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Sheepwash Farm Day Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Sept 2023)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Sheepwash Farm, Fisherwick Road, Lichfield, WS14 9JN · Staffordshire
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2023
Local authority
Staffordshire

About this day nursery

Sheepwash Farm Day Nursery, established in late 2020 and approved by Ofsted, offers a unique educational setting on a functioning arable farm. Children benefit from a stimulating environment designed to foster learning and development.

The nursery is situated amidst the farm's natural surroundings, providing opportunities for children to engage with farm life, including observing animals and agricultural activities. The nursery aims to blend educational programmes with experiential learning, drawing on its distinctive farm location to offer a rich and engaging experience for young learners.

This approach encourages children to connect with nature and understand the origins of food, while also developing essential skills in a safe and nurturing outdoor environment.

Our ethos

The nursery's ethos is to blend educational programmes with experiential learning, drawing on its distinctive farm location to offer a rich and engaging experience for young learners. This approach encourages children to connect with nature, understand the origins of food, and develop essential skills in a safe and nurturing outdoor environment.

What it's like

Children thrive in this exciting and stimulating environment, forming close attachments with staff and readily engaging in a wide range of activities both indoors and outdoors. They quickly become confident, independent individuals, eager to carry out tasks for themselves and deeply involved in learning opportunities that spark their curiosity. Managers and staff have high aspirations for children, utilising comprehensive information from parents and ongoing assessments to plan a rich and challenging curriculum tailored to each child's interests.

Farm-based learningOfsted approvedOutdoor education

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Sheepwash Farm Day Nursery

Last inspected 14 September 2023

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

What it's like to attend

Children thrive in this exciting and stimulating environment, forming close attachments with staff and readily engaging in a wide range of activities both indoors and outdoors. They quickly become confident, independent individuals, eager to carry out tasks for themselves and deeply involved in learning opportunities that spark their curiosity. Managers and staff have high aspirations for children, utilising comprehensive information from parents and ongoing assessments to plan a rich and challenging curriculum tailored to each child's interests.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thrive in an exciting and stimulating environment, forming close attachments with staff and separating well from parents.
  • Children quickly become involved in a wide range of activities and learning opportunities, both indoors and outdoors, that spark their natural curiosity and passion for learning.
  • Managers and staff have a vast knowledge of working with children and their families, with excellent support systems in place for staff well-being.
  • Highly effective partnerships with parents are firmly established, with parents extremely happy with the care and learning opportunities provided.
  • Children's language and communication skills blossom through excellent support and experiences, allowing them to explore and share ideas.
  • Children's health and well-being are supported superbly through freshly prepared meals and active involvement in growing food.
  • Children spend copious amounts of time outdoors, learning about the natural world and developing their senses.
Inspection #10275047 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children quickly become involved in a wide range of activities and learning opportunities both indoors and outdoors. For example, they put on their own splash suits and wellingtons in readiness for going outside to check how the pumpkins are growing. Children spend copious amounts of time outdoors in the fresh air, learning about the natural world around them, observing farm activities, and engaging their senses.

Parent Reviews of Sheepwash Farm Day Nursery

5.0
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Inspection history

Date: December 2022

  • October 2023Outstanding
  • September 2023Outstanding
  • January 2023Requires improvement
  • December 2022Requires improvement

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