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Beach Babies Wilburton

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2022)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·95 Stretham Road, Wilburton, Ely, CB6 3RY · Cambridgeshire
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

About this day nursery

Beach Babies Wilburton is a nursery that fosters natural growth and development in children aged 10 months to 5 years. Located in Ely, this setting prioritises a natural environment, encouraging confidence, creative thinking, independence, and curiosity through engaging outdoor spaces and activities.

The nursery is committed to providing a homely, safe, secure, fun, and caring atmosphere, with a focus on excellent early years education. They offer a comprehensive curriculum that includes elements like campfire circles, wildlife exploration, big play equipment, and gardening to connect children with nature.

Beach Babies Wilburton aims to provide a strong foundation for life, supporting children in strengthening their independence, resilience, and creative curiosity. The nursery operates for 51 weeks a year, closing only for one week between Christmas and New Year, and welcomes children from 8 am to 6 pm, with an early drop-off option available from 7:30 am.

Our ethos

Beach Babies Wilburton focuses on fostering natural growth and development by prioritising a natural environment and outdoor experiences. Their approach is committed to encouraging children's confidence, creative thinking, independence, and curiosity, aiming to provide a strong foundation by connecting children with nature through activities like campfire circles, wildlife exploration, and gardening.

What it's like

Children thrive in a safe, nurturing environment and build strong bonds with staff. They are eager explorers who benefit from hands-on, meaningful learning and high-quality, focused interactions that develop their communication, confidence and curiosity.

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Pricing & funding

Fees include all meals, snacks, cows milk, nappies, wipes, creams, outdoor gear, and settling-in sessions. To secure a place, a registration fee and a first month's deposit are required. An optional early morning club is available for an extra charge.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
  • Registration Fee£150 / session
  • Early Bird Club£7.50 / session
  • Under 36 Months - 3 Days (with funding)£910.90 / month
  • Under 36 Months - 4 Days (with funding)£1394.98 / month
  • Under 36 Months - 5 Days (with funding)£1694.37 / month

Good to know

  • Registration fee and a deposit of the first month's fees are required to secure a place.
  • The paid deposit is set against the child’s first invoice upon starting.
  • Both deposit and registration fee are non-refundable, except for funded-only bookings.
  • Fees include all meals, snacks, milk, nappies, wipes, creams, outdoor wear, and sun protection.
  • Two weeks of settling-in sessions are included.
  • An optional Early Bird Club is available in the mornings and must be booked in advance.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am - 6pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks per year (excluding bank holidays and one week between Christmas and New Year). Early drop-off from 7:30 am.

Food

All meals, snacks, and cow's milk are included.

Waitlist

Waiting lists are long, with typical waiting times of at least 12 months for any space.

Age range

10 months to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full day

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Beach Babies Wilburton

Last inspected 18 October 2022 · Gail Warnes

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children thrive in a safe, nurturing environment and build strong bonds with staff. They are eager explorers who benefit from hands-on, meaningful learning and high-quality, focused interactions that develop their communication, confidence and curiosity.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thrive in a safe, nurturing environment and form strong bonds with staff.
  • Outstanding curriculum and highly skilled staff provide meaningful, hands-on learning experiences.
  • High priority on building vocabulary and confident communication from an early age.
  • Inviting environment promotes nature, sustainability and a wide range of physical activities, including supervised risky play.
  • Parents are overwhelmingly positive about communication and children's progress; staff are well supported and value professional development.
Inspection #10236556 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disability receive tailored support from dedicated staff who work seamlessly with other professionals to adapt the environment and teaching approach to enable them to achieve individual goals. Parents comment that staff take time to understand children's specific, sometimes complex, needs and help them navigate pathways to access the support their child is entitled to.

Outdoor space

Children learn about nature and sustainability and enjoy a wide range of physical activity; they take part in hands-on experiences such as taking pumpkin soup to a campfire. They learn to keep themselves safe while taking supervised risks when climbing trees and on walks into the village and neighbouring fields.

Parent Reviews of Beach Babies Wilburton

5.0
(5)
Hannah Harvey
2 years ago

I'm so glad we found Beach Babies! My daughter has been here for four months now and is absolutely thriving. She loves coming into nursery and gets so excited when she realises we're there. Every day is full of so many fun and varied activities from painting and playing outside in the mud kitchen to story time and looking at family pictures and the children spend so much time outside exploring, even from a young age. The children are clearly happy, active and engaged and the staff are just brilliant, you can tell how much they care and how much one-on-one interaction every child gets. The whole team are supportive and brilliant. I could not feel any happier with my daughter's nursery and how amazingly she is looked after. I cannot recommend Beach Babies enough!

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Emma Morrice
2 years ago

Both of our children attended Beach Babies from 8 months old until school. I cannot recommend this nursery enough. The staff are the most passionate, enthusiastic, loving group of professionals, and my two thrived because of this. The whole nursery has a real sense of family and respect for one another and the ethos built upon natural play, discovery and care for the world we live in is exactly what we wanted for our children's early years. Thank you Beach Babies- we will always be grateful for the outstanding care and education that has shaped our children to become who they are.

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Liz Howell
2 years ago

Our daughter loves going to nursery here! So much outdoor fun and her confidence has grown so much as a result of being in such a lovely and supportive environment. All of the team treat the toddlers with positivity and everyone seems to know her, which helps massively when it comes to transitioning to another room. She is also challenged appropriately and we are so impressed with how well she is learning new skills, which is obviously as a result of all of the hard work that the team put in to the activities that are so well planned. Thank you Beach Babies for making our little lady so happy!

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AFPC
a year ago

Our daughter was at Beach babies Wilburton from baby room through to pre-school. Throughout her time there we always felt that Zara was being looked after by very caring people who we could trust. One of the things we were particularly impressed with, particularly when she was a toddler was the food and we were always able to see what she was eating on the little menu in the car park in the morning. Our daughter was able to play outside and inside during the day and learned lots of skills which we think gave her a really good start for life and going into school. She has now started school and was very ready to go there due to the preparation from beach babies.

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Laura B
2 years ago

Both our children attended Beach Babies, with one going through from Babies to Preschool. It was fantastic to see our children flourish within this little community. Our children were nourished with good food, nature and fun. The communication was great, with regular Tapestry updates, end of day summaries and more general updates. Lasting friendships have been formed. Thank you to everyone at Beach Babies. We miss you!

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2022

Date: October 2016

  • October 2022Outstanding
  • October 2016Good

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