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Small Wonders Day Nursery in Chelmsford (CM3)

Ofsted: Good
(Feb 2023)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Small Wonders, 57 Hullbridge Road, CHELMSFORD, CM3 5NH · Essex
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2023
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Small Wonders Day Nursery, located in South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, provides full day care for children from birth to ten years old, operating Monday to Friday, 7am until 7pm, all year round. The nursery registered in 2012 and benefits from a stable, committed staff team of 18, with 13 holding early years qualifications at level 2 or above.

The setting provides funded early education for two, three, and four-year-old children. It emphasises a robust key-person approach, fostering strong attachments between staff and children, which helps children feel safe and secure.

The curriculum is designed to support children in progressively gaining essential skills for their development and preparing them for school, with examples ranging from babies using crayons with their whole bodies to older children manipulating dough to develop fine motor skills essential for writing. The nursery also prioritises outdoor play, allowing children to move freely between indoors and outdoors.

What it's like

There is a robust key-person approach that contributes to the strong attachments between staff and their key children throughout the nursery. This helps all children feel safe and secure. Children learn to love books, and there is a strong focus on fostering their communication skills. Children spend a lot of time outdoors and benefit from fresh air and exercise.

Strong AttachmentsCommunication Skills FocusOutdoor PlaySettling-in ProcessCurriculum Support

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7am until 7pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2012

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Small Wonders Day Nursery

Last inspected 15 February 2023

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

There is a robust key-person approach that contributes to the strong attachments between staff and their key children throughout the nursery. This helps all children feel safe and secure. Children learn to love books, and there is a strong focus on fostering their communication skills. Children spend a lot of time outdoors and benefit from fresh air and exercise.

Inspector highlights

  • A robust key-person approach contributes to strong attachments between staff and children.
  • Children learn to love books and there is a strong focus on fostering their communication skills.
  • Children spend a lot of time outdoors and benefit from fresh air and exercise.
  • The manager and deputy manager work closely together and lead a stable, committed team.
  • The manager is very reflective and has made changes that have had a positive impact on children's well-being.
  • There is a clear curriculum that supports children to progressively gain the essential skills they need.
  • Staff regularly assess their key children's progress and use their good knowledge to plan activities.
  • Staff swiftly identify the specific needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and work closely with other professionals.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff's knowledge of how to enable young children to use resources in their own way to build on their own ideas and way of doing things
  • 2strengthen partnerships with other professionals who also care for the children to support even greater consistency of care and learning.
Inspection #10276630 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children spend a lot of time outdoors and benefit from fresh air and exercise. Older children move freely between the indoors and outdoors to make a choice about where they wish to play. Children carefully balance, as they navigate a structure of crates and planks in the garden.

Parent Reviews of Small Wonders Day Nursery

5.0
(2)
Rebecca Grace
4 years ago

This nursery is amazing, my 4 year old son leaves this summer for school and we are very sad. He started during the hard times of covid and the nursery has made the whole family feel so welcomed in such a hard time. My son settled so well and the staff are so caring and go out of their well to make sure he is happy. He has made great friends for life. The nursery offers a good healthy variety of food and lots of activities. The preschool room has its own garden with different activities. He has learnt so much in such a short period. I can't wait to put my new born in here and know how safe and loved she will be while I am at work. I work in the education sector so found it hard looking for nurseries but when I saw this one I just feel in love and so pleased with my choice.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2013

  • February 2023Good
  • July 2017Good
  • February 2013Good

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