Opening hours
Monday to Friday all year round from 9am to 6pm. Breakfast and after-school club during term time from 7.30am to 8.30am and 3.30pm to 6pm.
More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2022)
Number of places
46 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
The nursery received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 21st June 2022. Children here develop strong bonds with staff, who provide comfort, especially for younger children.
Older children are encouraged to be enthusiastic and make choices about their activities, often engaging in imaginative play such as shopping or hairdressing, indicating a curriculum centred around their interests. Staff actively support children's problem-solving skills, and parents consistently report that their children are happy and making good progress.
The Special Educational Needs Coordinator works closely with parents and the local authority, ensuring a suitable learning environment for all children. This includes gathering initial information from parents to identify starting points and working as a team to support speech development, helping children build vocabulary and progress well.
Outdoor learning is also a key feature, with children eagerly anticipating adventures in the garden, using sand timers to promote sharing of equipment and responsibility. Leaders and staff are also aware of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on socialising, speech, and language development, and actively provide opportunities to address these areas within the daily routine.
Parents receive regular updates about their child's learning and development from their dedicated key person.
What it's like
Children develop strong bonds with staff, who comfort younger children when unsettled. Older children are enthusiastic and choose their activities, engaging in imaginative play like shopping or hairdressing. They lead their learning, supported by a curriculum centred around their interests, and show developing problem-solving skills.
Strong bonds with staffChild-led learningEffective SEND supportHappy, progressing childrenOutdoor adventuresSpeech and language focus
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2008
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club
Last inspected 21 June 2022 · Lynn Clements
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children develop strong bonds with staff, who comfort younger children when unsettled. Older children are enthusiastic and choose their activities, engaging in imaginative play like shopping or hairdressing. They lead their learning, supported by a curriculum centred around their interests, and show developing problem-solving skills.
Inspector highlights
- Staff encourage children to use prior knowledge and praise their 'good thinking' and 'sharing ideas'.
- Leaders and staff recognise the impact of COVID-19 on learning, especially socialising, speech and language development, and provide opportunities to address this.
- The special educational needs coordinator works closely with parents and the local authority to provide a suitable learning environment.
- Parents report on how happy their children are and that they are making good progress.
- The leadership team provides staff with good support, and staff report being supported with regular meetings about well-being and training needs.
Areas to develop
- 1ensure staff consistently use the strategies that have been implemented, to support children's good behaviour
- 2build on current practice and seek further ways to help all staff develop first-rate teaching skills.
Inspection #10232879 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report on how happy their children are at the nursery.
They say that children are making good progress, as they share songs and stories they have not learned at home.
Parents receive regular updates regarding learning and development from their child's key person.
They express that leaders and staff are approachable and provide support and information as required.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The special educational needs coordinator works closely with parents and the local authority to provide a suitable learning environment. Staff gather relevant information from parents when children start to identify starting points and next steps. They work as a team to support speech development, encouraging children to use single, then simple sentences and follow increasingly complicated instructions, which helps children build vocabulary and make good progress.
Outdoor space
While outside, children eagerly anticipate the next part of an adventure as they run to different parts of the garden with their friends. Sand timers are used to help them organise and take responsibility for sharing equipment.
Parent Reviews of More Grace Day Nursery and Out of School Club
5.0
(2)
Melisa-Leyla Sevim
a year ago
Cannot fault this place at all!… my son is thriving here and he’s speech has gotten so much better thank you charleigh and everyone else at more grace x
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An Ha
3 years ago
My boys have used this nursery and loved it
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Inspection history
Date: June 2013
- June 2022Good
- August 2014Good
- November 2013Requires improvement
- June 2013Good
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