Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year
Pelican Place Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Aug 2024)
Number of places
138 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
Pelican Place Nursery offers a nurturing environment where toddlers and babies are encouraged to learn through exploration and play. The nursery provides tailored baby milestone tracking through a specialised online app, keeping parents informed about their child's development, including feeding and nap schedules, and engagement in stimulating activities.
The nursery focuses on fostering an environment where children can think, experiment, and problem-solve, alongside opportunities for rest. The highly trained staff are dedicated to supporting each child's unique needs and development, aiming to provide a strong start in life.
While government funding is available to help with childcare costs, parents should be aware that additional fees may apply for essentials such as meals, nappies, wipes, sun cream, outings, and extra-curricular activities.
What it's like
Children at Pelican Place Nursery enter a heart-warming environment where they feel respected, valued and loved, leading to them being happy, confident, and making friends easily. Staff provide an exceptionally enabling and well-thought-out environment that encourages children's curiosity and exploration. Children show high levels of patience and perseverance and develop strong physical skills and independence from a very early age.
Tailored baby milestone trackingNurturing and well-resourced environmentChild-centric activities
Pricing & funding
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
Pricing on request
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2016
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Pelican Place Nursery
Last inspected 20 August 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 at Pelican Place Nursery enter a heart-warming environment where they feel respected, valued and loved, leading to them being happy, confident, and making friends easily. Staff provide an exceptionally enabling and well-thought-out environment that encourages children's curiosity and exploration. Children show high levels of patience and perseverance and develop strong physical skills and independence from a very early age.
Inspector highlights
- The management team has very high expectations of staff, who have an outstanding knowledge of how children learn and develop and incorporate learning at every opportunity.
- Staff well-being is a high priority, with staff feeling exceptionally well supported and loving their jobs.
- The management team and staff have thrived despite recent changes, a testament to secure monitoring and a strong staff team with highly focused professional development plans.
- Staff actively support children's understanding of people beyond their immediate experience, completing in-depth research into each child's culture and celebrating everyone.
- Partnerships with parents are exemplary, with staff meticulous in helping parents support learning at the nursery and at home, fully immersing them in the curriculum.
Inspection #10351818 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress, as staff have a firm understanding of the curriculum intentions and incorporate learning at every opportunity.
Outdoor space
The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Pelican Place Nursery
4.9
(12)
Christina Darley
a year ago
One of the few nurseries in the area that take children before 2, we've been nothing but thrilled with the care and support our son has received while attending Pelican Place. All staff members have been kind, informative and engaging with us as a family. We're very happy overall and would recommend the setting for any prospective parents and children.
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Trying to give my true opinion
a year ago
Pelican Place really is such a great nursery. Our eldest daughter attended the setting for pre-school. She was at a different setting previously before we moved her to pelicans and although she seemed to like the other place, we felt that Pelicans had better skill sets for prepping her for school. And boy did they! She had the best year there. She absolutely thrived and loved it so much that we ended up sending her in an extra day because she loved going so much. She bonded so well with the staff (Megan and Kelly) as well as all the children. She has always been quite a shy little girl (in places other than home!) and they managed to make her feel so comfortable that she could flourish. Would highly recommend.
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Juste JP
3 months ago
My daughter loves it and is learning a lot. They always have interesting activities and communicate my child’s progress with some lovely pictures of what they have been doing
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Katie
a year ago
Incredible experience with this nursery from the outset of making the initial enquiry with Amy who is fantastic. The staff can't do enough for you (Jade, Kaisha and Naomi - thank you!), structured, helpful, informative, knowledgeable and really do ensure that your child's nursery experience is seamless and personalised to them. The rapport that our child has built in such a short time is credit to the fantastic team that you have in place, thank you! Meal choice and variety is fantastic, the amount of different activities and play settings is brilliant and the care and thought that goes into helping your child develop on their own personal journey through their observations, really makes us as parents feel that each and every child matters. We are so grateful to be a part of the Pelican Place family and would highly recommend.
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Jimi Tartufolo
a year ago
Our son Luca has been attending Pelican place nursery for 1 and a half years. We couldn’t imagine him being anywhere else, the staff have been amazing throughout the whole process - Amy in management and Luca’s key workers through the time he’s been there (Jade, kaisha, Tracy, Chelsea and Elaine) have been exceptional. Luca is very happy at nursery and we have no doubt in our minds that he receives the best of care and expertise which is helping him excel with his development. Thank you to all the staff for your hard work!
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Inspection history
Date: October 2018
- August 2024Outstanding
- October 2018Outstanding
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