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Little Red Hen Day Nursery

Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(2 Google reviews) ·Wessex Primary School, St Adrians Close, Maidenhead, SL6 3AT · Windsor and Maidenhead
Number of places
59 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2026
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead

About this day nursery

Little Red Hen Day Nursery is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises in Maidenhead, registered with Ofsted on 8th August 2024. Catering for children aged 1 to 4 years, the day nursery operates during term time only, from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm.

Morning sessions run from 9:30am to 12:30pm, with afternoon sessions on Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30pm to 3:00pm. The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, and staff are noted for creating a warm, kind environment where children feel a strong sense of belonging.

The setting places a high emphasis on secure relationships and personalised opportunities, ensuring effective learning and development. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make effective progress, with swift identification of needs, tailored support, and collaboration with external agencies.

Outdoor learning is a highlight, with children enjoying activities such as obstacle courses, a large sandpit, and bikes, developing physical skills on climbing equipment. Parents are kept well-informed through parents' evenings, stay-and-play sessions, newsletters, and a parent app.

Our ethos

The Little Red Hen aims to provide a safe, happy and fun educational environment, promoting individual aptitudes and team achievement in a friendly, motivating atmosphere. They strive to develop moral understanding, good manners, and self-discipline, preparing children for their next school with confidence and active participation. The nursery also teaches the importance of a healthy diet.

What it's like

Staff are warm and kind, creating a strong sense of belonging. Children form positive relationships with staff and peers, gravitating towards areas of interest and planned activities. Children engage well and are happy and proud to show their achievements. They are supported with routines and personalized opportunities, ensuring effective learning and development.

Warm environmentStrong relationshipsAmbitious curriculumEffective SEND supportOutdoor playParent partnership

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged on a termly basis, with rates effective from January 2025. The nursery offers termly packages for morning sessions, specifically for three or five mornings a week. Afternoon sessions are billed termly at a set rate per session.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Good to know

  • Fees are effective from January 2025.
  • Fees are billed on a termly basis.
  • Afternoon sessions are charged termly on a per-session basis.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm (morning sessions); Wednesday and Thursday, 12:30pm - 3:00pm (afternoon sessions). Term time only.

Age range

2.5 to 5 years

Term time / All Year

Term_time_only

Session types

Morning sessions, Afternoon sessions

Registered with Ofsted

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Jun 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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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

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Little Red Hen Day Nursery

Last inspected 16 June 2026

What it's like to attend

Staff are warm and kind, creating a strong sense of belonging. Children form positive relationships with staff and peers, gravitating towards areas of interest and planned activities. Children engage well and are happy and proud to show their achievements. They are supported with routines and personalized opportunities, ensuring effective learning and development.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make good progress from their starting points, taking part in activities that challenge them and support them to move onto the next stage.
  • Staff have created a positive environment where children are confident to explore and show they feel safe and secure.
  • Staff carefully consider children's age and developmental stages when planning daily routines and make adaptions to teaching.
  • Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum, planning activities both indoors and outside to support a theme of the week and children's next steps.
  • Children's needs are swiftly identified, and support is put in place without delay.
  • Leaders offer parents' evenings, stay-and-play sessions, regular newsletters and use a parent app to share daily updates.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should further deepen staff's knowledge and skills so that all staff offer consistently high-quality teaching.
  • 2Leaders should strengthen routines, in particular during mealtimes, to better meet the needs of all children.
  • 3Leaders should support staff to better understand how to support and manage children's behaviour.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make effective progress from their starting points, with adaptions to activities ensuring engagement. Their needs are swiftly identified, tailored support is put in place without delay, and staff work effectively with professionals and external agencies.

Outdoor space

Children show delight as they access outdoor activities, building and completing obstacle courses and balancing along beams. They have opportunities to dig in the setting's large sandpit and use bikes outdoors, developing physical skills on climbing equipment.

Google Reviews of Little Red Hen Day Nursery

5.0
(2 Google reviews)

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

16 June 2026

Expected standard

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

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