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Odds Farm Park Day Nursery and Activity Day Camps

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
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4.1(9 parent reviews) ·Odds Farm Rare Breeds Centre, Wooburn Common, High Wycombe, HP10 0LX · Buckinghamshire
Number of places
114 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

About this day nursery

Odds Farm Park Day Nursery and Pre-School provides exceptional early years education within a unique farm environment. The nursery focuses on nature-based learning to prepare children for mainstream school, offering daily supervised visits to Odds Farm Park where children can interact with animals, enjoy tractor rides, and explore various indoor and outdoor play areas.

The modern facilities include private gardens and are set in a beautiful countryside location. Catering to children from 9 months to 5 years, the nursery prides itself on a caring environment with qualified and experienced staff.

Healthy and nutritious meals are freshly prepared on-site, and essential items like milk, nappies, nappy cream, and wipes are provided for babies. The curriculum follows the Early Years Foundation Stage, ensuring a comprehensive educational experience.

The nursery also offers various discounts and accepts government funding to help families with childcare costs.

Our ethos

The nursery focuses on nature-based learning within a farm environment, using daily visits to the park to enrich the curriculum. They follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) to prepare children for school.

What it's like

Children are confident and well settled in this welcoming nursery. They are well behaved and follow the good examples set by staff. Children have many opportunities to practise self-help skills and develop independence, learning valuable life skills that prepare them for their next stage of learning.

Nature-based learningDaily farm visitsFreshly prepared mealsNappies and wipes included

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age bands for children under and over three years old, with options for half-day, full-day, or full-week bookings. An additional enrichment fee is charged to cover meals, activities, and extra resources.

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)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • A deposit is required to secure a place, with a portion serving as a non-refundable admin fee.
  • Part of the deposit is deducted from the first invoice.
  • An enrichment fee is charged to cover meals, activities, and additional resources.

Key facts

Opening hours

8:00am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday. Early Club from 7:30am for an additional charge.

Food

Healthy and nutritious food, freshly prepared onsite. Free milk for babies.

Age range

9 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Waitlist

Yes, across all age groups.

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Odds Farm Park Day Nursery and Activity Day Camps

Last inspected 16 July 2024

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are confident and well settled in this welcoming nursery. They are well behaved and follow the good examples set by staff. Children have many opportunities to practise self-help skills and develop independence, learning valuable life skills that prepare them for their next stage of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Clear improvements have been made since the last inspection.
  • The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is now a strength.
  • The curriculum focuses on developing children's social, communication and physical skills.
  • Staff build strong professional relationships with parents from the outset.
  • Staff are well supported by the manager and a robust performance management system is in place.

Areas to develop

  • 1review and improve the organisation and structure of routines and group times to take into consideration the age ranges and individual needs of the children present, to enhance learning opportunities to the highest level
  • 2build on the good partnerships with parents to ensure that all parents receive guidance on how to support their children's learning further at home.
Inspection #10309580 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents report that staff are supportive and welcoming and that children enjoy their time at the nursery.

parents are uniformly delighted with the setting.

They are particularly pleased with the emphasis on outdoor play.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The provision for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is now a strength of the nursery. The manager and SENCo are keen to identify gaps in children's learning at the earliest opportunity. Staff plan targeted early interventions for children who need to catch up with their peers, ensuring individual needs are well catered for and children flourish, quickly achieving personal goals.

Outdoor space

Staff maximise use of the outdoors; children visit the farm daily and learn about the care of, and respect for, animals. They also engage in physical play by making mud pies with compost and water, and collecting twigs and leaves.

Parent Reviews of Odds Farm Park Day Nursery and Activity Day Camps

4.1
(9)
Natalie Jane
5 months ago

We couldn’t be happier with the nursery. A year of nurturing from the amazing staff, our daughter loves it. The food is great. Communication is excellent. Having the opportunity to visit the farm most days is wonderful. It’s clear the management and staff are committed to creating the best environment and experience for the children. Any issues have been dealt with promptly and professionally. Highly recommend.

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Serim Engüzel
2 years ago

Unfortunately, we had a bad experience before and were looking for a new nursey for our son. What immediately impressed me was the cleanliness and the size of the rooms, the children have a lot of variety, and you can see the children are just having fun! The children regularly visit the farm and go to play outside, after 3 days my son has gotten used to it and I have a very good feeling, I see such a big difference compared to the previous nursey, I see my child is having fun and that is the most important thing . All the educators are friendly, you're in a good mood as soon as you walk in the door, you can tell they enjoy their work.

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Nina Amini
2 years ago

Horrendous communication. Registered and paid for my daughter to attend odds farm in October. Place was confirmed. Attempted to contact them to arrange settling in sessions as didn't hear anything. No reply from emails, they don't pick up the phone. Found another nursery with a weeks notice for my daughter to attend as I had to go back to work. When we got hold of Odds farm they apologized and said they would look into how this was missed. Again no response since ... I understand there's staff shortages etc but that's no excuse for not communicating with parents. Parents don't send their kids to nursery for fun, they have to go to work and need reliable childcare.The fact they don't answer the phone is more than worrying, especially if you wanted to get hold of them in an emergency Sending my child here was a near miss. Still awaiting for my deposit money back..

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L Rose
2 years ago

Been trying to get a hold of them for months to enquire for my daughter but can never get threw to anyone. Edit: finally went to go see the nursery. The offsted rating is requires improvement and I’d say that’s correct.. we witnessed children running wild and not being watched at all.. would avoid it at all costs!

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Julija Stojeva
2 years ago

Perfect day out with kids. Soft play and outside playground available. Animal show and feeding the animals were our favourite parts.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2023

  • August 2024Good
  • July 2024Good
  • September 2023Requires improvement
  • August 2023Requires improvement

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