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Ashley Manor Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
·Ashley Manor Prep School, 252 London Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6NR · Gloucestershire
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Ashley Manor Nursery, situated in Cheltenham, offers high-quality childcare for children aged 9 months to 4 years, operating 51 weeks a year from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The nursery provides two session options: a full school day from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm or an extended day until 6:00 pm.

Benefiting from its location within a 45-acre parkland estate, children have ample opportunities to engage with nature through an outdoor classroom, school garden, and regular visits to the school farm, which is home to various animals. The nursery emphasises providing a strong foundation for each child's future, fostering their potential through a stimulating environment where safety, confidence, and happiness are paramount.

Expert Early Years Educators deliver a dynamic curriculum that balances child-led exploration with adult-guided learning, encouraging creativity, independence, and a lasting passion for discovery. The learning spaces are designed with open-ended resources to promote collaborative play and self-expression.

The rural setting and extensive outdoor areas are central to the nursery's philosophy, highlighting the importance of outdoor learning for growth and development.

Our ethos

The nursery's philosophy centres on the belief that the rural setting and extensive outdoor areas are crucial for children's growth and development, highlighting the importance of outdoor learning. They provide a stimulating environment that balances child-led exploration with adult-guided learning, aiming to foster creativity, independence, and a passion for discovery through open-ended resources that promote collaborative play and self-expression.

What it's like

Children settle well and arrive eager to get involved in the range of stimulating activities staff offer them. The key-person system is effective, and all children create strong bonds with their key person, which enables them to feel safe and secure. Staff understand and meet the needs of all children in the nursery.

Rural location with extensive outdoor spaceSchool farm accessFlexible session timingsOpen 51 weeks a yearDynamic, play-based curriculum

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Session types

8.00am – 3.30pm (school day), 8.00am – 6.00pm

Opening hours

8.00am – 6.00pm, 51 weeks a year

Age range

9 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Ashley Manor Nursery

Last inspected 15 October 2024 · Dominique Allotey

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 settle well and arrive eager to get involved in the range of stimulating activities staff offer them. The key-person system is effective, and all children create strong bonds with their key person, which enables them to feel safe and secure. Staff understand and meet the needs of all children in the nursery.

Inspector highlights

  • All staff know and understand the curriculum and how to adapt it for every child.
  • All children benefit from a good quality of teaching and enjoy their interactions with staff.
  • Staff promote literacy development well.
  • Overall, children demonstrate good attitudes to learning.
  • Staff enhance children's communication skills effectively.

Areas to develop

  • 1review the organisation of activities and key routines of the day, to reduce waiting times for children and maximise their time spent in purposeful play
  • 2develop further opportunities for home learning, to work in partnership with all parents to enable them to further support their children's learning at home.
Inspection #10357713 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are positive about the care and education that their children receive.

They comment on the strong bonds staff build with their children and how well informed they are about their children's time at nursery and how they are developing.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff understand and meet the needs of all children in the nursery. They work closely with parents to gather information to enable them to offer a continuity of care from home.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy spending time outdoors in the fresh air. On the school grounds, they learn about nature during listening walks and interact with the farm animals.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

15 October 2024

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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