Opening hours
Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Annie and Co Nursery and Forest school
Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
Number of places
21 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Haringey
About this day nursery
Annie and Co Nursery and Forest School, located in Bounds Green, London, offers a unique educational approach that integrates indoor learning with extensive daily outdoor forest school activities. The nursery believes every child is unique and strives to help them become their best selves through a blend of child-led and adult-led activities.
Children benefit from a homely cabin for comfort and a large play area, while also spending a significant part of their day exploring the outdoors. The forest school programme promotes resilience, a deep understanding of the natural world, and a healthy lifestyle through engaging activities like toasting marshmallows, building dens, and gardening.
Dedicated key persons ensure that each child meets developmental milestones and enjoys their time at the nursery. The team emphasises learning through play, fostering independence, and preparing children for school by building essential skills and confidence in both natural and academic settings.
They are committed to ongoing staff development, ensuring a high standard of care and education.
Our ethos
Annie and Co Nursery and Forest School's unique educational approach blends indoor learning with daily outdoor forest school activities, guided by a child-led and adult-led philosophy. They believe every child is unique and focus on fostering resilience, understanding of the natural world, independence, and school readiness through play-based learning and a commitment to high standards of care and education.
What it's like
Children have secure attachments with staff and are happy and confident in this stimulating setting. Activities are varied, imaginative and physically challenging, inspiring children and maintaining their concentration. Staff plan a well-structured curriculum with a clear focus on developing children's communication and language skills.
Forest SchoolOutdoor LearningChild-led PlayHomely EnvironmentEYFS Curriculum
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Annie and Co Nursery and Forest school
Last inspected 1 April 2025 · Catherine Greene
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children have secure attachments with staff and are happy and confident in this stimulating setting. Activities are varied, imaginative and physically challenging, inspiring children and maintaining their concentration. Staff plan a well-structured curriculum with a clear focus on developing children's communication and language skills.
Inspector highlights
- The provider and staff are highly reflective and have successfully met all actions raised since the last inspection.
- The provider places an emphasis on staff well-being and demonstrates a strong commitment to creating a positive and supportive working environment.
- Staff listen carefully to children, provide close attention to those needing extra support, and adapt their practice for younger or quieter children.
- Activities and resources are safe and well-planned for children's independent play, with effective risk assessments in place.
- Children's care, dietary needs, and hygiene needs are met with clear procedures and positive support.
Areas to develop
- 1continue to strengthen the existing systems for communication between leaders, staff and shared facility users to further enhance effective information sharing.
Inspection #10375545 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
They value the support they receive from the provider and staff and the regular updates about their children.
They acknowledge that they can continue with learning at home and recognise the skills their children have developed since starting.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The provider has recently focused on planning future training in working with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This is so that partnerships with other local providers can be developed further.
Outdoor space
Children use natural and recyclable materials to search for birds and wildlife in the surrounding forest. Staff teach children how to be safe and assured as they negotiate the outdoor space, where they explore with great ease, climbing, balancing, and jumping with skill and confidence.
Inspection history
Date: October 2024
- April 2025Good
- April 2025Good
- December 2024Inadequate
- October 2024Inadequate
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