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Dean Close Little Trees Day Nursery, Lansdown

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2022)
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4.1(16 parent reviews) ·1 Queens Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2LR · Gloucestershire
Number of places
93 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2022
Local authority
Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Dean Close Little Trees Day Nursery in Lansdown is part of the Dean Close Foundation, offering a nurturing and secure environment for children to flourish. The nursery focuses on building strong foundations for each child's healthy growth and development, preparing them for future stages of childhood.

Staff benefit from continuous, high-quality training and knowledge-sharing across all essential areas of early years education, encompassing childcare expertise, nutrition, and current research-based teaching methods. The nursery is committed to collaborating with parents as partners in their child's education and provides various engaging activities both at the nursery and for home learning.

They are part of a wider network of Little Trees Nurseries across different locations, all striving to deliver exceptional early childhood experiences.

What it's like

Staff provide children with an environment that is tailored to their developmental levels, helping babies practise gross motor skills and older children learn new letter sounds. Children demonstrate they are safe and secure, valuing the support and guidance from staff and confidently communicating with them.

Part of Dean Close FoundationFocus on strong foundationsHighly trained staffParent partnership

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dean Close Little Trees Day Nursery, Lansdown

Last inspected 11 November 2022 · Sarah-Louise Clements

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

Staff provide children with an environment that is tailored to their developmental levels, helping babies practise gross motor skills and older children learn new letter sounds. Children demonstrate they are safe and secure, valuing the support and guidance from staff and confidently communicating with them.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders construct an ambitious curriculum that is embedded throughout the nursery, facilitating learning and extending children's interests.
  • Children display very good behaviour, learning the importance of forming friendships and respecting others.
  • Children learn to be independent, with staff giving opportunities for self-feeding and independent toileting.
  • Children choose and engage in various activities during free play, using their imaginations to create scenarios and explore.
  • Partnership with parents is good, with parents reporting good communication and happy children.
  • Staff provide children with an environment that is rich with language, introducing new vocabulary and encouraging children to share their knowledge.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide children with the freedom to develop their independence and self-help skills consistently
  • 2help children to understand the importance of keeping their play space tidy, so they learn how to keep themselves and others safe.
Inspection #10259814 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents share that their children are happy to attend nursery and speak of the kind and caring staff.

They report on the good communication they receive from staff when they collect their children and via the online system, which provides information of their children's development and what they do from day to day at nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All staff know the children well and identify quickly if children require additional support to aid their learning. Key persons and the special educational needs coordinator work closely with parents and outside agencies to provide children with special educational needs and/or disabilities the support they need to make progress.

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.

Inspection history

Date: August 2018

  • November 2022Good
  • May 2021Outstanding
  • August 2018Good

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