Partou Natures Day Nursery & Pre-School, located in Sunninghill near Ascot, prioritises a nature-centric approach to early childhood education, leveraging its two acres of natural grounds. The nursery offers a rich outdoor learning environment, including a large sandpit, a mud kitchen, and a forest area, encouraging children to develop confidence, resilience, and motor skills while fostering an appreciation for nature.
Indoors, bright and spacious rooms are equipped with natural light and various play materials, such as role-play toys and climbing apparatus, designed to ignite imagination and enhance social and motor development through play. Dedicated staff, all paediatric first aid trained, tailor learning activities to children's interests, promoting engagement and learning through play.
The nursery emphasises strong partnerships with families, offering stay-and-play sessions and additional activities to integrate families into nursery life. Food and nutrition are central to the nursery's philosophy, with a 3-week rotating seasonal menu developed by an Early Years Nutrition Expert, ensuring freshly prepared, nutritious, and delicious meals that expose children to diverse flavours and textures.
Partou Natures Day Nursery & Pre-School accommodates varied family needs by offering both year-round and term-time only childcare options, with a Family Care Team available to guide parents through the process of choosing the best fit and utilising available funding. The nursery aims to provide a setting where children can confidently grow their skills and cultivate a love for the outdoors.
What it's like
Children are happy and settled at this welcoming setting. Staff gather information from parents and use this to plan around children's interests and developmental stage, fostering secure bonds. Staff have high expectations and plan activities to support children's understanding of sharing and taking turns, resulting in good behaviour and cooperative play.
Fees are split into separate charges for care, meals and snacks, and consumables. Charges apply across all 52 weeks of the year, including bank holidays and the Christmas closure period. Government funding covers only the care element, meaning meals and consumables remain fully chargeable.
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Food
Meals & snacks are freshly prepared onsite every day, following a 3-week rotating seasonal menu developed in partnership with an Early Years Nutrition Expert, ensuring nutritious and delicious food. Meal and snack times are considered an important part of nursery life and support children’s well-being by allowing exploration of diverse flavours, textures, and tastes.
Opening hours
Mon - Fri, 8.00am to 6.00pm (excl. bank holidays)
Term time / All Year
All Year
Last inspected 24 September 2025
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and settled at this welcoming setting. Staff gather information from parents and use this to plan around children's interests and developmental stage, fostering secure bonds. Staff have high expectations and plan activities to support children's understanding of sharing and taking turns, resulting in good behaviour and cooperative play.
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Parents report that their children are happy and progress well.
Inclusion & environment
Staff ensure that children have time indoors and outdoors to develop their physical skills. Older children excitedly explore the large outdoor area, developing new skills as they ride bikes and climb. They also work together to clear leaves and learn to manage risks with staff support.
My baby started at Natures at 9 months old. I am so happy and impressed with the high level of care at Natures. Room leader Fiona immediately put my mind at ease- she is an absolute gem and has been there for over 15 years. Hannah is another fantastic experienced carer and my daughter’s key carer Sahar has been just lovely. Each day my daughter wriggles and smiles with excitement as we approach the front door. The outdoor space is large and the best available in the area for under 2s. Highly recommend Natures. Thank you so much.
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Excellent nursery with outstanding outdoor space & great staff! When looking around nurseries for our daughter, Partou Nature's Nursery stood out as the best setting with the most lovely people to look after our child. I cannot recommend this nursery enough - Natasha, Katie & Fiona are amazing! Thank you for all you do 😁
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My daughter has settled in really well and looks forward to going in every day. She loves telling me all about her day and how much fun she has had. The staff have been really helpful and always feed back how she is getting on. Everyone is super friendly :)
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My son loves going to Nature's nursery. The staff is very friendly and takes good care of all the children. The children spend a lot if time outside which is very important to me and one of the main reasons I selected this nursery.
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A wonderful environment for my 2 year old. Took a little while to settle into the baby/toddler room but once he did he started to really love his time here. The staff are mostly very friendly and accommodating, and responded really well to feedback. We always get a little report of what he's done and how he's eaten (which is usually very well), and he loves all the opportunities to play in the outstanding outside space and meet the animals they keep here.
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Date: July 2010
Partou Nature's Day Nursery and Pre-school (Ascot) registered in 2010 and is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and Christmas. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. There are 13 members of staff working directly with the children, nine of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above.
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