Opening hours
each weekday from 8am to 6pm, for 50 weeks of the year. The nursery offers an early bird session from 7.45am until 8am.
Forget Me Not Day Nursery in Sherborne
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2022)
Number of places
66 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2022
Local authority
Dorset
About this day nursery
Forget Me Not Day Nursery, established in 2021, operates from a purpose-built unit within the grounds of The Gryphon School in Sherborne, catering to children aged 0-4 years. 45am.
The latest Ofsted inspection, on 15/08/2022, rated the nursery as 'Good' overall. Children thrive in a language-rich environment, enjoying singing, stories, and developing strong communication skills.
They also cultivate a love for reading, with opportunities for independent book handling and a lending library to share stories at home. Staff effectively identify and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring all children make good progress.
The setting provides a variety of educational experiences both indoors and outdoors, focusing on children's interests and promoting physical development and independence. Children are happy and secure, forming strong attachments with staff who are attentive to their needs.
The nursery maintains effective safeguarding arrangements, with a strong culture of safety. Parents frequently report their children's happiness and improvements in their speech due to the nursery's engaging activities.
What it's like
Children develop strong communication skills in a language-rich environment, enjoying singing, stories, and independent book handling. They are happy and secure, forming strong attachments with staff who attune to their needs. The staff provide good educational experiences, promptly identifying additional needs.
Strong Communication SkillsLove of ReadingEffective SEND SupportGood SafeguardingEngaging Activities
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Forget Me Not Day Nursery
Last inspected 15 August 2022
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 develop strong communication skills in a language-rich environment, enjoying singing, stories, and independent book handling. They are happy and secure, forming strong attachments with staff who attune to their needs. The staff provide good educational experiences, promptly identifying additional needs.
Inspector highlights
- Children develop strong communication skills in a language-rich environment.
- Children develop a love of reading and have many opportunities to develop good literacy skills.
- Staff promptly identify when children have additional needs and work effectively with other professionals to provide specialist support.
- Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with a strong culture of safeguarding in the setting.
- The management team provide strong support for staff's professional development, including specific training for roles like room leader.
Areas to develop
- 1embed the new assessment system to inform staff's planning and support children to achieve the highest levels of progress
- 2enhance the exchange of information with parents to fully involve them in their children's learning and development.
Inspection #10249602 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report that their children are happy at the setting.
They comment on improvements in their children's speech and they are pleased that children sing songs and rhymes at home that they have learned at nursery.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff promptly identify when children have additional needs and they work effectively with other professionals to provide specialist support for children's development. All children make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
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
Most recent inspection
15 August 2022
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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