Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas.
Canopy Shrewsbury
Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
Number of places
99 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Shropshire
About this day nursery
Canopy Shrewsbury offers a nurturing "home from home" setting for children, aiming to provide them with the best possible start in life while easing the childcare burden for parents. The nursery focuses on supporting families and ensuring children thrive in a supportive and engaging environment.
With a leadership team boasting over 15 years of experience in running top-tier day nurseries, Canopy Nurseries consistently achieves "Outstanding" Ofsted ratings. The Shrewsbury branch is one of several newly established Canopy nurseries, with further expansion planned across the UK.
Parents consistently praise the daily updates and activities, highlighting their appreciation for the staff's dedication and the positive impact on their children's development and happiness.
What it's like
Staff greet children warmly at this friendly, welcoming nursery, building positive relationships and ensuring children feel safe and secure. The curriculum is based on individual learning needs, with staff planning engaging activities that help children build on their knowledge and skills, making learning fun.
Home from Home ExperienceSupportive EnvironmentExperienced Leadership
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2022
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Canopy Shrewsbury
Last inspected 20 January 2025 · Rebecca Johnson
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 greet children warmly at this friendly, welcoming nursery, building positive relationships and ensuring children feel safe and secure. The curriculum is based on individual learning needs, with staff planning engaging activities that help children build on their knowledge and skills, making learning fun.
Inspector highlights
- The nursery benefits from a strong leadership team who are passionate and dedicated to supporting children's progress.
- Leaders successfully reflect on the overall quality of the nursery, monitoring practice and providing constructive feedback and training to staff.
- Children's safety is of paramount importance, with exceptionally safe and secure premises and robust risk assessments.
- Children's communication is extremely well supported, with staff using Makaton and enhancing older children's vocabulary.
- The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is superb and a real strength of the nursery.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to have the confidence to continue with daily routines and activities when senior staff are not present
- 2help staff to organise adult-led activities more effectively, so that children are able to participate fully and get the best from their experiences.
Inspection #10382365 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
parents speak extremely positively about the care and learning that their children receive.
They say that leaders and staff are fully aware of each child's individual needs and provide support for children and their families.
They say that children love coming to nursery and that staff are amazing.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is superb and a real strength of the nursery. Staff are totally committed to their role in working with these children. They work tirelessly with parents and outside agencies to ensure children with SEND receive the very best support and interactions to enhance their care and learning experiences.
Outdoor space
The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Canopy Shrewsbury
5.0
(5)
Charlotte Trow
7 months ago
The nicest, most caring staff members! My little one loves going and is always happy to see them! They’re easy to talk to, always smiling, extremely helpful with questions and concerns! Little one is kept busy and enjoys the space and activities they do, which are usually themed! So happy we found this nursery!
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Timo Kussauer
2 years ago
Our older daughter went to Canopy and we absolutely loved it. The setting is beautiful and not as clustered as most nurseries we have seen. Children have lots of space to climb, read, get fancy dressed or get messy. The staff have always been very attentive to our questions and needs. The outdoor space is a big garden and includes a mud kitchen. Other places we have seen often just had a tarmac/rubber outdoor space so we were quite pleased about that. All in all, we were happy to send our daughter to this fantastic nursery!
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Jennine Onion
2 years ago
My daughter has been going to this nursery for her preschool year and absolutely adored it. Rachel and her team of care are second to none. The creative, natural and innovative ways they play and teach makes you wish you could stay there all day too as a parent. Catering for the shyiest to the most confident forward child in every way imaginable. The set up from the garden, modern equipment and the parents room you can use if you want a new space to work or even calm your separation anxiety is nothing short of exceptional. Accommodating and wonderfully interactive with our whole family always. I truly can not recommend them enough. Rachel has most definitely created a happy and welcoming environment giving the children the space physically and mentally to grow and flourish in their own unique ways. I’m going to miss them and wish them an absolutely wonderful future shaping many little minds of Shrewsbury going forward.
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Dan Boyle
a year ago
My son loves this nursery!
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beth lakin
2 years ago
Person centerd and holistic approach
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Inspection history
Date: October 2023
- January 2025Good
- April 2024Good
- October 2023Inadequate
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