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St Michaels Nursery & Preschool

Ofsted: Expected standard·St. Michaels Church & Pastoral Centre, Lower Church Road, Sandhurst, GU47 8HN · Bracknell Forest
Number of places
31 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2026
Local authority
Bracknell Forest

About this day nursery

St Michaels Nursery & Preschool, located in Sandhurst, has been operating since 2025 and welcomes children aged 0-4 years. The nursery consistently meets safeguarding standards, creating an open and positive culture where children feel safe.

The dedicated staff build strong relationships with children, fostering a sense of belonging and encouraging friendships among peers. Babies benefit from warm, caring bonds with staff who understand their individual personalities and needs, ensuring they feel secure.

The nursery's focus on personal, social, and emotional development, alongside a broad and structured EYFS curriculum, helps children make age-appropriate progress and prepares them for their next stage of learning, including school. Leaders and practitioners are adept at identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those with barriers to learning, purposefully using additional funding to target specific areas of need.

The nursery also prioritises staff wellbeing and professional development, ensuring a skilled and supported team.

What it's like

Children develop a strong sense of belonging through the caring relationships they build with staff. Older children develop friendships with their peers and relish opportunities to play and learn. Babies benefit from close relationships with staff who know their individual personalities and care needs well. Managers and staff understand how their focus on children's personal, social and emotional development benefits children from the outset. This helps to prepare children for their next stage in learning, including school.

Strong bondsWarm relationshipsAge-appropriate progressInclusive environmentFocused development

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:30 - 17:30

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2025

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Jan 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
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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 routinesExpected 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
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for St Michaels Nursery & Preschool

Last inspected 20 January 2026

What it's like to attend

Children develop a strong sense of belonging through the caring relationships they build with staff. Older children develop friendships with their peers and relish opportunities to play and learn. Babies benefit from close relationships with staff who know their individual personalities and care needs well. Managers and staff understand how their focus on children's personal, social and emotional development benefits children from the outset. This helps to prepare children for their next stage in learning, including school.

Inspector highlights

  • All children, including those in receipt of additional funding, make age-appropriate progress through the curriculum.
  • Babies show enthusiasm for exploring their environment as staff support them to develop confidence in their early physical skills.
  • Older children develop their thinking and communication skills as staff ask purposeful questions and give them time to consider and share their ideas.
  • Leaders and staff create a welcoming environment for children.
  • The relationship between staff and babies is warm and caring. Babies respond to staff, showing that bonds help them feel safe and secure.
  • Children follow the well-established routines with confidence. Kindness, care and courtesy are a strong ethos of the setting.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should enhance the mathematics curriculum by creating more opportunities for children to build their knowledge and understanding through play and everyday routines.
  • 2Leaders should support staff to implement precise learning intentions of activities more effectively so that children remain fully engaged in their learning.
  • 3Leaders should support staff to recognise when children are able to do things independently and understand how to help them build on and strengthen their independence skills.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders and practitioners understand the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those where there are barriers to learning. Staff and leaders use their observations and assessments effectively to identify where children may need additional support. When children receive additional funding, leaders use it purposefully to target the areas where children need it most.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

20 January 2026

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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