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Kenwood Nature Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2023)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·Montague House, 294 Cemetery Road, Sheffield, S11 8FT · Sheffield
Number of places
70 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2023
Local authority
Sheffield

About this day nursery

Kenwood Nature Nursery, established in 2016, provides childcare from 0–4 years in a dedicated setting. The nursery operates year-round, closing for only one week, from Monday to Friday, with sessions running from 8 am to 6 pm.

The nursery embraces a forest school approach, where children learn safely while taking supported risks in their play. Staff adeptly use the natural environment, alongside additional resources, to introduce new skills and concepts, such as identifying numbers on hidden pumpkins.

This approach helps children develop new knowledge and skills, such as healthy routines through imaginative play, like pretending to brush their teeth with sticks. The curriculum is varied, with staff effectively assessing children's existing knowledge to plan their next steps while fostering communication, language, and early mathematical understanding.

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) benefit from targeted plans and support, ensuring they fully access learning opportunities and make good progress. Parents have noted their children developing new skills, particularly rapid physical development, and becoming caring, confident individuals.

What it's like

Staff ensure that children are safe and secure in this forest school environment. Children learn to keep themselves safe while taking risks in their play, as well as how to be kind and considerate to others. Staff use the natural environment to teach children new knowledge and skills, such as healthy routines through imaginative play.

Forest school environmentStrong parent partnershipsGood progress in communicationSupports SENDVaried curriculum

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 8am to 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Kenwood Nature Nursery

Last inspected 18 October 2023

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

Staff ensure that children are safe and secure in this forest school environment. Children learn to keep themselves safe while taking risks in their play, as well as how to be kind and considerate to others. Staff use the natural environment to teach children new knowledge and skills, such as healthy routines through imaginative play.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager ensures that children benefit from a varied curriculum.
  • Staff support children to develop their communication and language skills.
  • Staff teach children simple mathematical concepts.
  • Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
  • Parents describe how their children have developed new skills since attending the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop staff's confidence to introduce questioning techniques when engaging in child-initiated play
  • 2support staff to create further opportunities to introduce adult-led learning.
Inspection #10314224 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents describe how their children have developed new skills since attending the nursery.

They say that their children have made rapid progress in their physical development.

They say that their children are caring and confident individuals because of the experiences they have at the nursery.

parents say that staff support them to understand how their children learn.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children with SEND have targeted plans that set out what staff want them to learn and are supported to develop their skills while still exploring the environments. As a result, they make good progress in all areas of their learning.

Outdoor space

The nursery provides a forest school environment where staff regularly assess risks and teach children to keep themselves safe and observe boundaries during free play. Staff use the natural environment with additional resources to teach children new skills, such as identifying numbers on pumpkins hidden in trees.

Parent Reviews of Kenwood Nature Nursery

5.0
(6)
Doug C
4 years ago

Both my little ones have attended over the past 4 years. Great staff, amazing experience for the children and now they always want to be outdoors. Love it.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2019

  • October 2023Good
  • January 2019Good

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