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Saffrons Park Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2021)
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5.0(30 parent reviews)
·Saffrons Park Nursery, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, BN21 1EA · East Sussex
Number of places
110 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2021
Local authority
East Sussex

About this day nursery

Saffrons Park Nursery, located in Eastbourne, provides a unique and nurturing environment for children, focusing on fostering critical thinking, creativity, and imagination. The nursery adopts a Curiosity Approach, designing spaces around each individual child's needs and listening to their voices.

They aim to support children's play skills and believe in providing a high-quality educational experience that goes beyond standard government funding. The nursery is committed to creating a vibrant community where every child feels valued and is equipped for a lifetime of learning.

They welcome families to tour their facilities to experience their distinctive approach firsthand and understand how they prepare children for their future educational journeys. Saffrons Park Nursery operates with the goal of nurturing children's innate curiosity and love for learning through play.

Our ethos

Saffrons Park Nursery adopts a Curiosity Approach, designing spaces around each individual child's needs and listening to their voices. They aim to support children's play skills and are committed to creating a vibrant community where every child feels valued and is equipped for a lifetime of learning. The nursery's goal is to nurture children's innate curiosity and love for learning through play.

What it's like

All children thoroughly enjoy their time at this highly stimulating, nurturing and adventurous nursery. Children leave their parents confidently at the door and arrive excited for their day. Babies are greeted by extremely attentive staff, who follow their individual routines meticulously. Older children become quickly absorbed in their play and show high levels of motivation, fascination and enjoyment in their learning.

Curiosity Approach SettingPlay-based LearningIndividualised Child-centric Spaces

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30am-6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Saffrons Park Nursery

Last inspected 19 August 2021 · Ben Parsons

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

What it's like to attend

All children thoroughly enjoy their time at this highly stimulating, nurturing and adventurous nursery. Children leave their parents confidently at the door and arrive excited for their day. Babies are greeted by extremely attentive staff, who follow their individual routines meticulously. Older children become quickly absorbed in their play and show high levels of motivation, fascination and enjoyment in their learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this highly stimulating, nurturing and adventurous nursery.
  • Staff have high expectations of what children can achieve and use their interactions successfully to challenge and extend children's learning.
  • There is a strong and dedicated leadership team, who are highly motivated to give children the best start in life.
  • Children benefit from rich experiences, such as daily forest school sessions with qualified teachers.
  • Staff are incredibly supportive and attentive to every child's needs and build loving and trusting bonds with them.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen support for staff working with the toddlers, to consistently provide the highest levels of support for young children's early language development.
Inspection #10127597 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are highly appreciative of the 'wonderful experiences' their children enjoy at nursery and support they receive for home learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported closely and strong partnerships are in place to share expertise with relevant professionals. All children progress very well in their development, regardless of their individual circumstances.

Outdoor space

Children delight in exploring, discovering and investigating outdoors in the inspiring garden. Toddlers delight in using a soft play stairway from their room, which enables them to independently make their way to the garden. Children have continuous opportunities to lead their own learning, moving freely between the exciting indoor and outdoor environments.

Parent Reviews of Saffrons Park Nursery

5.0
(30)
Emily Hamilton
4 months ago

The perfect place for both my children, who spent their time there from age 8 months-5years. I feel lucky everyday that they got to attend Saffrons Park Nursery and I would highly recommend it to everyone. I love the family community feel, where staff truly care, support and build relationships with the children and families and love what they do. Saffrons embody The Curiosity Approach to learning, so my children were always taking part in play and activities that we wouldn’t really do at home; that were project based, naturally resourced, curious focused, child led, and which utilised the outdoors: wonderful and essential for every growing child. It is a special gem of a nursery, where you know your children are safe, loved, looked after and thrive.

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Lucy Edmonds
4 months ago

Saffrons Nursery has been a great foundation for both of my children. They have loved all of the team in each year group and have fond memories of their time at the nursery. We have been supported by the nursery in both our children’s development as well as through challenges in home life. It’s been a joy for my children to attend and listen to all of the wonderful activities they get up to each day. We chose saffrons due to their focus on outside play and child led activities and have been impressed at every stage. I highly recommend that you seriously consider enrolling your child at this nursery. I will be sad to no longer have a child in attendance come September.

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Nicol Mitchell
7 months ago

We are so incredibly lucky to have a space at such a wonderful nursery. Our daughter is thriving thanks to the care she receives here from all of the nursery staff. We love the holistic approach to learning and the opportunities she has to explore the garden and other areas- the setting is simply fantastic. This is a very family orientated nursery where the nursery communicates daily with families and the staff genuinely care about the children under their care, we could not ask for anything better. Thank you ☺️

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Sam W
7 months ago

Our child has been attending Saffrons for 9 months now, is thriving, and has loved every moment of it. The staff are so attentive, organised, and friendly. Every parent has their preferences for their child (dietary, what medicines are used, photo consent, etc.) and the staff are so good at understanding our wishes. Would wholeheartedly recommend. Also they have a carpark for 20+ cars - makes drop off a breeze!

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Imogen Bailey-Schindler
7 months ago

We’ve been pleased with our experience at the nursery so far. The staff at Owls are caring which made the settling-in period much easier than expected. They take the time to make each child feel secure and happy, and it really shows. Communication is good, the Famly app is updated regularly with photos and notes, which is a nice way to stay connected with what’s happening each day. It’s clear the team genuinely care about the children and their progress.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2021

  • September 2021Good
  • August 2021Good

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