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Millswood Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2025)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Woodland Road, Ivybridge, PL21 9HQ · Devon
Number of places
42 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
Devon

About this day nursery

Millswood Day Nursery in Ivybridge offers a nurturing and stimulating environment where children from birth to five years old can explore, learn, and grow. The nursery is open 51 weeks a year, from 8 am to 6 pm, with an option for earlier 7:30 am starts.

The nursery prides itself on its commitment to providing exceptional care and education, boasting extensive and continuously developing outdoor learning areas. They believe in fostering a safe space where each child receives the highest quality of education from a dedicated team.

Millswood Day Nursery is part of Millswood Nurseries, which focuses on providing caring environments for early childhood development.

Our ethos

We believe that every child has the right to the highest care and education in a safe and stimulating environment. We are confident that our nursery provides exactly this. We provide caring, stimulating, yet safe environments where children can explore and grow.

What it's like

Children are very settled and show high levels of emotional security in this nurturing nursery. Staff know children extremely well, forming genuine and caring relationships with them. Managers and staff have developed a broad and creative curriculum that enables all children to flourish, with a strong emphasis on independence and creative exploration both indoors and outdoors.

Safe and Stimulating EnvironmentOutdoor Learning AreasCare for Ages 0-5Extended Opening Hours

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am - 6pm (7:30am starts available), 51 weeks a year

Age range

0-5 years

Established

2017

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Millswood Day Nursery

Last inspected 26 February 2025 · Margaret Baird

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children are very settled and show high levels of emotional security in this nurturing nursery. Staff know children extremely well, forming genuine and caring relationships with them. Managers and staff have developed a broad and creative curriculum that enables all children to flourish, with a strong emphasis on independence and creative exploration both indoors and outdoors.

Inspector highlights

  • Children's communication and language skills are exceptional.
  • Children develop a love of books from a young age.
  • There is a strong sense of community within the nursery where everyone works together.
  • Staff thoroughly enjoy working at the nursery and feel highly valued.
  • The inspirational managers and staff continually reflect and thoughtfully adapt the nursery to provide extremely high-quality learning experiences for children.
Inspection #10383173 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

staff are warm and nurturing and their children are happy and doing well

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Managers and staff work in excellent partnership with parents and other professionals when children need extra support.

Outdoor space

There is an emphasis on creative exploration outdoors, that supports children's deep engagement and enjoyment of learning. Parents are very positive about the health benefits of playing outdoors.

Parent Reviews of Millswood Day Nursery

5.0
(2)
Jemma Lamble
8 months ago

We couldn’t of wished for a better experience sending our son to Millswood! The staff are amazing, the nursery itself is such a fantastic space (especially the garden), and the level of support they give goes above and beyond!

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Inspection history

Date: May 2019

  • February 2025Outstanding
  • May 2019Outstanding

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