Opening hours
7:45am - 5pm, with a commuter hour from 5pm - 6pm, 51 weeks of the year.
Kids Love Nature Kindergarten at Avon Heath
Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.8(4 parent reviews)
·Avon Heath Country Park, Brocks Pine, RINGWOOD, BH24 2DH · Dorset
Number of places
40 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Dorset
About this day nursery
Kids Love Nature Kindergarten at Avon Heath is an outstanding childcare setting for children aged 1 to 4 years old, registered with Ofsted on 23/07/2012. The nursery garnered an 'Outstanding' overall rating in its latest inspection on January 6, 2026.
The setting distinguishes itself through a unique, outdoor-focused educational approach. Children engage in daily explorations of the heath, tending to a vegetable patch, and growing food they help prepare for lunch, fostering healthy habits and a love for nature.
The dedicated staff build warm, nurturing relationships, empowering children to confidently explore and express themselves. The curriculum is highly personalised and robust, with a strong emphasis on developing independence, communication, and emotional regulation.
Leaders and staff are committed to achieving the highest standards of inclusion, ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged receive tailored, high-quality support. This is achieved through early assessment, identification of needs, and close collaboration with local authorities, health visitors, schools, and therapists.
The nursery operates Monday to Friday, from 8:00 to 18:00.
Our ethos
Kids Love Nature Kindergarten is committed to connecting children with nature through daily "Explorer Sessions" led by Countryside Rangers within a 300-acre Country Park. Their approach fosters an understanding of the unique habitat and conservation, with a dedicated team nurturing individual interests and emotional connections.
What it's like
Children thrive in this setting due to a unique, outdoor-focused educational experience that ignites their curiosity and deepens their understanding of the natural world. They spend their days exploring the heath, tending to a vegetable patch, and growing food they prepare for lunch, developing lifelong healthy habits and a genuine love of nature. Skilled staff build warm, nurturing relationships that give children the confidence to take risks and express themselves.
Outdoor-focused learningNurturing relationshipsHigh-quality inclusionPersonalised curriculumStrong independence
Pricing & funding
Fees are structured around full day care for children aged two to five years, with optional extended hours. Rates include all meals, snacks, and extra-curricular activities such as nature school and artist sessions. Discounts are available when bundling specific food and service packages.
Funding accepted
30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- Registration fee and deposit required upon booking.
- Full day care includes home-cooked lunch, snacks, nature school, artist fees, and enrichment sessions.
- An additional commuter hour with tea is available from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.
- A 25% discount is offered when bundling the food package, additional services, and a 7:45am start.
- Discounts are removed if food package, additional services, or hourly rates are not taken.
Key facts
Food
Organic home-cooked lunch and snacks provided
Age range
2 - 5 years
Term time / All Year
All_year
Session types
Full Day Care
Staff
10
Established
2012
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Strong standard
Last inspected Jan 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
—
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Kids Love Nature Kindergarten at Avon Heath
Last inspected 6 January 2026
What it's like to attend
Children thrive in this setting due to a unique, outdoor-focused educational experience that ignites their curiosity and deepens their understanding of the natural world. They spend their days exploring the heath, tending to a vegetable patch, and growing food they prepare for lunch, developing lifelong healthy habits and a genuine love of nature. Skilled staff build warm, nurturing relationships that give children the confidence to take risks and express themselves.
Inspector highlights
- Children develop a love of learning and rapidly build knowledge and skills in all areas.
- Leaders have embedded a system of highly impactful routines that support all children to thrive.
- Leaders have developed highly respectful care practices that are thoughtfully designed to meet every child's individual needs.
- Children develop a genuine love of nature as a result of high-quality teaching from rangers and staff.
- Leaders and staff are committed to achieving the highest standards of inclusion across the setting.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders and those responsible for governance should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards.
- 2They should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged children and those who may face other barriers to their learning and wellbeing.
Inspection #10125877 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who are disadvantaged receive tailored, high-quality support from all staff as a result of early assessment and identification of needs. Leaders and staff use additional funding to provide focused individual support, and leaders work closely with the local authority, health visitors, schools, and speech and language therapists.
Outdoor space
Children thrive in this setting because they receive a unique, outdoor-focused educational experience. They spend their days exploring the heath, tending to the vegetable patch and growing food that they prepare for lunch, developing lifelong healthy habits and a genuine love of nature.
EAL / language support
The report does not provide specific details on EAL support, but the setting is committed to achieving the highest standards of inclusion for all children, suggesting support would be in place.
Parent Reviews of Kids Love Nature Kindergarten at Avon Heath
4.8
(4)
Amber Keightley
4 years ago
I enrolled my daughter in the kindergarten March 2021 after being at home during the pandemic and desperately needing somewhere to explore and meet children her age. The setting at Avon Heath is just amazing and literally a child’s dream. Free walking chickens, rope swings, arts tables and all weather walks out with the rangers across the heathland! Gaby and the team run an exceptional setting and the staff have all been really welcoming and super supportive for me as a parent and also for my daughter who was a very nervous little girl to start and a very picky eater. I am often told how she has been helping prepare lunch in the kitchen with the cook and cutting up her own food at snack times. It’s a magical setting where children truly learn about nature and get to experience a unique setting
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Niamh Kennedy Fletcher
7 years ago
My son has thrived at this nursery. The staff are great, very supportive and always so involved in the activities. The location and grounds are ideal for outdoor play and adventure learning. Ranger walks around the Avon Heath Country Park are a highlight in his day. I highly recommend this nursery!
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charmaine beckles
9 years ago
My grandson absolutely loves this place.he can be outdoors as much as he pleases..the staff are great.i think my daughter made an excellent choice..
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Lydia Johnson
7 years ago
Outstanding every day!
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Inspection history
Date: February 2013
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- March 2020Outstanding
- February 2013Outstanding
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