Food
Meals are freshly prepared daily, with children encouraged to participate in preparing snacks and dinners. Individual dietary needs are prioritised.
Bell Day Nursery in Saffron Walden provides a safe, nurturing, and inclusive environment where children can thrive and build strong foundations for lifelong learning. As a community interest company, the nursery is deeply embedded in the local community, encouraging children to explore beyond its walls and engage with the surrounding market town.
The nursery offers a reflective and inclusive curriculum, tailored to each child’s unique learning journey and individual interests, with a strong emphasis on fostering curiosity and independence. They are committed to providing high-quality, affordable care and maintain open communication with parents through the Famly app, allowing them to track their child’s progress and communicate with key workers.
Health and safety are paramount, with rigorous measures in place to ensure a clean and secure setting. Bell Day Nursery also prioritises healthy eating, offering freshly prepared meals that cater to individual dietary needs and involving children in food preparation to cultivate a love for healthy choices.
Engaging activities like Forest School sessions, community outings, Spanish lessons, and Born2Move sessions enrich the learning experience and prepare children for school.
Our ethos
Bell Day Pre-school is committed to providing a reflective and inclusive curriculum that fosters curiosity and independence, tailoring learning to each child’s unique journey and interests. They aim to help children explore their community and build strong foundations for lifelong learning in a safe, nurturing, and affordable environment.
What it's like
Children are at the centre of this unique pre-school. Fun-loving staff personalise care and teaching to ensure all children's individual personalities and characters shine through and they flourish. They feel safe and comfortable in their environment and ready to explore, play and learn.
Food
Meals are freshly prepared daily, with children encouraged to participate in preparing snacks and dinners. Individual dietary needs are prioritised.
Opening hours
Monday – Thursday 08:00am – 18:00pm; Friday 08:00am – 17:00pm
Age range
6 months to 4 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Waitlist
Waiting list with £50 admin fee.
Last inspected 16 May 2025 · Louisa Taylor
What it's like to attend
Children are at the centre of this unique pre-school. Fun-loving staff personalise care and teaching to ensure all children's individual personalities and characters shine through and they flourish. They feel safe and comfortable in their environment and ready to explore, play and learn.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Inclusion & environment
Robust assessment of children's progress means staff identify any gaps in children's learning and plan activities to help reduce these. Consequently, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make very good progress from their starting points. Staff make timely referrals and work closely with parents and outside professionals to ensure all children with SEND leave the pre-school prepared for their next school.
The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact that this had on children's learning. The management team and inspector completed a tour of the pre-school, both indoors and outdoors to understand how the early years provision and curriculum are organised.
Top quality nursery that will help your little ones to step into social and educational life with all the support they need. Settle in sessions are so well organised to make your child feel secure parent’s are part of the experience as long as the child needs but also paying so much special attention to the child that creates the special bond with the key person from early days. Key person home visit ahead of the settle in sessions make a huge difference. The food is various and good quality you will be surprised how much your child will be tempted to try different tastes and textures. Garden play area and short walks to nearby parks and farms keep your little ones excited for each day ahead. I was so surprised to have my little one running towards the carers each morning and waving happily goodbye. Famly app (sort of social networking within the nursery) used is very interactive and keeps the parent in touch with what is going on each day and hour. Covid measures are handled so professionally that kids are picked from outdoor gate maintaining social distancing. Amenities such as hand gel is always available. Classes do not mix with one another.
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Date: July 2019
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