Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm, 51 weeks a year
Hailes Barn Day Nursery
Awaiting first inspection
Awaiting first Ofsted inspection. This is a newly registered provider (registered August 2025). Ofsted has not yet carried out its first inspection, so no rating is available.
Number of places
37 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
—
Local authority
Gloucestershire
About this day nursery
Hailes Barn Day Nursery provides a warm and inclusive environment where each child is cherished and supported. The nursery employs a flexible, child-led educational approach that encourages individuality, creativity, and independence.
Significant emphasis is placed on fostering well-being, ensuring safeguarding, and providing ample outdoor learning opportunities. Children are inspired to develop curiosity, resilience, and a lasting connection to the natural world.
The nursery is structured into three age-specific groups: "Chicks" for children aged 9 to 18 months, "Hens" for those aged 18 months to 3 years, and "Roosters" for children aged 3 to 5 years, with low staff-to-child ratios to ensure personalised attention. A typical day includes morning welcomes, snack and circle time, extensive outdoor activities, in-the-moment play, communal mealtimes, and opportunities for rest and reflection.
The nursery believes in the importance of outdoor experiences for physical strength, emotional balance, and creative thinking, cultivating a lifelong appreciation for the environment. Hailes Barn aims to facilitate a smooth transition to school by fostering a love of learning through play.
Our ethos
Hailes Barn Day Nursery employs a flexible, child-led educational approach that encourages individuality, creativity, and independence. They place significant emphasis on fostering well-being, ensuring safeguarding, and providing ample outdoor learning opportunities, aiming to inspire curiosity, resilience, and a connection to the natural world. The nursery believes in the importance of outdoor experiences for physical strength, emotional balance, and creative thinking, and aims to facilitate a smooth transition to school by fostering a love of learning through play.
Child-led learningOutdoor focusedLow ratiosCountryside setting
Pricing & funding
This nursery charges a flat hourly rate for ad-hoc extra sessions and applies a voluntary hourly fee for funded hours to cover consumables and extracurricular activities. Funding can be stretched over 51 weeks of the year. Additional fees apply for lunch, late collections, and registration.
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- Stretched funding is available over 51 weeks of the year, offering up to 11 or 22 hours per week.
- A 10% discount is offered for younger siblings.
- A voluntary hourly charge covers nappies, wipes, meals, toiletries, and extra curriculum sessions.
- A refundable deposit is required for children accessing funded-only places.
Key facts
Session types
Full Day, Morning Session, Afternoon Session
Age range
9 months - 5 years
Parent Reviews of Hailes Barn Day Nursery
5.0
(10)
Katie Bell
5 months ago
We’ve had such a fantastic experience at Hailes Barn with our son who is in Roosters. The environment is full of opportunities for creativity, exploration and imaginative play, and you can really see how much the children thrive because of it. The staff are all incredibly supportive - they truly care and I appreciate how warm and open they are with communication. Our son is so happy there - he loves the trips to see the trains, watching the tractors from the nursery field and looks forward to his lunch everyday (especially the roast!) Highly recommend ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Info Alsigns
5 months ago
My son has been attending Hailes since the beginning of September, and I honestly couldn’t recommend this nursery enough. From the lovely, caring team who work there, to the imaginative activities and delicious lunches they provide, everything is done with such thought and enthusiasm. The staff go above and beyond to make both children and parents feel welcome, creating the perfect environment for little ones to learn, grow, and thrive. We feel so lucky to be part of such a wonderful setting. Thank you so much to the whole team, couldn’t recommend you more!
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becky short
5 months ago
We have two children aged 4 and 2 currently attending this amazing setting. We were hesitant about moving them a few months ago as they were both settled elsewhere, but could not be more happy with our decision! They are absolutely thriving at Hailes Barn and most importantly come home happy each day. The staff are all so kind and compassionate and they treat the children as if they are their own. Regular updates and feedback through the Famly app is brilliant, both for seeing what they’ve been up to and ease of communication. The rooms are warm and inviting and the outdoor space speaks for itself. We have been overwhelmed by the amount of extra activities put on for the children too, such as music workshops and festive events, at no extra cost to carers. We would not hesitate to recommend Hailes Barn to anyone who wants outstanding care for their child!
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Georgina Igoe
5 months ago
I moved my little girl from her preschool to come here earlier in the year and it’s the best decision I ever made. She wakes up excited to go there and comes home full of smiles and stories about her day. The staff are all wonderful and she’s built close bonds with her teachers in a short space of time. A beautiful setting in countryside surroundings and the nursery itself is clean and welcoming.
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Lydia Storrer
5 months ago
The team work above and beyond to settle in the children so well. There is so much love and care given to each individual child, and the staff make it their mission to give the best activities possible. Kiah in preschool is just incredible with our toddler, and the girls in Chicks look after our baby like their own, I wouldn’t go anywhere else!
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