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Nature Trails

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2024)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·Cawston Farm House, Coventry Road, RUGBY, CV22 7RY · Warwickshire
Number of places
151 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Warwickshire

About this day nursery

Nature Trails Day Nursery, located in Rugby, provides excellent care and education for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years. Situated overlooking woodlands and picturesque countryside, the nursery boasts various outdoor play areas, including two all-weather gardens and covered verandas, ensuring outdoor play in all weather conditions.

A dedicated Woodland Play area allows children to benefit from regular Forest adventure sessions. The nursery offers a fully inclusive service, covering all activities, formula milk, nappies, wipes, sun cream, and freshly prepared, nutritious meals and snacks.

Extra-curricular activities include Sing and Sign language sessions, music and movement, and creative arts. As an accredited Green Flag Award holder and eco-nursery, Nature Trails is committed to sustainability and environmental education, engaging children in recycling, gardening, and nature exploration.

The nursery utilises the Eco-Schools programme, focusing on three subjects to guide children towards Green Flag status. Parents have access to an exclusive website and app, childbase@home, offering resources like books, online experiences, and workshops.

The nursery emphasises strong parent partnerships, regular communication, and a focus on children's health, safety, and healthy eating practices. The nursery is divided into age-appropriate rooms: Caterpillars for the youngest children, Ladybirds for developing language and social skills, Bumblebees for fostering independence and thinking skills, and Preschool for preparing children for school through the "Ready, Steady, Grow" programme, including phonics and structured learning.

Our ethos

Nature Trails Day Nursery is committed to sustainability and environmental education, engaging children in recycling, gardening, and nature exploration through the Eco-Schools programme. They also prepare children for school through the "Ready, Steady, Grow" programme, focusing on phonics and structured learning. Additionally, they provide regular Forest adventure sessions in their dedicated Woodland Play area.

What it's like

Children flourish in this nurturing environment. Staff are passionate about providing the absolute best care and learning opportunities for all children. Delivering an ambitious curriculum is of paramount importance, and staff incorporate children's interests, alongside their identified next steps in learning, to challenge and inspire children.

Forest SchoolEco-nurseryAll-inclusive serviceNutritionally balanced meals

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Food

All meals and snacks are included in the fees and are freshly prepared and nutritionally balanced.

Opening hours

8:00am to 6:00pm Monday to Friday

Age range

6 weeks to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Nature Trails

Last inspected 23 October 2024

Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children flourish in this nurturing environment. Staff are passionate about providing the absolute best care and learning opportunities for all children. Delivering an ambitious curriculum is of paramount importance, and staff incorporate children's interests, alongside their identified next steps in learning, to challenge and inspire children.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are inspirational. Their passion and drive to provide high-quality, inclusive care for all children is second to none.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive excellent support.
  • Children are actively involved in learning about the world and the impact of the use of plastic on the ocean and the animals within it.
  • Staff support children's language and communication skills extremely well.
  • Children are encouraged to become confident and independent individuals.
Inspection #10369431 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents say that staff enhance children's imagination, and communication between nursery and home is of a high standard.

They feel that their children are cared for in a fantastic environment and that they receive amazing support.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive excellent support. Staff undertake training to help them to develop their knowledge and understanding of ways to support children with SEND. Partnerships with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists and disability services, are exceptional. Staff collaborate with parents to ensure that children receive the outstanding support they need to enable them to achieve and make progress.

Outdoor space

Staff create an exciting environment for children, both indoors and outdoors. Resources are plentiful, and activities spark children's natural curiosity to learn. Staff seize opportunities to expand children's thirst for learning, particularly outside, for example, when recreating the story of the Gruffalo in local woodland.

Parent Reviews of Nature Trails

5.0
(6)
Si Millward
7 months ago

Fantastic nursery! The staff truly care for the children and always keep parents updated daily. They do many brilliant engaging activities and feed the kids quality food. You also get child progress and development reports and photos of your kids doing activities etc. Highly recommend

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Diogo Fernandes
a year ago

Nature trails is a fantastic nursery, just go and see the space for yourself, but more importantly the staff are incredibly nice and dedicated to the children. A special mention to Hannah, Michelle and Charlotte who our Claire absolutely adores.

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Aleksza Lola
2 years ago

My daughter (almost 2) loves going to this nursery. They have lots of play area and educational toys too. The staff are all amazing, welcoming everyone with a smile and are all very professional. Really makes a difference the way they treat everyone so respectfully.

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Chloe Mcphedran
a year ago

Amazing nursery, both of my children attend and they both love it here. Nature trails really does go above and beyond and the staff and care they provide for the children is faultless. It really is like a home from home for my little ones.

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Samantha Eggleton
3 years ago

Cannot speak highly enough of the whole team! From those in the rooms with the children, kitchen teams, management and administrative staff, from the moment our oldest started 4years ago (now at school) and with our youngest having not long started, I have such confidence in how well my children are looked after. Thank you all!

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2024

Date: March 2022

  • October 2024Outstanding
  • March 2022Good

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