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Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2024)
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4.0(4 parent reviews) ·Dodford House Farm, Dodford Lane, Chippenham, SN15 4DE · Wiltshire
Number of places
70 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2024
Local authority
Wiltshire

About this day nursery

Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery, situated on a working family farm near Chippenham, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children from birth to five years old. The nursery is dedicated to fostering development through a personal approach, where each child is assigned a key worker to closely monitor their progress and tailor care to their individual needs.

Emphasising learning through play, the nursery provides a diverse range of indoor and outdoor activities, including creative arts, puzzles, and engaging farm-related experiences such as hatching chicken eggs. The curriculum is guided by the EYFS framework, focusing on child-led activities and incorporating children's interests to ensure an enjoyable and effective learning journey.

With a commitment to high standards, all staff are qualified, experienced, and first-aid trained, maintaining a high staff-to-child ratio for attentive care. Home-cooked meals are provided, catering to all dietary requirements.

The nursery strives to create a happy, secure, and mentally stimulating atmosphere, ensuring children build strong foundations before transitioning to school. Parents are encouraged to communicate regularly with staff to support their child's development.

Our ethos

This nursery follows the EYFS framework and emphasises a child-led, play-based approach, incorporating children's interests and farm-related experiences. They focus on individual development through a key worker system and aim to create a happy, secure, and stimulating environment.

What it's like

Children are happy and enjoy coming to the nursery. Staff are caring and form positive relationships with children, offering a gentle settling-in process. Older children independently take turns and play cooperatively, while younger children seek comfort from their key workers.

Farm-based learningEYFS curriculumHome-cooked mealsKey worker system

Pricing & funding

  • Registration fee£20.00 / session

Key facts

Opening hours

Each weekday, from 7.30am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year.

Food

Home cooked meals included, all dietary needs catered for

Age range

Birth to five years old

Session types

Full day

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery

Last inspected 15 November 2024 · Amy Fedrick

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

Children are happy and enjoy coming to the nursery. Staff are caring and form positive relationships with children, offering a gentle settling-in process. Older children independently take turns and play cooperatively, while younger children seek comfort from their key workers.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider has a clear vision for the nursery and sequences the curriculum to build children's knowledge and skills.
  • Gaps in children's learning are identified early through thorough assessments and timely referrals to appropriate professionals.
  • Staff play a key role in fostering children's mathematical development, encouraging counting and the use of mathematical language.
  • Children behave well and demonstrate a positive attitude towards their learning, benefiting from familiar routines.
  • Staff have exceptional partnerships with parents, collecting detailed information and providing regular updates on progress and next steps.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to strengthen their interactions with children to further develop children's communication and language skills
  • 2raise the quality of staff's teaching to a consistently high standard so that children fully benefit from the intended curriculum and make even more progress.
Inspection #10367532 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The provider ensures that any gaps in children's learning are identified early so that children get the right help, at the right time, to help them make good progress in their learning. For example, the provider completes thorough assessments to ensure that children are achieving expected milestones and makes timely referrals to appropriate professionals, as required. The provider works collaboratively with external agencies and other settings to support families. For example, staff work with inclusion officers to provide parents with advice about supporting their children's behaviour at home.

Outdoor space

The nursery is based on a working farm, and children have opportunities for daily outdoor play. Children enjoy going for walks around the farm while learning about the world around them, such as caring for animals.

Parent Reviews of Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery

4.0
(4)
L G95
a year ago

Both our children went here and thrived !! Kim and the team were amazing and were always made to feel like family .

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brian john Williams
7 years ago

This is a place of happy little children, and compares very favorably with the most expensive London maternelles. As a grandfather I have had the chance to see several nurseries through children's eyes, and the two we have had here, while ready to enjoy starting school, talk happily about their time at Dodford Lane. Whatever anyone else may say I think it is very well managed, and recommend it.

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John Branston
7 years ago

Fantastic place! Incredible learning centre for my child!

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Inspection history

Date: February 2009

  • November 2024Good
  • February 2019Good
  • October 2018Requires improvement
  • September 2015Good
  • September 2014Requires improvement
  • February 2009Good

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