Free Rangers Forest School Nursery

About this day nursery

Free Rangers Forest School Nursery offers childcare for children from birth to five years in a beautiful, natural setting. Located on a renovated 18th-century mill barn, the nursery emphasises outdoor learning and a child-led approach to education.

The dedicated staff foster a secure and joyful environment, believing that a child's happiness and sense of safety are paramount to their development. Children are encouraged to explore, question, and engage with the natural world, with Forest School principles forming the core of their ethos.

This involves hands-on outdoor experiences, utilising all senses, and incorporating nature's resources to facilitate learning. Beyond structured activities, children have ample opportunities for free play in diverse areas, including a sandpit, mud kitchen, willow-fenced paddock, wild meadow, and even interactions with farm animals like alpacas and ponies.

The nursery also plans to expand its educational offering with a school on site in the future, extending their outdoor ethos to Reception, Year 1, and Year 2.

Our ethos

To bring humanity back to education. We value all people and all brains, focus on the learner, believe learning doesn’t need to take place behind a desk, and that positive relationships are the bedrock for wellbeing, personal development, and learning. We find wonder and awe in the natural world, strive to be on the journey of thinking, living, and working more sustainably, lead and are led by our learners, listen to and amplify the voices of all children and young adults, and value the process of learning.

What it's like

Highly qualified leaders and staff excellently plan and implement a broad, ambitious curriculum, providing children with an exceptional early learning experience centred around nature and the outdoor environment. Children benefit from daily farm walks and learn independence, respect, and empathy through engaging play and interactions with staff and peers. Staff empower children to be highly curious, independent learners with exceptional levels of engagement and an eagerness to learn.

Pricing & funding