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Flo's Nature Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2021)
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4.7(164 parent reviews) ·Flo's - The Place In The Park, Rymers Lane, Oxford, OX4 3JZ · Oxfordshire
Number of places
36 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2021
Local authority
Oxfordshire

About this day nursery

Flo's Nature Nursery is an integral part of Flo's - The Place in the Park, a vibrant community hub in Oxford. This nursery embraces a strong connection to nature, offering children an environment where they can openly explore and learn within the natural world.

The nursery is staffed by a dedicated team of early years professionals who possess diverse experience across various educational settings, including those with a focus on forest school principles. The philosophy centres on fostering growth and development through hands-on experiences and a deep appreciation for the outdoors.

As part of a larger community initiative, Flo's Nature Nursery aims to provide quality early childhood education while contributing to broader community well-being and environmental sustainability efforts.

Our ethos

Flo's Nature Nursery is committed to fostering children's growth and development through hands-on experiences and a deep appreciation for the outdoors, with a pedagogical approach that includes forest school principles and an emphasis on exploration and learning within the natural world.

What it's like

Children are active learners who enjoy playing outside and engaging in planned yoga sessions. They are well cared for in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment where staff know them well and respect their individuality. Children develop good levels of independence, particularly in their self-care skills, which helps to prepare them well for school.

Nature-based learningCommunity-ownedForest School approach

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 8.15am to 5.30pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Flo's Nature Nursery

Last inspected 18 May 2021

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

What it's like to attend

Children are active learners who enjoy playing outside and engaging in planned yoga sessions. They are well cared for in a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment where staff know them well and respect their individuality. Children develop good levels of independence, particularly in their self-care skills, which helps to prepare them well for school.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are active learners who enjoy playing outside.
  • Staff implement a range of superb experiences that promote children's understanding of people and families beyond their own.
  • Children develop good levels of independence, particularly in their self-care skills.
  • Children show a true love for living things and enjoy exploring natural areas of the garden.
  • Children throughout the nursery are happy, settled and confident.

Areas to develop

  • 1extend the information shared with parents further to help support children's learning even more consistently at home and at the setting
  • 2enhance the procedures for coaching and mentoring different levels of staff to help them to manage their own workloads and increase the quality of education and staff supervision to the highest levels.
Inspection #10191223 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents state how the nursery has a 'real community feel' that is 'magical'.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children are making good progress in their speech and communication, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children are active learners who enjoy playing outside. Children of all ages select books that staff place carefully in all environments, such as 'cosy' areas outside. Children show a true love for living things. They enjoy exploring natural areas of the garden to find and care for insects.

Parent Reviews of Flo's Nature Nursery

4.7
(164)
Jock Reid
2 years ago

Wicked little cafe. Visited today. First time. Staff were extremely warm and friendly. You can get everything from a coffee to ice cream, with a 😁. Go have a look on a good day.

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Scott Urban
7 years ago

"Flo's | The Place in the Park" is a community hub. Full disclosure: I am a founding trustee of this charitable-status community benefit society. I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved as a community, pulling together to revitalise this beautiful building and keep it squarely in the public domain for the enjoyment of all. There is a 24-place nursery here, a team of community midwives, a community open-access / play area, and an absolutely wonderful cafe. Most people will be drawn by the cafe, and rightly so. It features the same delicious fare as the award-winning Vaults & Garden , also in Oxford. The setting is unbeatable, in the gorgeous Florence Park. A worthwhile destination for those near and far. Photos: Lucie Glynn

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Dessil
4 years ago

Such a lovely cafe with good range of refill items and reasonably priced as well :)! Would love to try the cafe next time to have some coffee and cakes as well :)! I really feel that having refill shop like this will be the way we tackle to reduce plastic and be more sustainable so really great idea! Would love to see similar approaches in other areas of Oxford as well. The staff members were really lovely as well :) Maybe in the future if as a customer we can measure our containers and fill ourselves could be a way to allow more people to come in one time (i love the refill process haha). Really great effort and will be back for more goods!!

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Ewan Roslan
4 years ago

Coffee was good.. loving the environment where kids running around by the playground.. great place to chill and watch your kid playing and making new friends

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David Stewart
a year ago

Flo’s cafe is a wonderful spot for all ages. The food is delicious, we particularly enjoyed the shakshuka and Turkish breakfast, and the atmosphere is very wholesome. We definitely recommend!

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

18 May 2021

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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