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Ottertots Day Care Nursery # Ottertots Day Care Nursery in Ottery St. Mary Compare Contact Nursery Ofsted: Good (Jun 2025) · East Hill, Ottery St. Mary, EX11 1QH · Devon Number of places 80 places Age range 0–4 yrs Last inspected Jun 2025 Local authority Devon About - About - Ofsted - FAQ - [About](#about) - [Ofsted](#ofsted) - [FAQ](#faq) Email Nursery ## About this day nursery Ottertots Day Care Nursery, registered in 2007, provides full-day care for children aged 0 to 4 years. Situated on the outskirts of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, the nursery operates weekdays from 8am to 6pm, all year round. It is a well-established setting with a capacity for 80 children and 152 on roll, and is supported by a dedicated team of 33 staff, many of whom hold early years qualifications. The nursery fosters a warm and friendly environment where children feel secure and form strong attachments with staff. The management team is committed to a broad and stimulating curriculum, including a forest school provision, ensuring children make good progress in their learning and development, preparing them well for school. The setting also has strong partnerships with parents, keeping them informed about their children's experiences and learning. What it's like Children feel comfortable and settled at the nursery, forming strong attachments with the warm and friendly staff. Staff are energetic, enthusiastic, and playful, building children's confidence to participate and express themselves creatively. The management team provides a broad and stimulating curriculum, including a forest school provision, helping children make good progress and gain essential knowledge and skills. Good overall effectiveness Strong attachments Broad curriculum Effective safeguarding Parent partnerships ## Key facts Opening hours 8am to 6pm Term time / All Year All\_year Established 2007 Ofsted Inspection ## Ofsted rating for Ottertots Day Care Nursery Last inspected 12 June 2025 Overall effectiveness Good What it's like to attend Children feel comfortable and settled at the nursery, forming strong attachments with the warm and friendly staff. Staff are energetic, enthusiastic, and playful, building children's confidence to participate and express themselves creatively. The management team provides a broad and stimulating curriculum, including a forest school provision, helping children make good progress and gain essential knowledge and skills. Inspector highlights - Children feel comfortable and settled at the nursery and form strong attachments with the warm and friendly staff team. - Staff are energetic, enthusiastic and playful, which builds children's confidence to take part, have a go and express themselves creatively. - The management team is ambitious in their vision for the curriculum and works with staff to design a broad and stimulating curriculum. - Children make good progress and gain the knowledge and skills needed for later learning, including school. - Staff use a range of strategies to support children's communication and language development, including signing while speaking, singing, and reading. - Children learn good social skills from the positive relationships they form with staff and copy positive behaviour. - Partnerships with parents are strong, and staff share relevant information to keep them informed and involved. - Children learn to be independent with staff's support and encouragement, such as using cutlery and dressing themselves. Areas to develop - 1 Staff do not always target children's next steps as precisely as they could during adult-led activities, to engage the children more deeply in their play and extend their learning further. - 2 Staff do not always encourage children to share their thoughts and feelings, to help build their confidence and skills to express themselves through speaking. Inspection #10399432 · Source: Ofsted [View full Ofsted report](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50282987) ### Official Ofsted Report Independent inspection of Ottertots Day Care Nursery Inspection date Jun 2025 Inspection no. 10399432 [Download full report (PDF)](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50282987)[View on Ofsted.gov.uk](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/EY358746) Visit or enquire ### Book a show-around Most settings reply within 48 hours. 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