunch, rest, and more activities, activities in our secure garden. 

As required by the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, our staff carry out daily observations to assess each child’s progress against the prescribed learning goals and put together action plans and individual learning strategies to help them develop the skills he/she needs.

Pre-School (3.5 years – 5 years)

Your child is preparing for school, at this age we get them ready so they can spread their wings and fly into the big, wide world. To support learning and understanding, we take the children on supervised trips to the local supermarket, park and high street.                                                                          And as a way of encouraging children to be an independent as possible, they serve and feed themselves, choose their own snack, help set up and tidy away activities, and independently use the toilet.

The days are more structured in Pre-School – just like they are at school – but with a staff:child ratio of 1:8. Throughout the day, children can busy themselves at the mark making table, art and craft trolley, maths and science areas and the water fountain, all of which develop essential skills.

Children with Special Educational Needs and those who have English as an additional language are very well planned for and we receive specialist support from our local council.

When your child moves to school, we send completed transition documents so that the school can see the stage at which he/she is at and a learning journey profile, which has a detailed history of your child’s learning.