5 years and older, and ACE Day Nursery catering to children between 1 and 3 years old. Established in 1966 with support from the Advisory Centre for Education, the nurseries have a rich history of welcoming families from diverse backgrounds.
Both settings are structured as parent co-operatives, actively encouraging parental involvement in various aspects, from daily operations to committee roles, fostering a strong community spirit among parents, teachers, and children. This collaborative environment is dedicated to nurturing individual development within a framework of cooperation, mutual responsibility, and respect.
Parents interested in either nursery are invited to communicate via email or phone, and are encouraged to visit the settings to discuss their child’s unique needs and observe the nursery’s operations firsthand.
What it's like
Children form excellent bonds with staff, are confident, happy and caring, and the secure environment helps them make their own choices and express their ideas. Staff celebrate acts of kindness, promote emotional security, and children are independent, empathetic and willing to help each other.
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Food
ACE Day Nursery is a nut-free vegetarian nursery. A morning snack is provided; children can choose from a selection of fruit and vegetables, together with a savoury cracker and milk or water. A hot, home-made meal, prepared on the premises by the nursery cook, is served at 12pm along with a fruit or milky pudding. A substantial tea is provided for the children at 4.00pm.
Opening hours
Opens Monday to Friday during term time from 8.30am to 5.30pm. A holiday play scheme operates during school holidays.
Age range
ACE Nursery School: 2.5 years and older; ACE Day Nursery: 1-3 years
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Established
1993
Last inspected 10 March 2022 · Louise Harris
What it's like to attend
Children form excellent bonds with staff, are confident, happy and caring, and the secure environment helps them make their own choices and express their ideas. Staff celebrate acts of kindness, promote emotional security, and children are independent, empathetic and willing to help each other.
Inspector highlights
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
The nursery's very special ethos puts the whole child at the heart of everything it does, and our happy balanced child is testament to the outstanding provision at ACE.
Inclusion & environment
The setting works exceedingly well with other professionals ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive highly effective tailored support and progress well.
Children access considerable time outdoors in all weathers, using an allotment to dig, plant and grow food, collect water to care for seedlings, and make use of a green space opposite the nursery school and the local gym to support physical development.
Both my children attended here, almost a decade apart, and the nursery remains as brilliant now as it was then. Staff really care about the children and have so much enthusiasm for teaching and playing with them. Regular social events give families a chance to meet each other, and create a sense of community. And many of the staff who were there with my eldest child ten years ago are still there, which always says a lot. Would recommend!
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Our daughter had a fantastic experience at ACE nursery school. The staff are so warm and friendly and dedicated to creating a happy and stimulating environment for the children. Having looked at lots of nurseries, we were really blown away by ACE. We were new to Cambridge when she started and it was the best possible welcome to a new city. It set her up perfectly for starting school this September. I would wholeheartedly recommend it.
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My granddaughter is currently attending. It is the best nursery I've ever found, with a wonderful community feel, fabulous attentive, responsive staff under the brilliant head teacher, and it gives your child the best possible start in life. My husband taught some of the children in a pottery group he held and said they were the most memorable, confident, kind, children he'd ever come across, which is why he recommended it to our daughter. We feel so lucky we came across them.
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We loved Ace. Our kids went to both the little ace and the big one. Amazing staff with a rich learning environment and lots of imaginative and creative activities to stimulate their minds. It was just the right size to not feel too big or too small and the building, which is essentially a town house with a garden was very welcoming and homely. We also met life long friends there through the fun social events and communal atmosphere.
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What a wonderful nursery. My daughter loved her time here, the teachers were brilliant with all the children, bringing out the best in them, no matter what their strengths or weaknesses. It's a cooperative nursery so every family contributes to the success of the nursery and their events. I wish they had a primary school too!
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Date: December 2009
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