Term time / All Year
All Year
Puddleducks Nurseries, with a branch located in Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, prioritises a child-centric approach to early years education. The nursery group is dedicated to providing high standards of care, development, and education within environments that are safe and encouraging.
They believe that every child is unique and therefore take the time to understand individual needs, strengths, and interests. The passionate team at Puddleducks aims to create a loving and supportive atmosphere where children's wellbeing is paramount, fostering a sense of safety, confidence, and inspiration to learn and grow at their own pace.
Emphasising a nurturing environment, the nursery encourages natural exploration and development, ultimately allowing children to flourish. Puddleducks is committed to collaborating with families and the local community to ensure that children have the happiest possible start to their learning journey, and they are recognised by Ofsted and work with relevant local authorities.
Our ethos
At Puddleducks we believe every child deserves care that’s as unique as they are. That’s why we take the time to understand each child’s individual needs, strengths, and interests. Our passionate team creates a loving, supportive environment where wellbeing comes first – helping every child feel safe, confident, and inspired to learn and grow at their own pace. With wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, our nurturing environment encourages children to explore, develop naturally, and flourish in their own wonderful ways.
What it's like
Children demonstrate good levels of confidence at this nursery. Babies settle with familiar staff, snuggling with them for comfort and reassurance, which helps build their self-assurance. Older children speak clearly and staff respond with genuine care and interest, giving children a sense of belonging.
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Food
Homemade Meals
Last inspected 29 November 2021
What it's like to attend
Children demonstrate good levels of confidence at this nursery. Babies settle with familiar staff, snuggling with them for comfort and reassurance, which helps build their self-assurance. Older children speak clearly and staff respond with genuine care and interest, giving children a sense of belonging.
Inspector highlights
Areas to develop
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak highly of the staff and all they do for their children.
They say they can see the difference in their children's vocabulary since attending nursery.
Parents feel their children are safe at nursery because all the staff, including the chef, work together with them to meet their children's needs, such as allergies.
Inclusion & environment
Staff, alongside the nursery special educational needs and disabilities coordinator, identify children who are not meeting age-related expectations. They work hard to help ensure children do not fall behind in their development and contact expert professionals for advice and to support the whole family.
Outside, children marvel at the ice that has formed overnight. They spend time independently investigating how to break the ice to get to the toys that are stuck. They find different tools and utensils and take turns to see which work best.
Date: May 2021
Puddleducks Nursery registered in 2017 and is owned by a limited company that runs two other nurseries. It employs nine members of childcare staff, seven of whom are qualified, with one member qualified to level 5. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with sessions from 8am until 6pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
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