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Davison Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Dec 2022)
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5.0(4 parent reviews) ·Davison C of E Secondary School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX · West Sussex
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
West Sussex

About this day nursery

Davison Day Nursery, situated on the grounds of Davison High School, provides a nurturing and stimulating environment for up to 42 children, from 3 months to 5 years old. The nursery operates during term-time, Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 5 pm, offering both morning and afternoon sessions.

The facility is designed to cater to different age groups with dedicated rooms for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, ensuring age-appropriate activities and experiences. The nursery is committed to fostering each child’s confidence, curiosity, and emotional development through play and exploration, guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.

Children have access to a large outdoor area with various equipment, including a mud kitchen and a planting area. The nursery also encourages creativity through art, music, dance, role-play, and technology, and provides opportunities for children to develop mathematical and literacy skills through engaging activities.

They prioritise a safe, secure, and healthy environment, emphasising positive self-confidence and aiming to prepare children for their school journey. Special dietary needs are accommodated, and school lunches are provided, along with healthy snacks, water, milk, and formula milk.

A key-person system is in place to ensure individualised care and support for every child.

Our ethos

Davison Day Nursery is committed to fostering each child’s confidence, curiosity, and emotional development through play and exploration, guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. They prioritise a safe, secure, and healthy environment, emphasising positive self-confidence and aiming to prepare children for their school journey using a key-person system for individualised care.

What it's like

Leaders and staff are extremely dedicated to placing children and families at the heart of everything they do, ensuring they know every child and treat them as unique individuals. The highly effective key person system leads to exceptionally strong bonds and outstanding progress in learning and development for all children. Leaders have embedded an ambitious and well-designed curriculum that greatly enriches children's understanding of different cultures, traditions, and community engagement, teaching them kindness and compassion.

Term-time onlyLocated on school groundsEYFS frameworkDedicated age-group roomsLarge outdoor area

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers half-day and full-day sessions across baby, toddler, and pre-school rooms. Fees are charged at a flat rate across all age groups and are payable monthly in advance. Charges apply for sickness and statutory holiday closures.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
  • non-refundable registration fee£30.00 / session
  • refundable deposit£100.00 / session
  • Session A (8am - 1pm)£40 / session
  • Session B (1pm - 5pm)£32 / session
  • Session C (8am - 5pm)£72 / session

Good to know

  • A non-refundable registration fee of £30 and a refundable deposit of £100 are required.
  • Fees are payable monthly in advance.
  • One calendar month written notice is required to amend hours or terminate a placement.
  • Full fees are charged for periods of child sickness.
  • A late collection fee of £2.00 per 5 minutes is charged.
  • Interest of 2% is charged on outstanding balances at the end of each month.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday (term-time only)

Session types

morning session, afternoon session, full day

Food

School lunches are provided, healthy snacks, water/milk and formula milk are available. Special diets are catered.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Davison Day Nursery

Last inspected 15 December 2022 · Jade Orosz

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

What it's like to attend

Leaders and staff are extremely dedicated to placing children and families at the heart of everything they do, ensuring they know every child and treat them as unique individuals. The highly effective key person system leads to exceptionally strong bonds and outstanding progress in learning and development for all children. Leaders have embedded an ambitious and well-designed curriculum that greatly enriches children's understanding of different cultures, traditions, and community engagement, teaching them kindness and compassion.

Inspector highlights

  • Children consistently demonstrate extremely positive attitudes to learning and advanced concentration skills that far exceed expectations for their age.
  • Staff are experts at supporting children to understand and manage their feelings and emotions, leading to children becoming highly competent in this area.
  • Staff provide children with every possible opportunity to be independent, preparing them exceptionally well for school.
  • Partnerships with parents are exceptionally strong, with staff sharing strategies to extend children's learning at home.
  • Physical development is a real strength within the setting, with children participating in weekly sports sessions and spending ample time in the garden area.
  • Children consistently receive outstanding, high-quality interactions from staff who expertly support their communication and language skills, including the consistent use of sign language.
  • Staff provide excellent support for children with special educational needs and disabilities, implementing highly successful strategies.
Inspection #10264164 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff provide excellent support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). They implement highly successful strategies to assist children with additional needs. For example, they use visual communication cards to help children make choices.

Outdoor space

Physical development is a real strength within the setting. Children spend ample time in the garden area practising climbing, running and balancing. Children show tremendous delight in chasing their friends and teachers around the garden during a game of tag.

Parent Reviews of Davison Day Nursery

5.0
(4)
Sarah Jones
8 years ago

Both of my children have loved their time at Davison Nursery. The staff are kind and caring and the facilities are excellent. There is a genuine family feel and a warm welcome to all.

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Sophie Carter
5 years ago

The most amazing nursery my daughter is so excited to go and the staff are so lovely have made me feel so happy to let them care for my daughter always communicate with me after the day of how well she has done and how she has ate and I love receiving daily drawings from my daughter

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Amanda M
5 years ago

Fantastic staff, very supportive and caring

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Sarah Scaysbrook
3 weeks ago

Davison day nursery was this makimg of my little girl. Ismay loved every minute of being at the nursery. She started in the baby room and went up to preschool. All staff was welcoming and always willing to help us as family when need. Her development come on so much which made her school ready and independent like girl that she is too. They have an amazing outdoor area they really do meet all the children nees through play.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2022
  • December 2022Outstanding
  • June 2017Good
  • March 2015Good
  • November 2010Good

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