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Little Birches Nursery and Preschool

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2025)
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5.0(24 parent reviews) ·Langton Green Village Hall, Winstone Scott Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0JJ · Kent
Number of places
36 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
Kent

About this day nursery

Little Birches Nursery & Preschool, located in Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, offers a nature-focused and immersive learning environment for children aged 9 months to 4 years. The nursery operates 52 weeks a year, providing full-day care from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, excluding bank holidays and the Christmas to New Year period.

Emphasising the profound impact of early childhood, Little Birches provides a setting with highly skilled and passionate educators dedicated to delivering first-class care. The core mission is to ensure every child experiences joy, laughter, and a sense of belonging within the nursery community.

The curriculum aims to foster individual talents and nurture growth through a diverse range of experiences, instilling a love for learning and social interaction. A primary focus is placed on a child's self-esteem and happiness, believing that these are crucial for them to thrive.

The nursery ensures all children receive highly nutritious, varied, and delicious meals throughout the day and strictly adheres to Ofsted's key development areas. The facility features a gallery showcasing various activities including outdoor learning, crafting, and interaction with nature, reflecting its commitment to providing a rich and stimulating environment.

Our ethos

Little Birches Nursery & Preschool is committed to fostering individual talents and nurturing growth through a nature-focused and immersive learning environment. They prioritise a child's self-esteem and happiness, believing they are crucial for thriving, and aim to instil a love for learning and social interaction by ensuring every child experiences joy, laughter, and a sense of belonging.

What it's like

The provision is outstanding. The provider has high ambitions for all children at this inclusive and welcoming setting. All children flourish and have a thirst for learning, wanting to know more and showing sustained levels of interest in the superbly planned environment and activities.

Nature-focused learningFull-day careNutritious mealsOfsted aligned curriculum

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday, open 52 weeks a year (except bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year)

Food

All children are provided with highly nutritious, varied and delicious meals throughout the day.

Age range

9 months to 4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

August 2014

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Birches Nursery and Preschool

Last inspected 3 February 2025 · Kelly Southern

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

The provision is outstanding. The provider has high ambitions for all children at this inclusive and welcoming setting. All children flourish and have a thirst for learning, wanting to know more and showing sustained levels of interest in the superbly planned environment and activities.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider and their support team are truly inspiring. They set high standards and are dedicated to ensuring that every child achieves.
  • Staff place a high priority on developing children's communication and language. Across all rooms, reading, singing and signing are successfully embedded.
  • Teaching across the setting is exceptional. Pre-school children are eager to participate in small group activities to support their listening and attention skills.
  • The nursery room meets the needs of the youngest children impeccably well. Children show that they have built secure relationships with their key person and feel at ease.
  • Children show a genuine interest in learning about each other and the wider world. They also benefit from a variety of experiences that enhance the curriculum and align with their current interests.
  • Relationships with parents are highly effective. The provider values their views and frequently asks for feedback to further strengthen their partnership working.
Inspection #10371181 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All staff have a thorough understanding of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, as well as those children who may be vulnerable due to health or medical needs. This knowledge ensures that all children are given the individual support they need to succeed in an inclusive and supportive environment.

Outdoor space

When children are playing outside, they are curious about the flowers. The staff engage with the children, helping them explore new concepts such as the function of a flower's roots and bulb.

Parent Reviews of Little Birches Nursery and Preschool

5.0
(24)
Emma Warwicker
10 months ago

We couldn't be happier with Little Birches as our childcare setting for our 18 month old daughter, she has always been so happy to go in and we feel she is so settled there, the setting and the staff are all wonderful! Their daily activities are amazing from woodland walks to crafting activities. Thank you so much Lisa and the nursery team and all of the Little Birches family for making us feel so comfortable, you are all so professional and caring friendly people and we couldn't recommend the nursery more!

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Holly Luscombe
a year ago

As soon as we looked around Little Birches we knew this was the place we wanted our son to go to. All the staff are friendly and nurturing, the environment is warm and close to nature and the food and activities provided are great. Lisa and her team were really supportive and reassuring during the settling in process, we cannot believe how well our little boy has now settled in and how much he’s grown in confidence. We love that the staff give us a proper update at the end of the day and we enjoy hearing about all the fun our son has had. Thank you to all the lovely and caring staff.

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Chloe Dawson
a year ago

Little Birches Langton Green have been amazing so far with my daughter. Every time I drop her at nursery she is so happy and excited which just goes to show how much she enjoys her time with the Little Birches team. The staff go to such lengths to make sure she is always included and given a ‘home from home’ feel. The other children are wonderful and so kind and I couldn’t recommend this nursery/pre-school more highly. Especially if you also want your child to grow up in a more ‘countryside’ and ‘rural’ feel than the other nurseries in Tunbridge Wells.

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Lindsay Castling
2 years ago

Nothing but positivity to say about Little Birches. Starting with the Manager Nikki who truly cares about the nursery, the children, her staff and the families. The staff are experienced and have been very nurturing/caring towards both of my children who felt and feel safe and happy in their setting. I have used other nurseries and feel Little Birches offers a level of comfort above other experiences I have had. My son was very school ready after 2 years at the nursery with plenty of skills learnt from nursery and went up with a good group of friends.

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Francesca Stewart-Smith
2 years ago

My son only started at Little Birches at the beginning of this year and is already so settled, comfortable and really happy there. It usually takes him much longer to adjust to new environments and so this is definitely testament to all of the staff at this nursery. We are so thrilled that he is now part of such a nurturing, caring nursery where all staff members seem so invested and love what they do. Could not recommend more!

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: June 2016

  • February 2025Outstanding
  • November 2019Good
  • June 2016Outstanding

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