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Chieveley Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2024)
·Chieveley Early Years Centre, School Road, Newbury, RG20 8TY · West Berkshire
Number of places
27 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2024
Local authority
West Berkshire

About this day nursery

Chieveley Pre-School is a welcoming, parent-run, and charity-based establishment located in the village of Chieveley, West Berkshire, nestled within the grounds of Chieveley Primary School. Catering to children aged 2 to 5 years, the pre-school operates with an ethos of "learning through play," aiming to foster growth and development in a safe and secure environment.

The dedicated team strives to inspire children through play-based activities, offering a rich curriculum that prepares them for the transition to primary school. The pre-school benefits from its picturesque surroundings, making the most of nearby fields and woodlands for outdoor learning experiences.

With a focus on individualised care, Chieveley Pre-School maintains small session sizes and offers a free-flow play system, allowing children to explore a variety of engaging activities such as water play, creative arts, and music. The pre-school is committed to providing high-quality care and education while working closely with parents and contributing positively to the local community.

Our ethos

Our ethos is ‘learning through play’ and we offer our children every opportunity to grow and develop in a safe and secure environment, alongside preparing our children for the transition to Primary School.

What it's like

All children make good progress in a welcoming, calm learning environment, eagerly taking part in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities. Staff form close emotional relationships with children, ensuring they feel happy and safe, quickly settle, and form friendships. Children develop good physical skills and staff successfully help them manage their feelings and emotions.

Charity-basedParent-runLearning through playRural settingSmall session sizes

Pricing & funding

Chieveley Pre-School offers term-time only sessions for children aged 2 to 5 years. Parents provide packed lunches, while the setting provides snacks for a nominal charge. Government funding of 15 and 30 hours is accepted for eligible children.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Sessions are term-time only (approximately 38 weeks per year).
  • Parents provide packed lunchboxes for the 11.45am to 12.30pm lunch session.
  • A snack is provided by the pre-school for a nominal charge.
  • The pre-school operates a nut-free policy.

Key facts

Food

Children bring packed lunchboxes; a snack is provided by the pre-school for a nominal charge.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday during term time

Age range

2 to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Chieveley Pre-School

Last inspected 5 February 2024 · Cathy Greenwood

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

What it's like to attend

All children make good progress in a welcoming, calm learning environment, eagerly taking part in a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities. Staff form close emotional relationships with children, ensuring they feel happy and safe, quickly settle, and form friendships. Children develop good physical skills and staff successfully help them manage their feelings and emotions.

Inspector highlights

  • Children develop skills for future learning, with staff successfully supporting listening, concentration, and imagination.
  • Staff strongly focus on developing children's confidence to talk and engage in conversation, helping them develop and use a range of vocabulary.
  • The manager and staff have a good knowledge of the curriculum and use it to help children make good progress.
  • Children behave well, learn to take turns, and develop good self-confidence and independence.
  • Staff provide a good range of activities that help children understand the world, exploring nature and local community vehicles.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the arrangements to identify and address areas for improvement in staff practice
  • 2support all staff to improve their teaching practice further so that children are consistently challenged in their learning and development.
Inspection #10322453 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents spoken to during the inspection are happy with their children's care and learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children eagerly take part in a wide range of activities, indoors and outdoors. For example, they thoroughly enjoy making bird feeders, which they hang in the trees in the pre-school garden. Children collect leaves, sticks, stones and shells, which they then put into a large tray of water in the garden.

Inspection history

Date: December 2019

  • February 2024Good
  • December 2019Good

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