Opening hours
8am – 6pm Monday to Friday all year round (closed for Easter and Christmas plus 3 Inset days)
King Edward Road Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
Number of places
40 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Somerset
About this day nursery
King Edward Road Nursery is a vibrant day nursery and pre-school operating as part of Beacon Education. It is dedicated to fostering independence, confidence, resilience, and curiosity in children through a stimulating and secure play-based learning environment.
The day nursery aims to ignite a passion for learning and explore the world, encouraging strong, caring relationships within their key families to boost confidence and self-esteem. Recognising parents as primary educators, the nursery prioritises strong partnerships, utilising the online journal platform Famly to encourage parental contributions.
Their core vision emphasises creating a nurturing space where every child feels valued and supported in their journey to become independent, confident communicators and lifelong learners.
Our ethos
King Edward Road Nursery is dedicated to fostering independence, confidence, resilience, and curiosity through a stimulating and secure play-based learning environment. They aim to ignite a passion for learning and exploration, recognising parents as primary educators and prioritising strong partnerships. Their vision is to create a nurturing space where every child feels valued and supported to become an independent, confident communicator and lifelong learner.
What it's like
Children settle quickly into nursery life and benefit from an effective key-person system. Staff know children well and plan a curriculum that meets their interests and next steps in learning successfully. Children make secure bonds and feel safe, helping them to develop high levels of self-esteem.
Play-based learningParent partnershipBeacon Education group
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Registered with Ofsted
2017
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for King Edward Road Nursery
Last inspected 2 July 2024 · Rachael Williams
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 settle quickly into nursery life and benefit from an effective key-person system. Staff know children well and plan a curriculum that meets their interests and next steps in learning successfully. Children make secure bonds and feel safe, helping them to develop high levels of self-esteem.
Inspector highlights
- The curriculum is well designed and offers children a good balance of experiences across all areas of learning.
- The curriculum carefully considers those who need additional support, and all children make good progress from their starting points.
- There is good partnership with parents and other professionals to ensure staff consistently meet and support children's developmental and care needs.
- The senior managers have good oversight of what works well in the nursery and establish accurate improvement plans.
- Staff use books well within their curriculum, enticing young children to think and helping older children learn about emotions.
Areas to develop
- 1review the organisation of group times to ensure children remain engaged in their learning
- 2support staff further to embed the nursery's strategies to support children's communication and language skills even further and for older children to understand behavioural expectations
Inspection #10307777 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The curriculum carefully considers those who need additional support, and all children make good progress from their starting points. There is good partnership with parents and other professionals to ensure staff consistently meet and support children's developmental and care needs.
Outdoor space
Not explicitly stated in the report.
Google Reviews of King Edward Road Nursery
5.0
(1 Google review)
Jason Sheward
4 years ago
Great little nursery, well equipped, well staffed.My Daughter loves it
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024
Date: March 2019
- July 2024Good
- August 2023Requires improvement
- March 2019Good
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