Opening hours
Monday - Friday (8am - 5:45pm) 51 weeks a year
Outdoor Owls in Richmond offers a forest school experience for children aged 6 months to 5 years, operating 51 weeks a year. Children from 6 months to approximately 2 years are based at the Richmond & Putney Unitarian Church, while those aged 2 to 5 years enjoy daily adventures at a dedicated nature site in Cobham, transported by a nursery minibus.
The nursery focuses on an ambitious curriculum delivered by experienced educators within a rich, multi-sensory outdoor environment. Their approach is child-led and play-based, encouraging risky play under supervision to foster resilience, creativity, empathy, and independence.
The nursery provides nutritious meals, including breakfast, lunch, tea, and an afternoon snack, prepared by TwoTeaspoons. Outdoor Owls emphasises the benefits of outdoor learning, aiming to develop well-rounded, resilient children who thrive in a natural setting.
They provide a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can explore, learn, and grow through first-hand experiences with nature.
Our ethos
Outdoor Owls offers a forest school experience with a child-led and play-based approach, encouraging 'risky play' under supervision to foster resilience, creativity, empathy, and independence. They emphasise outdoor learning through first-hand experiences with nature to develop well-rounded, resilient children.
What it's like
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this warm and welcoming forest school nursery, feeling safe and secure as they confidently board the 'classroom on wheels' minibus for camp. They show a positive attitude to learning, engaging in open-ended play and developing strong physical skills and an understanding of the natural world. Staff set high expectations, teaching children risk assessment and safety.
Funding accepted
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Monday - Friday (8am - 5:45pm) 51 weeks a year
Food
Breakfast (cereal & fresh fruits), lunch, and tea daily, plus an afternoon snack. Meals are prepared by TwoTeaspoons.
Age range
6 months - 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2019
Last inspected 1 August 2022
What it's like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this warm and welcoming forest school nursery, feeling safe and secure as they confidently board the 'classroom on wheels' minibus for camp. They show a positive attitude to learning, engaging in open-ended play and developing strong physical skills and an understanding of the natural world. Staff set high expectations, teaching children risk assessment and safety.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
'parents are happy with the progress their children make'
Inclusion & environment
Children confidently board the
My daughter goes to Outdoor owls and she loves it. The way she has learnt embraces nature is amazing. Her development in all areas has been nothing but great. The teachers are lovely, caring , educated and very experienced. Their emphasise on emotional intelligence makes them really stand out and we are so glad that we have chosen Outdoor owls.
Read on GoogleSuch a fantastic nursery! The team are all consistently brilliant, incredibly kind, warm and caring. The focus is on having fun outdoors and they do it with a relaxed and ‘can-do’ attitude. I’ve never had any issues with 2 kids over the last 2 years, they’re brilliant. Both of my boys have been going to outdoor owls since they were 2-2.5 and the oldest still goes to the school holiday camps. They both love playing outside and can make fun out of anything outdoors and this is 100% thanks to outdoor owls.
Read on GoogleOutdoor Owls has been a brilliant experience for our now 3.5-year-old son, who has been going there since he was 2. He absolutely loves it, and it’s wonderful that he gets to grow up immersed in the outdoors every single day, something that feels increasingly rare in today’s world. The social development we’ve seen has been incredible - together with his friends he’s constantly dreaming up imaginative adventures and creative ways to incorporate play, without the need for actual toys. The teachers are all genuinely lovely, caring, and attentive. You can feel how much they value each child. The activities they organise are both entertaining and refreshingly down-to-earth, teaching real-life skills in a natural, hands-on way that you just don’t find anywhere else. A huge bonus is that he hasn’t been ill once since he started! We couldn’t be happier with Outdoor Owls and wholeheartedly recommend it to any family looking for a nursery. I wish they had an adult version!
Read on GoogleMy almost 6 year old attended OOs Richmond and my 4 year old son still attends. This was the best decision for our boys, their sense of adventure, resilience, connection to nature and confidence has flourished more than we could have imagined. They absolutely adore the setting, the teachers and the how the days are set out. They also hardly ever get sick, bonus! It's been an amazing journey! I've had family collect the children from the setting and all have remarked how wonderful it is, how great the feedback is and what attentive staff they have.
Read on GoogleOur Son has been attending Outdoor Owls for nearly a year and we can’t imagine having him at any other nursery. He is incredibly happy, confident and outgoing, interested in nature and observing the world around him with a desire to be outside and the ability to be entertained with the simplest of objects. The staff are friendly, attentive and clearly build great rapport with the children. We couldn’t be happier.
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Date: August 2022
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