Age range
0-5 years for daycare, 3-4 years for nursery
Barnwell Academy is a welcoming and inclusive educational institution dedicated to fostering a secure, nurturing, and stimulating learning environment where every child is encouraged to achieve their fullest potential. With a commitment to comprehensive development, the academy offers a rich curriculum complemented by a wide array of extracurricular activities.
The curriculum is thoughtfully designed to promote aspirations, ensuring that pupils develop a strong desire to succeed and understand their future possibilities. Emphasising inclusion, the curriculum is adapted to cater to diverse learning styles, fostering independent and successful learners.
A holistic approach ensures that the curriculum is well-planned and sequenced, enabling students to make connections across various subjects. Beyond academics, Barnwell Academy places a high priority on the well-being of its pupils, integrating its six core values of respect, responsibility, compassion, positivity, perseverance, and teamwork into all experiences.
The academy also offers a day care facility for children from birth to five years old, providing both full and half-day sessions, along with wrap-around care and holiday programmes. This ensures a seamless educational journey for children, supporting both their academic and personal growth within a supportive community.
What it's like
Children are very happy and settled at this welcoming nursery. They show that they feel secure in the care of the nurturing staff. Children benefit greatly from a range of exciting and challenging experiences.
Fees are structured by age bands with rates charged per session, day, or week. Extra session fees include all meals, drinks, and snacks. For funded hours, additional charges apply for lunch, tea, or full-day meal menus, while breakfast and mid-session snacks are free.
Funding accepted
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Age range
0-5 years for daycare, 3-4 years for nursery
Session types
Half day sessions: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Half day sessions: 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Full day sessions: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Opening hours
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM daily, 50 weeks a year
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 3 November 2021 · Julie Foers
What it's like to attend
Children are very happy and settled at this welcoming nursery. They show that they feel secure in the care of the nurturing staff. Children benefit greatly from a range of exciting and challenging experiences.
Inspector highlights
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents speak highly of staff and the quality of education and care they provide."
"They comment that they feel informed about their child's day."
Inclusion & environment
There is very strong support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff work closely with health visitors and other health professionals to help identify where children might need extra support.
Children use a variety of brushes and paint rollers to make marks with water during play outside, which helps to develop their larger muscles, balance, and coordination. They also navigate wheelbarrows along winding paths in the nursery garden and use their whole bodies as they climb up steps and slopes and slide back down, providing superb support for their physical development.
Date: July 2016
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