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Shenfield Day Nursery

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.4(10 parent reviews) ·11 Hutton Road, Shenfield, Brentwood, CM15 8LA · Essex
Number of places
52 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Shenfield Day Nursery, operating since 2014, offers a nurturing environment for children aged 0-4 years in Brentwood. The nursery prides itself on maintaining high safeguarding standards, ensuring a safe and secure space where children feel valued.

Children at Shenfield Day Nursery are encouraged to be independent, curious, and inquisitive, engaging deeply in activities that foster strong bonds with adults. The dedicated team has an in-depth understanding of each child, tailoring routines and activities, especially for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, to ensure full inclusion.

A language-rich environment supports children's communication development through songs, reading, and small-group activities focused on speech sounds. The nursery promotes physical activity and healthy eating, and has a unique garden space where children learn about growing fruits and vegetables.

Parents can be confident that their children are developing well within a broad and balanced Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, designed to build on individual knowledge and skills at every stage.

Our ethos

Shenfield Day Nursery's approach centres on the individual child, placing them "at the heart of all decision-making." They value parent partnerships and believe in fostering development through a dedicated, highly qualified team.

What it's like

Children are happy and engage deeply in activities, forming strong bonds with adults. Staff show an in-depth understanding of each child, adapting routines for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Children behave impeccably, learning in a language-rich environment and showing curiosity and inquisitiveness.

Strong bonds with adultsIn-depth child understandingLanguage-rich environmentHigh behavioural expectationsOutdoor learning focus

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

Full year round nursery care for 51 weeks of the year (closing only between Christmas and New Year)

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2014

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Shenfield Day Nursery

Last inspected 18 November 2025 · Jessica Whiteley

Safeguarding effective

What it's like to attend

Children are happy and engage deeply in activities, forming strong bonds with adults. Staff show an in-depth understanding of each child, adapting routines for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Children behave impeccably, learning in a language-rich environment and showing curiosity and inquisitiveness.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy, content and engage deeply in activities of their choosing across all rooms in the setting.
  • Staff have an in-depth understanding of each individual child and make adaptions to the routine and activities to ensure children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are included.
  • Staff have high behavioural expectations of all children and use clear expectations and tailor interventions to support all children.
  • Children behave impeccably and are positive role models to each other.
  • Staff provide children with a language-rich environment, supporting them to learn and use new words.
  • Children are encouraged to sing familiar songs, develop a love of reading, and explore numbers and counting in their play.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should strengthen staff understanding of the curriculum so that interactions consistently support children’s development across the whole provision.
  • 2Leaders should support staff to recognise when to adapt activities to support all children to extend their learning further.
Inspection #10076290 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, generally progress well through the broad and balanced curriculum on offer. Staff have an in-depth understanding of each individual child and make adaptions to the routine and activities to ensure children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are included. Children who require additional help are well supported with individualised interventions and strategies.

Outdoor space

Leaders have created a space in the garden dedicated to teaching children how to grow fruits and vegetables. Children spend time outside being physically active, helping staff to fill water dispensers and carry them to the mud kitchen area, where they role play the different flavours of tea for long periods.

EAL / language support

The setting focuses on providing a language-rich environment that supports children to acquire and use language. Children are encouraged to sing familiar songs and develop a love of reading. Staff plan and implement tailored small-group activities to support specific areas of children's speech development, such as speech sounds.

Parent Reviews of Shenfield Day Nursery

4.4
(10)
Holly Weaver
2 years ago

Absolutely outstanding nursery! Our son joined at 4 months old and is now thriving at 16 months. The team are fantastic and really caring. The activities are so varied. He loves it here. The home-cooked dinners made from fresh produce are a big hit with him. We couldn't have asked for a better place for him to start his journey.

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Miriam Hassani
2 years ago

We count ourselves very lucky to have our 2 year old son attend Shenfield Day Nursery. The staff are fantastic....kind, loving, nurturing and always thinking of fun activities to do with the kids. We are regularly kept up to date with our son's progress and how he's doing. I honestly can't think of a single complaint! We are so so happy and would 100% recommend it to other parents.

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kpb1990
a year ago

Lovely nursery. Very Polite staff. However they allow loud building work to go on from 6am in the morning disturbing the surrounding residents who have reactive newborn/Pets. Very inconsiderate. Also thank you for allowing your security alarm to run from 5.50am till gone 7.00am, without being turned off.

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Natasha Stoupi
2 years ago

This nursery is like a second home for my child. The stuff is incredible and the activities they do to support children's development and well being are amazing. They have an amazing impact on my child's life and I cannot thank them all enough❤️❤️

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Inspection history

Date: February 2016

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • February 2020Good
  • February 2016Good

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