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Purple Willows Brentwood

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.5(4 parent reviews) ·Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses, Kings Road, Brentwood, CM14 4DR · Essex
Number of places
56 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Purple Willows Brentwood is a private nursery and preschool dedicated to providing an outstanding early education experience for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Located in the heart of Brentwood, the nursery boasts modern facilities and a comprehensive curriculum designed to support each child's holistic development across social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills.

The ethos of "Community Pride and Respect" is central to their mission, encouraging children to take pride in themselves, their families, and their heritage. They are committed to fostering a love for learning through innovative teaching methods, personalised attention, and a nurturing environment.

Purple Willows Brentwood prioritises individualised care to help every child thrive and discover their passions. The nursery also emphasises the importance of ongoing professional development for its staff to ensure the highest quality of care and education.

They are OFSTED-accredited and offer various programmes to prepare children for future success in school and beyond.

Our ethos

The nursery's ethos centres on "Community Pride and Respect," aiming to foster children's pride in themselves, their families, and their heritage. They are committed to cultivating a love for learning through innovative teaching, personalised attention, and a nurturing environment, believing in individualised care to help each child thrive.

What it's like

Children show high levels of happiness and joy at this bright and welcoming nursery. Staff are cheerful and friendly, showering children with warm and nurturing care. Children settle quickly in their work and play, exploring their interests with adults who are fully attuned to their personalities and curiosities.

OFSTED-accreditedHolistic Development CurriculumCommunity Pride and Respect EthosModern Facilities

Pricing & funding

The nursery requires a registration fee to secure non-funded places. Discounts are offered for children attending full-time as well as for siblings, though these discounts do not apply to consumables.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Non-refundable registration fee required to join the registry for non-funded spaces.
  • Offers a 5% discount on full-time places.
  • A 10% sibling discount is applied to the oldest enrolled child.
  • Discounts apply to fully paid sessions only and exclude consumables.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round, from 8am to 6pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Purple Willows Brentwood

Last inspected 24 January 2025 · Clare Ford

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children show high levels of happiness and joy at this bright and welcoming nursery. Staff are cheerful and friendly, showering children with warm and nurturing care. Children settle quickly in their work and play, exploring their interests with adults who are fully attuned to their personalities and curiosities.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have constructed a curriculum that supports children to develop the essential skills needed for the future.
  • Staff show a strong approach to developing children's communication and language, exposing children to rich language experiences.
  • Staff encourage children to be independent, supporting them to wash their hands and serve their own food.
  • Children show strong exploratory instincts, being curious about their environment and seeking ways to use, manipulate and handle objects.
  • Leaders are inspirational, with a shared vision for delivering high-quality care and education, and staff access regular supervision.

Areas to develop

  • 1guide staff to build on children's knowledge and understanding of the natural world
  • 2develop the curriculum to broaden children's experience of their local community, their awareness of the people who live and work there and how children contribute to the community.
Inspection #10375726 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders use assessment effectively to identify the progress children make. Staff who support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities show passion and dedication in helping them to make the progress they are capable of. The effective partnership working with parents and other professionals further supports children, resulting in any gaps in children's learning closing.

Outdoor space

Children are physically active and enjoy running and balancing in the garden, showing great energy as they run and play games such as 'What's the time Mr. Wolf?'. However, staff have not considered how to make best use of the outdoor environment to help children develop their knowledge about the natural world.

EAL / language support

Children who speak English as an additional language are supported to develop their use of spoken language as well as their understanding. Across the nursery, children are becoming highly confident and capable communicators, using language in a variety of ways to express themselves.

Parent Reviews of Purple Willows Brentwood

4.5
(4)
J “JBBB” Boyle
2 years ago

Our boy has been going to the nursery for 8 months now and he loves it. He always comes home happy. We think the staff are lovely and are really glad we chose Purple Willows

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Inspection history

Date: January 2025

  • February 2025Good
  • January 2025Good

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