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Royal Village Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
·Royal Village Day Nursery, David's House, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1HD · Southend on Sea
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Southend on Sea

About this day nursery

Royal Village Day Nursery, situated in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend, Essex, provides full-time childcare and Montessori education. The nursery operates year-round from 8 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding the Christmas week and bank holidays.

Catering to children from three months to five years old, the nursery focuses on fostering independence and essential life skills through its early years childcare and Montessori approach. The fees cover all meals, a variety of extracurricular activities such as sports, yoga, and dance, as well as local trips around Southend.

The nursery accepts various childcare voucher schemes and Tax-Free Childcare payments, alongside government funding for 15 and 30 hours. While a waiting list is in place for all age groups, interested parents can secure a spot by completing an enquiry form.

Our ethos

Royal Village Day Nursery is committed to fostering independence and essential life skills through its early years childcare and Montessori approach.

What it's like

Children enjoy attending this nurturing and welcoming nursery. They settle well and form strong attachments to staff, gaining high levels of independence. Children’s physical development is well supported, with a range of activities including balancing, climbing, and yoga sessions.

Montessori EducationAll-inclusive feesOpen year-roundFocus on independence

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (excluding Christmas week and bank holidays)

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

All meals included in fees

Established

2008

Waitlist

Waiting list for all rooms

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Royal Village Nursery

Last inspected 1 July 2025 · Daniella Adams

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children enjoy attending this nurturing and welcoming nursery. They settle well and form strong attachments to staff, gaining high levels of independence. Children’s physical development is well supported, with a range of activities including balancing, climbing, and yoga sessions.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy attending this nurturing and welcoming nursery.
  • Children gain high levels of independence, with even the youngest learning to offer plates and feed themselves.
  • Children's physical development is well supported through activities like balancing on beams, climbing large soft-play equipment, and regular yoga sessions.
  • Staff skillfully create songs to help children handle transitions and feel safe and secure.
  • The provider creates a clear and ambitious curriculum that supports children's development across all areas of learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on the training programme for staff to enable them to enhance their confidence and skills to provide further challenge during group activities.
Inspection #10396509 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well. Staff identify their needs and provide tailored learning. They work with outside professionals to refine support plans to further benefit the children.

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.

Inspection history

Date: September 2011

  • July 2025Good
  • February 2020Good
  • May 2016Good
  • March 2013Good
  • September 2011Outstanding

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