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Little Squirrels Play Forest Magdalen

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
·St Pauls Community Hall, Magdalen Road, Norwich, NR3 4LN · Norfolk
Number of places
47 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Norfolk

About this day nursery

Little Squirrels Play Forest offers natural day care nurseries across Norfolk, including Magdalen, Norwich. Catering to children from 3 months to 6 years old, the nursery is open all year round.

They are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment where children can feel safe, explore, and thrive. The nursery emphasises personalised development through play, utilising open-ended resources, and is led by passionate Early Years Teachers.

The approach integrates elements of Forest School and Curiosity Approach, fostering creativity, learning, and fun in a warm and nurturing atmosphere. The team consists of experienced educators and those at the beginning of their childcare career, all dedicated to continuous skill development and enhancing the learning environment.

They collaborate with various trusted partners, including local organisations and educational specialists, to enrich the nursery experience and ensure a supportive setting where children can flourish.

Our ethos

Little Squirrels Play Forest is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for children aged 3 months to 6 years. They emphasise personalised development through play, utilising open-ended resources and integrating elements of Forest School and Curiosity Approach. The nursery aims to foster creativity, learning, and fun in a warm and nurturing atmosphere, ensuring children feel safe, explore, and thrive.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and settle quickly, eager to explore the welcoming and nurturing environment with stimulating activities. Staff build close bonds with children through effective settling-in sessions and stay-and-play opportunities, helping them to settle swiftly. Staff use assessments effectively to identify and address any gaps in children's learning with targeted support.

Nature-inspired settingsEarly Years TeachersCuriosity ApproachForest School Approach

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year

Age range

3 months to 6 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full Day Care, Sessional Nursery

Established

2022

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Squirrels Play Forest Magdalen

Last inspected 7 April 2025 · Louise Harris

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children arrive happy and settle quickly, eager to explore the welcoming and nurturing environment with stimulating activities. Staff build close bonds with children through effective settling-in sessions and stay-and-play opportunities, helping them to settle swiftly. Staff use assessments effectively to identify and address any gaps in children's learning with targeted support.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and managers have created a welcoming and nurturing environment with stimulating activities.
  • Staff use assessments effectively to identify and address any gaps in children's learning with targeted support.
  • Leaders focus strongly on supporting children's emotional well-being through daily mindfulness activities.
  • Staff promote children's communication and language development well, using simple signing and new vocabulary.
  • Children access a wide range of books, with focus stories and a lending library to share books at home.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with an open and positive culture that puts children's interests first.

Areas to develop

  • 1establish effective coaching methods that support staff to raise the quality of their teaching to a consistently high standard.
Inspection #10376173 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff use assessments effectively to identify any gaps in children's learning and take swift action to close these with targeted support.

Outdoor space

Children's physical skills improve as they learn to use tools such as knives to chop fruit and a pestle and mortar to grind ingredients. Children actively join staff as they complete daily risk assessments, learning to identify hazards and discuss how to resolve them, particularly near the swings or the firepit.

Inspection history

Date: April 2025

  • May 2025Good
  • April 2025Good

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