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Jesters Nursery School Danbury

Ofsted: Strong standard·
5.0(1 parent reviews) ·The Old School House, Main Road, Chelmsford, CM3 4NQ · Essex
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Jesters Nursery School Danbury, located in Chelmsford, has been providing a nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 4 since its registration in 2017. Open Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 17:00, the nursery places a strong emphasis on school readiness, with a clear focus on developing children's communication and language, and personal, social and emotional skills.

The dedicated team ensures that children feel secure and confident, are supported in understanding and expressing their emotions, and readily seek help when needed. The nursery's approach to outdoor learning encourages collaborative play and physical activity; children learn to navigate their surroundings safely while engaging in imaginative activities like building a volcano in the sand tray.

Leaders have high expectations for all children's achievement and progress, and a robust curriculum designed according to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework ensures children are well-prepared for their next steps. The setting excels in its provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, identifying needs swiftly and implementing well-coordinated support to ensure every child experiences success and feels valued.

Our ethos

Our vision is 'Building Futures for the Next Generation' and we have always promoted aspirational visions and our ethos is influenced by contemporary and forward thinking, to be at the forefront of modern practice and to complement our already successful 'Hybrid approach' to childcare, learning, development and welfare.

What it's like

Children make good progress at this setting. Staff place a strong emphasis on school readiness, with a clear focus on developing children's communication and language, and personal, social and emotional skills. As a result, children feel secure and confident and readily seek support from adults when needed. All children are happy, settled and feel safe in the setting.

Strong leadershipSchool readiness focusNurturing environmentEffective SEND supportEngaging outdoor play

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday : 08:00 - 17:00

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2017

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
2 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Jesters Nursery School Danbury

Last inspected 27 November 2025 · Tracy Rowe

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children make good progress at this setting. Staff place a strong emphasis on school readiness, with a clear focus on developing children's communication and language, and personal, social and emotional skills. As a result, children feel secure and confident and readily seek support from adults when needed. All children are happy, settled and feel safe in the setting.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have high expectations for the achievement and progress of all children.
  • Children are provided with a positive and supportive environment that enables them to explore and express and understand their emotions.
  • Leaders and staff have a clear vision for promoting children's wellbeing.
  • Leaders have designed an appropriate curriculum that encompasses all learning as required in the early years statutory framework.
  • Leadership is strong and high expectations are placed on both children and staff.
  • Safeguarding standards are met, with open culture where concerns are actively identified and managed.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards.
  • 2They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged learners, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Inspection #10130751 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified quickly, and support is put in place. Well-coordinated support is provided for children with SEND, with achievable targets that are celebrated and reinforced by staff through commentary during play, ensuring all children experience success, feel valued, and achieve.

Outdoor space

During outdoor play, children are reminded of ways to keep safe, with gentle reminders of spatial awareness and to avoid obstacles in the way. Staff discuss the importance of physical activity for a healthy body. Outdoors, children collaboratively build a volcano in the sand tray, sharing ideas about how to create lava and collect water using saucepans.

Parent Reviews of Jesters Nursery School Danbury

5.0
(1)
Jonathan Beacher
11 months ago

My son has been attending Jester's now for a few months, having been in another local preschool setting, which was good, there were big shoes to fill and Jester's has done that and more. The warmth that you'll get from the team, the level of care, but also the commitment to creating and fostering a learning environment is absolutely fantastic. We'd only wish we'd found Jester sooner. Thanks so much everyone.

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About the setting

Jesters Nursery School Danbury was registered on 04/08/2017. It is based in The Old School House, Main Road, Danbury, Chelmsford, CM3 4NQ. It operates Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 17:00.

URN
EY551394
Registered person
Jesters Kids Clubs & Nursery School CIC
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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