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Hazebrouck Day Nursery and Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(May 2023)
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4.0(11 parent reviews)
·Community Centre, Sheerlands Road, Reading, RG2 9ND · Wokingham
Number of places
91 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2023
Local authority
Wokingham

About this day nursery

Hazebrouck Day Nursery and Pre-School, established in 2003, is a warm and nurturing childcare setting operating from a community centre in Arborfield, Reading. Open all year round from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, the nursery provides care and education for children aged 0-4 years.

Achieving an overall "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 15th May 2023, the nursery ensures children make good progress from their starting points. Staff excel at understanding each child's existing skills and knowledge upon entry, building upon these to foster continuous development through stimulating activities tailored to individual interests.

The curriculum is thoughtfully sequenced, preparing children for independence, from encouraging babies to self-feed to teaching older children to use cutlery and pour drinks. Children are strongly encouraged to live healthy lifestyles, with daily access to large outdoor spaces for physical activities like running, climbing, and riding.

Older children, in particular, demonstrate high confidence and skill on large outdoor apparatus, happily tackling challenging obstacle courses. While children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) generally make good progress, the nursery is working on strengthening strategic plans to ensure more specific and consistent support for their best rates of progress.

Communication with parents is a key strength, with frequent, open, and informative exchanges about children's development and how to support learning at home.

What it's like

Children make good progress from when they first start at this warm and nurturing nursery. Staff know the children well and take time to gather an understanding of what children can already do when they arrive. Staff provide stimulating activities that consider children's interests, which helps keep children engaged in their learning.

Warm & NurturingStrong Parent PartnershipsDaily Outdoor PlayGood ProgressEngaging ActivitiesEffective Language Support

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am to 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hazebrouck Day Nursery and Pre-School

Last inspected 15 May 2023 · Zoe Abraham

Safeguarding effective
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 make good progress from when they first start at this warm and nurturing nursery. Staff know the children well and take time to gather an understanding of what children can already do when they arrive. Staff provide stimulating activities that consider children's interests, which helps keep children engaged in their learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have a clear understanding of what skills and knowledge they want children to learn, and when this is expected.
  • Children enjoy being creative at the nursery, particularly in the form of role play.
  • Staff promote children's language skills effectively, sharing a wide and rich range of stories, books, and nursery rhymes.
  • Children are strongly encouraged and supported to live healthy lifestyles, accessing large outside spaces daily and engaging in physical activities.
  • Parents comment positively about the nursery, stating children enjoy their time there and communication is frequent, open, and informative.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's skills in the baby room to best support new children when settling in
  • 2support staff in effectively identifying strategies to best support children with SEND.
Inspection #10280014 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment positively about the nursery. They state that children very much enjoy their time there and communication between home and nursery is frequent, open and informative. Parents state that they are informed regularly about what their children's next steps for development are, and how to best support them at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) overall make good progress. However, strategic plans to support these children are sometimes not specific enough to promote best progress, resulting in them not consistently making best rates of progress.

Outdoor space

Older children show high levels of confidence when using large outdoor apparatus, happily completing challenging obstacle courses. All children access the large outside spaces daily and happily engage in physical activities, such as running, climbing and riding.

Parent Reviews of Hazebrouck Day Nursery and Pre-School

4.0
(11)
R G.
a year ago

Our daughter has been at Hazebrouck since she was one, and she absolutely loves it. The staff are so caring and attentive, creating a wonderful environment where she’s truly happy. Communication is great, and there’s always a fantastic mix of activities. Huge thank you to Fran, Rhianna, Tia, Kristina, Caroline, Kylie, Kate, Natalie, Louise, and Dawn for all the love and care you show her every day!

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Estelle Taplin
6 years ago

Our daughter has attended Hazebrouck since January 2016 she has had an amazing time it is a great setting and they do so much with them and they have a lot of outdoor space, as parents we love the relationship our daughter has built up with the staff as she’s moved up through the rooms, they are always friendly and look after each child as an individual. We are always kept up to date each day with the online portal and the handover with the staff at the end of each day. The staff at Hazebrouck have been doing a great job of preparing the preschool children for their transition to school.

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Csilla Dorogi-Lawrence
7 years ago

When my little boy started at Hazebrouck at the age of 2,5 he was very shy. He didn’t like separating from me and it was the constant love, kindness and care he received from every single member of staff at Hazebrouck which changed this. Now he is settled, has lots of little friends, and loves attending because he knows at Hazebrouck something amazing is going to happen every day. Be it French lessons with lovely Madam, learning about a new letter with Brionny or having forest school with Helen. There is always some dancing & singing to do which both he absolutely enjoys. The nursery is well equipped inside and outside, lots of toys and books which children can use. (My personal favourite is the sensory room which you just have to see for yourself). As the nursery is small, I love the fact that every single member of staff (even those who aren’t in his group) calls him on his name and when you walk in there is always a smile and kind words from everyone. He is going to start school this September and I am confident that the foundation of education he received at Hazebrouck will make him strive there. I am grateful for every single day he attended there as I was always ensured he is in the best place and never needed to worry about him.

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Kat Matsuya
3 years ago

Wonderful staff, who all know all of the children; great parental communication, both through an app, at pick up and drop off and through termly parents' evenings; fantastic range of activities, often linked to events going on at that time of year; brilliant outdoor and indoor space. Our children have absolutely thrived at Hazebrouck, I can't recommend it highly enough. 😊

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Katie Ireland
a year ago

This nursery treated my child awfully, restricting his development. He also came home from nursery with several very heavy nappies, had a rash on his arm that never disappeared until he left and once was left completely on his own in a room for up to 5 minutes. If you want your children safe avoid this nursery.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2011

  • May 2023Good
  • August 2017Good
  • September 2014Good
  • February 2011Good

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