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Hummingbird Preschool

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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4.5(8 parent reviews) ·Unit 1, Great Expectations Business Park, WYMONDHAM, NR18 9SJ · Norfolk
Number of places
34 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Norfolk

About this day nursery

Hummingbird Preschool is dedicated to delivering a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive through playful learning experiences. The preschool offers age-specific rooms for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, each designed to cater to their developmental needs.

The facility is fully air-conditioned, ensuring comfort for all children. Emphasising individualised attention, Hummingbird Preschool maintains small group sizes, allowing highly qualified staff to focus on each child's unique learning journey.

The curriculum is built around making learning enjoyable and engaging, supported by excellent resources and facilities. The preschool also draws inspiration from the "Story of the Hummingbird," instilling values of self-belief and striving for one's best in every child.

They are registered with OFSTED and committed to providing government-funded hours completely free, without additional charges for food, consumables, activities, or optional services. This approach underscores their commitment to accessible and high-quality early childhood education.

Our ethos

At Hummingbird Preschool, it is our mission to make learning fun for every child. We believe in small group sizes for more individualised attention from highly qualified staff members. In our work and play, we are inspired by the story of the hummingbird, which is one of self-belief and achievement; we believe we can all strive to be like the hummingbird, and ‘do the best we can.’

What it's like

Leaders, managers and staff create a culture where all children are valued and respected. Staff focus on helping children to make progress in their communication and language. Staff understand and support children's behaviour effectively through the use of positive language, guidance and encouragement.

Small group sizesIndividualised attentionGovernment funded hours fully freeAir-conditioned rooms

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around full-day or half-day sessions, with optional add-ons for extended days. Funded hours are offered completely free of charge, with no additional costs for food, consumables, activities, or extra services.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)

Good to know

  • Government funded hours are offered completely free to families.
  • No charges are made for food, non-food consumables, activities, or optional services.
  • Funded sessions are offered as 5 hours for a half day or 10 hours for a full day.

Key facts

Opening hours

Full Day, Morning or Afternoon Sessions, Extended Day (early start or late finish)

Food

Included with funded hours and no extra charge for food/non-food consumables

Age range

Babies to Preschool

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Hummingbird Preschool

Last inspected 23 May 2024 · Kate Hipperson

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

Leaders, managers and staff create a culture where all children are valued and respected. Staff focus on helping children to make progress in their communication and language. Staff understand and support children's behaviour effectively through the use of positive language, guidance and encouragement.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders, managers and staff create a culture where all children are valued and respected.
  • Staff focus on helping children to make progress in their communication and language, recently adding sign language.
  • Children thoroughly enjoy being physically active outside, using wheeled toys, climbing, digging and playing in sand.
  • A clear curriculum is in place with a strong focus on learning about the natural world and ecological principles.
  • Childrens health and safety is treated with high importance, with well-trained staff demonstrating understanding of their roles and responsibilities.

Areas to develop

  • 1monitor staff's practice with children more closely in order to identify where they can be supported to further improve their teaching
  • 2strengthen planning for the learning opportunities that staff provide, to more clearly define the learning intentions and to enable staff to focus their teaching more purposefully
  • 3find more ways to support quieter and less confident children to speak up and have their voices heard.
Inspection #10314575 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff identify concerns about children's development and work closely with parents to help seek professional support and guidance. Staff work well with other professionals when children have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff make and use clear plans to help children with SEND make progress in their individual learning.

Outdoor space

Children thoroughly enjoy being physically active outside, where they use wheeled toys, climb, dig and play in sand. These extended periods of physical play help their health and well-being. Older children create 'recipes' in the mud kitchen with their friends.

Parent Reviews of Hummingbird Preschool

4.5
(8)
Chris M
7 years ago

I really recommend Hummingbird Preschool! An excellent nursery, with professional and very friendly staff. Ruth, Paul and Karon are great, really popular with my son and are very careful with his allergies. Their updates via Tapestry are always interesting and good fun. I cannot recommend them highly enough! They are awesome!

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Kathryn Green
3 years ago

A wonderful nursery which my son attended for 15 months, only leaving due to our family relocating. All staff are wonderful and welcoming, happy to chat at drop off and pick up which I always enjoyed. There were regular tapestry and baby's days updates so I knew what was going on, especially useful to put my mind at rest if we'd had tears at drop off. I also liked that although it was a doorstep drop off and collection usually, if my son wanted to show me something when I picked him up I was allowed in to have a look. There was absolute transparency, I didn't feel as though the setting was closed off to me at all. A big thank you to Ruth, Paul, Karen, Kayleigh and Maddie, my son was in great care with you.

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Michael Piggott
7 years ago

The best nursery ever! Fantastic team and our two kids love every moment they spend at Hummingbird. We had quite negative experience with our previous 'factory' style nursery and really appreciate the individual attention and calm, relaxed atmosphere at Hummingbird nursery. Top marks to the whole team there!

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Rachel Polding
7 years ago

What a fantastic preschool!! We moved to Hummingbird after a change in circumstances and naturally, we were worried about the transition - but there was no need to be worried... our daughter has never been happier, she’s a different girl! There’s a real family 'feel' about Hummingbird which shines through in every interaction, whether that be with the child or parent. Ruth, Paul and Karen make everyone feel so welcome, involved and included which is really important - it makes going to work and leaving the little one a lot easier :)

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Gerard Bennett
7 years ago

A lovely preschool. It has just had its first OFSTED inspection which reflects the excellent care and education they provide. The staff are professional and dedicated to ensuring the children in their care receive the best possible experience . The facilities and equipment are child friendly and completely age appropriate. A welcoming safe and happy place for children to prepare for school.

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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024

Date: February 2018

  • May 2024Good
  • September 2023Requires improvement
  • February 2018Good

Frequently asked about Hummingbird Preschool

About the setting

Hummingbird Preschool registered in 2016. The setting employs 12 members of childcare staff. The manager holds qualified teacher status, and eleven staff have a qualification at level 2 and above. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY491863
Registered person
Hummingbird Preschool Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Requires improvement

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