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Lawn Lane Day Nursery School

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jul 2025)
·Lawn Lane, Chelmsford, CM1 7PP · Essex
Number of places
44 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Lawn Lane Day Nursery School is an outstanding childcare setting in Chelmsford, established in 2014, offering a warm, nurturing, and highly stimulating environment where children aged 0-4 years thrive. Open from 7 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, the nursery prides itself on its highly qualified staff who use their expert knowledge and skilful interactions to create a safe and enriching experience.

The dedicated team gathers comprehensive information about each child before they start, ensuring individual needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are met from day one, with support from other professionals when necessary. This meticulous planning guarantees excellent progress for all children.

The nursery’s approach to education, both indoors and outdoors, is practical, fun, and memorable, fostering a deep love for learning and a positive mindset. Children develop complete trust in the caring adults, which builds their confidence and encourages a positive attitude towards education.

Parents consistently express feeling exceptionally valued, appreciating the staff's support and the effective communication with their child's key person. The nursery also receives overwhelming positive feedback for its nutritional food offerings and support during significant family events.

What it's like

Children thrive here due to highly qualified staff who use their expert knowledge and skilful interactions to create a safe and enriching environment for all children. This creates a warm, nurturing and highly stimulating environment. Children have complete trust in the adults who care for them, which helps build their confidence and encourages a positive attitude to learning.

Highly qualified staffIndividualised planningPractical learningNutritional foodSupportive environmentChampion roles

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm, 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lawn Lane Day Nursery School

Last inspected 24 July 2025 · Alison Hawkridge

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children thrive here due to highly qualified staff who use their expert knowledge and skilful interactions to create a safe and enriching environment for all children. This creates a warm, nurturing and highly stimulating environment. Children have complete trust in the adults who care for them, which helps build their confidence and encourages a positive attitude to learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are passionate in supporting staff and ensuring all aspects of nursery life are the very best they can be.
  • Leaders actively encourage all staff to broaden their knowledge with 'champion' roles in areas such as mathematics, food and nutrition.
  • Staff gather a wealth of information about the children before they start, enabling them to plan for individual needs immediately.
  • Learning is practical, fun, and memorable, ensuring children develop a thirst for knowledge and a positive mindset.
  • Children are supremely self-sufficient and adept at doing things for themselves, taking on helper roles and displaying impeccable table manners.
Inspection #10407305 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say they feel exceptionally valued.

They appreciate how staff support their children and value the communication they have with their child's key person.

Parents overwhelmingly share positive feedback about the nursery's nutritional food offerings and support with life events happening outside of the nursery such as a new sibling.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff gather a wealth of information about the children before they start, enabling them to plan for their individual needs immediately. Support is sought from other professionals when required, ensuring that all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

Inspection history

Date: July 2014

  • July 2025Outstanding
  • January 2020Outstanding
  • July 2014Outstanding

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