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Seasons Private Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
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4.2(16 Google reviews)
·Stratford Road, Stroud, GL5 4EL · Gloucestershire
Number of places
78 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Seasons Private Day Nursery, located in Stroud, Gloucestershire, was registered in 2012 and provides full day care for children aged 0 to 4 years. The day nursery operates every weekday from 8am to 6pm, 51 weeks of the year.

The setting has an overall "Good" Ofsted rating, maintained from its previous inspection, demonstrating continuous quality in its provision. The dedicated team of 28 childcare staff, many with significant qualifications ranging from Level 2 to Level 7, are committed to fostering a strong foundation for children's learning and development.

The curriculum is designed to support individual progress, with a focus on encouraging independence and developing critical thinking skills through engaging activities. Children benefit from warm, nurturing interactions and are encouraged to form strong bonds with staff and peers.

The nursery also actively promotes literacy, communication, and language skills through stories, songs, and thoughtful questioning, helping children become confident speakers.

What it's like

Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop, and they plan a curriculum that supports children to progress to the next stages in learning. They ensure they extend and challenge children to help each child meet their potential. Children are supported to be independent throughout daily care routines, and they are able to do many things for themselves without having to ask for help.

Good quality educationStrong child-staff bondsEarly independenceEffective safeguarding

Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2012

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Seasons Private Day Nursery

Last inspected 11 September 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop, and they plan a curriculum that supports children to progress to the next stages in learning. They ensure they extend and challenge children to help each child meet their potential. Children are supported to be independent throughout daily care routines, and they are able to do many things for themselves without having to ask for help.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have a good understanding of how children learn and develop, and they plan a curriculum that supports children to progress to the next stages in learning.
  • Babies settle easily and benefit from warm and nurturing interactions with their key person.
  • Young children are excited to be read to and join in with familiar stories with great enthusiasm, using a wide range of vocabulary.
  • Children are supported by staff to be independent throughout daily care routines, able to do many things for themselves without having to ask for help.
  • Children develop good literacy, communication and language skills, with staff encouraging and supporting them to have fun with words, songs, and stories.
  • Leaders self-evaluate effectively and have a good awareness of what is working well and what they need to improve, with systems in place to enhance staff's professional development.
  • The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

Areas to develop

  • 1Strengthen the management of mealtimes for the youngest children to minimise waiting times and to ensure all children benefit from a calm and social routine.
  • 2Provide specific information to parents to help support them to extend their children's learning at home.
Inspection #10420002 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Google Reviews of Seasons Private Day Nursery

4.2
(16 Google reviews)
Nicci Earley
10 years ago

Our 2 children have been going to Season's nursery from a young age. They are now almost 4 and almost 2. They thoroughly enjoy going to Seasons and have thrived there. There is a lovely balance of free play as well as learning. The staff are fantastic, very supportive, always listen and seem to really know and understand our children well. Bridget, the manager, is always happy to try and accommodate our needs wherever possible. We would definitely recommend this nursery to others because our children are so happy there. Thank you to all of the staff for their ongoing care and support towards our children.

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Emma Rowles
11 years ago

Seasons have been looking after my son for the last year, since he was 9 months old. They offer fantastic facilities and the staff have a great work ethic and understanding of the children they care for. They encourage the children to play outside whenever possible and create a very safe environment that allows the children to learn by doing different activities. I would not hesitate to recommend this nursery!

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Sarah Telford
11 years ago

Our Son has been at Seasons for nearly two years now. I visited a lot of Nurseries and Childminders before I found Seasons. I was immediately impressed. The Manager and Staff are very caring, professional and knowledgeable. They will happily take time to answer any questions you may have. They take time supporting children to settle into their nursery and also during transition into each new room. I like their 'Respect is everywhere' policy. They treat the children with incredible care, respect and encourage independence as soon as possible. They allow children to choose their own keyworker. They provide an excellent range of activities and the facilities are lovely. They speak positively about children and provide daily updates on their time at Seasons. We are very impressed with the Nursery and would highly recommend it to other parents.

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Chloe Willis
12 years ago

Having tried a few of the local nurseries in the area, I cannot recommend Seasons Day Nursery highly enough. My little boy settled in so easily here with the fantastic settling sessions. All the staff are friendly, and always have time for you to talk about any concerns, or just to let you know what your little one ate that day! Lots of outdoor and messy play, come rain or shine, and the food is always of a very high standard! Excellent structure to the day in preparation for school, and a very calm atmosphere to the nursery, with their "everyone's welcome" play philosophy that my little boy always reminds me :-) My little boy couldn't be happier, he asks every morning when is it time for nursery, and is learning so much there. He waves and smiles as I leave, and is always wanting to share his daily experiences with me at pick up time!

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MO Bien (Aurora Bien)
12 years ago

Seasons Nursery is a great and trustfull place. My son started to attend the nursery when he was 9 months old, now he is 28 months old and LOVE IT!!!! Staff at nursery are more than helpfull, always happy to help and smiling:) Days at the nursery are full of fun development activities: streach and grow, dancing, singing, birthday circles (when children have the opportunity to help to bake a cake:) french lessons and many many more. My son talks about his friends from nursery during the weekends and can not wait Monday to see them again. As a parent you want for your baby to attend safe environment and be happy - you could not choose better place than Seasons:)

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Inspection history

Date: September 2012

  • September 2025Good
  • June 2022Good
  • August 2016Good
  • September 2012Good

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