Adventurers

About this day nursery

Adventurers, located in Exeter, EX4 6HA, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, registered with Ofsted on 29/11/2024. The day nursery, operated by Devon Nurseries Limited, provides care for children aged 1 to 4 and has a total capacity of 66 places.

Children at Adventurers consistently achieve well, showing positive attitudes towards learning from their individual starting points. Babies make excellent progress in physical development, demonstrating core strength and balance.

Toddlers are encouraged to persevere with challenging tasks, such as pushing heavy wooden aeroplanes, while pre-schoolers enjoy imaginative play and develop balance and coordination through activities like climbing stepladders. The setting fosters superb behaviour, attitudes, and routines, with children showing care and consideration for others that exceeds age-and-stage expectations.

Leaders and staff establish a calm, nurturing environment, promoting positive attitudes towards learning, and supporting children in managing their feelings and developing high levels of self-confidence and resilience. The day nursery also excels in children's welfare and wellbeing, providing a safe and welcoming environment where staff are highly responsive to children's needs, including sound understanding of safe sleep practices for babies and support for potty training in toddlers.

Nutritious meals are prepared on-site, reflecting children's cultures and home experiences, and leaders effectively assess risks to ensure children's safety during outdoor play, even tweaking morning activities during hot weather to allow for fresh air.

What it's like

Children arrive happy, and staff greet them warmly. Staff promote children's independence as they help children find their peg and store belongings. Leaders are swift to create play activities that build on children's interests, and children engage immediately, showing high levels of focus and joy. Children show a clear sense of belonging and can see themselves throughout the setting. Younger children enjoy water play outside in the cool morning sun, managing their own safety in the sun well as they follow well-established routines of wearing sun cream and a sun hat. Babies enjoy experiences that promote their wellbeing, showing strong bonds with staff and are content and comfortable.