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Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2022)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Napley Farm, Mucklestone Road, MARKET DRAYTON, TF9 4AL · Staffordshire
Number of places
72 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2022
Local authority
Staffordshire

About this day nursery

Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery, situated in the picturesque countryside straddling Staffordshire and Shropshire, offers a unique learning environment where children thrive through nature-based experiences. The nursery focuses on combining the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework with hands-on, outdoor activities, encouraging children to learn through play and explore their surroundings.

Children engage with animals on the farm, fostering empathy and confidence, and develop creativity and curiosity through sensory play. The nursery provides daily outdoor learning opportunities, regardless of weather, and serves nutritious, locally-sourced meals.

With rooms designed for babies (0-2 years), toddlers, and pre-schoolers, each space caters to the specific developmental stage of the children, guided by experienced and caring staff. As a family-run establishment, Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery prides itself on its strong community ties, welcoming families from the surrounding counties and providing a safe, stimulating rural setting away from urban noise.

The nursery aims to offer the best learning opportunities through a "farmyard way," emphasising a natural environment for growth and development.

Our ethos

Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery combines the EYFS framework with nature-based, outdoor learning and play. They emphasise hands-on experiences, interaction with farm animals, sensory exploration, and creativity, aiming for children to grow and develop through a "farmyard way" in a natural environment.

What it's like

Children settle quickly to a variety of activities at Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery, benefiting from the stimulating farm environment. Staff effectively facilitate learning about animals and transport. Children are encouraged to respect their environment and develop an understanding of where food comes from.

Nature-first approachFamily-runRural farm settingLocally-sourced meals

Pricing & funding

This nursery offers full day, short day, school day, and half-day sessions. Funded-only sessions incur additional daily fees to cover meals, snacks, drinks, and consumable hygiene items. Sibling discounts are available.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Fees are invoiced monthly in advance and are due within two weeks of the invoice date.
  • Funded-only sessions are subject to extra charges to cover meals, snacks, drinks, and consumables.
  • A 10% sibling discount is applied to the lowest invoice.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks of the year, except for bank holidays. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm.

Session types

Full Day, Short Day, School Day, Morning Session, Afternoon Session

Food

Nutritious, locally-sourced meals, snacks, and drinks included in the charges for funded-only sessions.

Age range

0-4 years

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery

Last inspected 19 May 2022

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

Children settle quickly to a variety of activities at Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery, benefiting from the stimulating farm environment. Staff effectively facilitate learning about animals and transport. Children are encouraged to respect their environment and develop an understanding of where food comes from.

Inspector highlights

  • The wonderful surroundings that children see every day really sparks their interests.
  • Staff know how to facilitate children's learning as they talk to them from a young age about the animals and transport they can see around them on the farm.
  • Children are encouraged to respect their environment and to keep themselves safe as they play in the outdoor spaces and visit the woodland area.
  • Staff have high expectations for all children and provide targeted support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Children have ample opportunities to be physically active and staff support them to take risks and challenges.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide highly focused and well-targeted training to further support new staff, including those completing their apprenticeships, to elevate the quality of teaching
  • 2embed the curriculum, particularly for children in the younger rooms, and support staff to plan well-sequenced experiences that further consolidate and build on children's knowledge ahead of the next stage of their learning.
Inspection #10239757 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

All parents are familiar with their child's key person, and they say how happy they are with the setting.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children. They identify and provide targeted support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This helps to close gaps in their learning quickly.

Outdoor space

Children are encouraged to respect their environment and to keep themselves safe as they play in the outdoor spaces and visit the woodland area. They enjoy planting vegetables and are beginning to learn about where our food source comes from. Children have ample opportunities to be physically active, balance along beams, climb on climbing structures and ride on bikes and scooters.

Parent Reviews of Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery

5.0
(5)
Kay Bear
6 months ago

Napeley Lodge is a wonderful little nursery and we couldn't be happier that both of our children attended. My now 7 year old daughter went there and our son has been attending for the last 2+ years. They both love the outdoors and animals, so this was a perfect fit for them being on the farm and in nature. Caroline is amazing with the children and always has a smile on her face when my child arrives. There is a huge element of fun and excitement when she greets them. And it is clear that she is taking steps to make Napeley an even more enjoyable and safe environment. Thank you to everyone working there!

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C Bag (ChrissyB)
7 months ago

Our little girl has been attending Napley Lodge Farm Day Nursery for around three months now and absolutely loves it. The countryside setting is beautiful, with the farm next door adding such a special touch — it gives the children a real connection to nature and a calm, happy environment to explore and learn in. The team are genuinely caring and creative with the activities they plan, always finding ways to encourage development through play and imagination. You can tell they take the time to build real relationships with each child — our daughter settled in so quickly and has grown in confidence since starting. The staff (and even the farmers!) are friendly, welcoming, and clearly passionate about what they do. We also really appreciate how respectful and understanding they’ve been of our family’s personal beliefs — it means a lot to feel that kind of acceptance and support. We couldn’t be happier with our choice of nursery and are so grateful to everyone at Napley Lodge for creating such a nurturing, joyful space for the children.

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Debbie Ormerod
5 months ago

Our little boy attended Napley for 3 years from baby room right the way through to 'pre school'. We picked this nursery purely down to the countryside / farm environment. Our little man thrived there and it was such a great start to his little life. We loved the 'forest school' and how outdoorsy the nursery was. They get to see all sorts of animals on the farm; chickens, donkeys, goats and of course cows. The manager and staff are all fabulous and are so good with the children. Big shout out to Emily and Abbie, the most amazing caring, nurturing ladies, they treat your babies as their own. Couldn't have picked a better nursery, and we were very sad when it was time for 'big school' . Thanks ladies. You never know...we may see you in the future ❤️

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Leon Jenks
3 years ago

Our daughter has attended Napley Lodge for over a year now. We have been very impressed with the care she has received and they have helped with her development no end. The staff are all excellent and the range of activities are varied and great fun for the children. Being in a farm environment means there are lots of chickens, goats, donkies & dogs around and our daughter loves telling us about them when we pick them up. 10/10 from us for value for money and we feel the care Callie receives is exceptional 👌🏻 Thanks a lot.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2022

Date: March 2009

  • May 2022Good
  • December 2021Inadequate
  • March 2019Good
  • January 2016Good
  • April 2014Requires improvement
  • March 2009Good

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