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Little Birches Nursery in Olney

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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4.5(36 parent reviews) ·The Old School Building, 63A High Street, Olney, MK46 4HA · Milton Keynes
Number of places
44 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Milton Keynes

About this day nursery

Little Birches Nursery and Preschool in Lavendon, Olney, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years, operating 52 weeks a year. The nursery provides full-day and sessional care, with a strong belief in the profound impact of early years on a child's development.

Highly skilled and passionate educators are dedicated to fostering children's talents and growth through tailored experiences, promoting a love for learning and playing. The primary focus is on a child's self-esteem and happiness, ensuring they thrive within the Little Birches community.

The nursery premises are designed to bring children closer to nature, immersing them in diverse and unique learning experiences. Children receive highly nutritious, varied, and delicious meals throughout the day, and the curriculum strictly adheres to Ofsted's key development areas.

Little Birches serves families in Olney, Turvey, Harrold, Bozeat, Yardley Hastings, Wellingborough, and Carlton.

Our ethos

Little Birches Nursery is committed to fostering children's talents and growth through tailored experiences, promoting a love for learning and playing. They focus on children's self-esteem and happiness, and believe in the profound impact of early years on development. The nursery premises are designed to immerse children in nature and learning experiences.

What it's like

All children make good progress at the nursery. Staff in each room tailor what children learn depending on their age and stage of development. Babies develop into curious and confident individuals and as they grow, they start to lead their learning, with staff providing opportunities to follow their interests.

Nature-focused learningHighly nutritious mealsExperienced educatorsFull-day and sessional careOfsted aligned curriculum

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am – 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, all year round apart from bank holidays and between Christmas and New Year.

Session types

Full day, Morning session, Afternoon session

Food

Highly nutritious, varied and delicious meals provided

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2021

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Birches Nursery in Olney

Last inspected 21 March 2024 · Hayley Marshall-Gowen

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

All children make good progress at the nursery. Staff in each room tailor what children learn depending on their age and stage of development. Babies develop into curious and confident individuals and as they grow, they start to lead their learning, with staff providing opportunities to follow their interests.

Inspector highlights

  • The curriculum meets children's needs effectively, with exciting activities and consistently good teaching.
  • Children's physical skills are well-developed, with activities tailored to their age and stage of development.
  • Staff understand how young children acquire speech, encouraging communication through babbling and simple sign language.
  • Highly effective key-person relationships are developed, with staff knowing about children's home lives and experiences.
  • The nursery celebrates staff's and children's special events, leading to authentic teaching about diverse cultures.

Areas to develop

  • 1expand on children's learning, providing even greater challenge so children can test out what they know and can do
  • 2deepen children's awareness of how they can help to keep themselves healthy and reduce the risk of spreading infection
  • 3increase information-sharing with parents, giving greater precision to enable them to support their children's progress at home.
Inspection #10332890 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are very positive about the warm and welcoming nursery environment.

some parents would like more information about the curriculum to help them to support children's learning at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff accurately assess children's development and monitor the good progress that they make. They know what children need to learn next and how they can extend their previous learning.

Outdoor space

During the inspection, staff in the toddler room demonstrated to the children how to plant seeds. Children enjoy digging in soil and watering the seeds as they learn about what helps plants to grow.

Parent Reviews of Little Birches Nursery in Olney

4.5
(36)
Victoria Biswell
3 months ago

We couldn’t be happier with our son’s experience at Little Birches. He joined in January 24 and from day one the staff have been nothing but kind, professional, and genuinely caring. They create such a warm, nurturing environment. Our son has developed so much in confidence, communication, and independence since starting, it’s been wonderful to watch his progress. They always have new activities for the children, delicious meals & the staff are always approachable and easy to communicate with. We trust them completely, which as a parent means everything. We’re so grateful for everything they do and would recommend Little Birches to any family looking for a loving, supportive & excellent nursery.

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Kerry Rainbow
3 months ago

Fantastic Nursery! My Children started last year and it has been the perfect setting for them. All of the staff are so kind and attentive to the children’s needs and go above and beyond, they were great at settling my children into a new setting and they are thriving here, and they really do have so much fun with everything they do here. The areas of the nursery are great my children especially love the garden and there is always so many seasonal activities going on throughout the year and days to go in and enjoy with your children. Without all of the lovely activities they do day to day. Everyone at the nursery has been so kind and helpful and they have a brilliant chef. can’t recommend them enough 😊

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Carly Fedyk
9 months ago

My daughter has been attending Little Birches since she turned 1 early this year and we have been so impressed by the care she receives. After a couple of apprehensive weeks to start with (on both our sides!) she has settled in so well and it’s great to see her learning new skills and making new friends. The whole team were so supportive from the beginning. Their level of communication is great and you can tell that they genuinely care and want the best for the children. They put on some great activities and the food they serve is varied and healthy. I would recommend Little Birches to anyone locally looking for childcare, thank you team! 😊

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Hannah Bridger
10 months ago

My daughter absolutely loves it here. She started here at 16 months old, understandably we were so anxious for her to start. But the staff were so lovely & reassuring. The settling in sessions really helped me feel comfortable that she would be well looked after and cared for. The transition of moving my daughter from the baby room to the 2 year old room was really well managed and she settled very quickly. The activities for the children are always fun & varied and I cannot believe how much my daughter’s speech has improved since starting at Little Birches. All the staff here are a credit to the nursery and my daughter loves each one of them. I cannot recommend Little Birches enough!

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Kathryn Thornewill
10 months ago

My daughter has throughly enjoyed her time at Little Birches, starting in the baby room and is soon due to start school. We are so lucky that she has experienced such a wonderful nursery. The staff are kind, caring and supportive and really nurture the children. There are always lots of activities and the children are always happy and talkative at pick up and drop offs. It has been lovely to watch our daughter grow during her time at Little Birches. We are going to really miss everyone. Thank you to you all, I don’t know where the last 3 years have gone!

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

21 March 2024

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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