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Foxcubs Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2024)
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5.0(21 parent reviews) ·Chapel House, Old Reddings Road, CHELTENHAM, GL51 6SA · Gloucestershire
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Foxcubs Day Nursery is a childcare facility nestled in a spacious 19th-century house within Cheltenham's Reddings area, catering to children from infancy up to five years old. The nursery is committed to recognising each child as an independent and capable learner, fostering resilience, confidence, and self-assurance through a stimulating environment.

They prioritise positive relationships and an engaging setting to encourage exploration and development. Emphasising a comprehensive learning experience, Foxcubs integrates the seven areas of learning, characteristics of effective learning and teaching, and its own curriculum to ensure every child has achievable challenges.

The nursery utilises an online learning journey via Tapestry to keep parents informed of their child's daily activities, observations, and progress, also facilitating communication with key staff. Foxcubs actively promotes parental involvement and engages in fundraising activities for various charities.

The nursery takes safeguarding seriously with a dedicated policy and officers, and also champions equality, inclusion, and the promotion of fundamental British values. They continually strive for improvement to enhance outcomes for the children in their care.

Our ethos

Foxcubs Day Nursery is committed to recognising each child as an independent and capable learner, fostering resilience, confidence, and self-assurance through a stimulating environment. They prioritise positive relationships and an engaging setting to encourage exploration and development, ensuring every child has achievable challenges through an integrated curriculum.

What it's like

Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment, where children feel settled and happy. They put careful thought into providing resources and activities that engage children and support their learning. Children respond positively and behave extremely well.

Spacious 19th-century house settingOnline learning journey via TapestryEmphasis on child-led learning and positive relationshipsCommunication Friendly for 2-4s StatusPromotes British values

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
  • Business administration charge£70.00 / session
  • Morning or Afternoon Session£44.00 / session
  • All day session£88.00 / session
  • Friday until 2.50pm Session£63.00 / session
  • Optional breakfast£2.30 / session

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 5:50 pm, Friday: 8:00 am to 2:50 pm

Food

All meals, drinks and snacks prepared on site, excluding breakfast (available at additional cost) and formula milk.

Age range

0-5 years

Session types

Half day sessions, Full day sessions

Established

2009

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Foxcubs Day Nursery

Last inspected 26 January 2024 · Catherine Sample

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

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment, where children feel settled and happy. They put careful thought into providing resources and activities that engage children and support their learning. Children respond positively and behave extremely well.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff provide a safe and welcoming environment.
  • The provision for children with special educational needs and or disabilities is particularly strong.
  • Staff are skilled at supporting children who speak English as an additional language.
  • There is a strong focus on staff development and well-being.
  • Staff have a comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding, and managers keep safeguarding high on the agenda.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance teaching practice to provide more consistent interactions with children and extend their learning as much as possible.
Inspection #10311690 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The provision for children with special educational needs and or disabilities is particularly strong and staff work closely with other agencies to ensure they offer tailored support. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Staff identified that children need more opportunities to take physical risks and have set up a sensory gym for younger children. Older children decide to fetch water and experiment with pouring it out and then exploring what the mud feels like underfoot.

Parent Reviews of Foxcubs Day Nursery

5.0
(21)
Lorna Pugh
9 months ago

Foxcubs is an absolutely wonderful nursery. Both of my children went here and they were cared for so well. They loved playing in the "big garden" and the variety of imaginative activities provided every day. Highly recommend.

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V C
4 years ago

Our daughter has been attending Foxcubs after being born in the pandemic and never spending time with anyone else. Helen and everyone were so amazing, warming and reassuring about it and helped us to feel at ease. Our daughter absolutely loves going to nursery, and we can see when we drop her off that she has a lovely relationship with the staff there. They have been extra supportive with her allergy and we really enjoy all the updates about her progress there. It feels like we are still part of her everyday but she has all the extra learning opportunities that we couldn’t provide on our own. Thank you Foxcubs for everything you do for the little ones!

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Kelly McDermott
4 years ago

Foxcubs is a wonderful Nursery, all the staff are professional yet compassionate and they really care about the children. My son actually asks to go to Foxcubs he loves it so much and when I pick him up he tells me all the exciting activities he did that day. A wonderful environment for your little one to engage and learn in. I can recommend Foxcubs all day long.

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M Secular
4 years ago

Foxcubs really is the best nursery! Both children have loved their time there and settled in with no issues from day one. Helen and the whole team are so caring, excellent at communicating & provide lots of fun activities and learning for all the children. I really like that Foxcubs is a small nursery which makes it feel like a family. It will be a very sad day when my youngest has to leave for school!

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Gemma Liston
4 years ago

My children (2 & 4) joined Foxcubs in Sept 2020 during the pandemic & despite my concerns, they settled in really quickly. All the staff at Foxcubs are amazing, they truly care about our children & will do everything they can to support them & nurture their individuality. When I hear about what they get up to, I wish I could go too!! The staff are friendly, caring & supportive & the rooms/garden are great spaces for children to learn & play. Both my children love going to Foxcubs, I cannot recommend it enough

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Inspection history

Date: October 2009

  • January 2024Good
  • April 2018Good
  • July 2014Good
  • July 2013Inadequate
  • October 2009Outstanding

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