Opening hours
8am - 6pm, Monday-Friday, Term Time only.
Camel Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2023)
Number of places
30 places
Age range
2–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2023
Local authority
Oxfordshire
About this day nursery
Camel Pre-School, located in Wantage, offers a nurturing environment where children aged 2-5 years are encouraged to explore their creativity and curiosity, fostering a lifelong love for learning. The preschool embraces a play-based approach, ensuring that each child
Our ethos
Camel Pre-School embraces a play-based approach, encouraging children to explore their creativity and curiosity to foster a lifelong love for learning.
What it's like
Staff support children to settle well, with a strong focus on their happiness and safety. Children respond warmly to nurturing staff, who know them and their families well. Children display good behaviour appropriate to their age and stage of development.
Play-based learningCharity-runDedicated rooms for different age groupsExperienced and passionate staffFocus on individual development
Pricing & funding
- Breakfast Club£5.80 / session
- Pre-School session (AM or PM)£16.90 / session
- Full Day Care 9am – 3pm£39.00 / day
- Lunch Club£5.20 / session
- After School Club (4:30pm)£11.30 / session
Key facts
Session types
Breakfast Club, Morning Session, Lunch Session, Afternoon Session, Full Day, After School Club
Age range
2-5 years
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Established
1969
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Camel Pre-School
Last inspected 21 June 2023 · Amanda Perkin
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff support children to settle well, with a strong focus on their happiness and safety. Children respond warmly to nurturing staff, who know them and their families well. Children display good behaviour appropriate to their age and stage of development.
Inspector highlights
- Children enjoy access to a large outside area throughout the day, with opportunities for physical skills practice.
- Staff effectively support children who are finding the transition to pre-school unsettling, particularly due to COVID-19 experiences.
- Partnerships with parents are strong, and parents are confident their children are happy, safe, and well cared for.
- An effective key-person system is in place, with staff having good knowledge and understanding of the children.
- The manager and staff ensure additional funding is spent effectively to address learning gaps and positively impact children's development.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to confidently identify how and when to step in to support children, including children with emerging special educational needs and/or disabilities
- 2strengthen the arrangements for supervision, monitoring and training of all staff to enhance their professional development and raise the quality of education to an even higher level.
Inspection #10289272 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff identify children who need extra support and plan accordingly. The manager and her staff ensure that any additional funding is spent effectively to address gaps in children's learning and have a positive impact on children's development. For example, they implement targeted support, access additional sessions and purchase further resources. Staff work closely with other agencies to ensure that children receive specialist support when needed.
Outdoor space
All children enjoy access to the large outside area throughout the day. They have plenty of opportunities to practise their physical skills. For example, following an interest in traditional tales, children use large building blocks to build 'ice-cream castles'. In addition, they learn to balance on the large wooden climbing frame and navigate the wooden steps. Children develop their early writing skills, making marks on the outside easel with paintbrushes.
Inspection history
Date: November 2008
- June 2023Good
- November 2017Good
- September 2014Good
- November 2008Good
Frequently asked about Camel Pre-School
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