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Teddy Bear Corner

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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5.0(2 parent reviews)
·St Nicholas Primary School, St Faiths Road, Alcester, B49 6AG · Warwickshire
Number of places
54 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Warwickshire

About this day nursery

Teddy Bear Corner, located in Alcester, Warwickshire, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises that registered in 2006. The nursery provides valuable early years education for children aged from nine months, operating from Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year, with sessions running from 7:30 am until 6 pm.

The setting has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, now holding a "Good" overall effectiveness rating from its latest inspection on 2nd July 2025. The dedicated staff, which includes 12 members with various early years qualifications, provide a warm and welcoming environment where children are happy and quickly settle in to play with their friends, forming close relationships with staff.

The nursery places a strong emphasis on fostering children's independence, communication, and language development through engaging activities like story times, songs, and rhymes. They also proactively liaise with parents and seek specialist support for children with identified or emerging learning needs, ensuring positive progress for all.

Parents highly commend the friendly and approachable staff, valuing the information they receive about their children's care and learning.

What it's like

Children are happy on arrival at Teddy Bear Corner, receiving a warm welcome from familiar staff and settling in quickly to play with friends. They form close relationships with staff who provide play, cuddles, and reassurance, helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff consider children's interests when preparing activities, leading to high levels of engagement and positive behaviours. Children benefit from opportunities to practice speaking and gain skills for the next stage of their learning.

Good overall effectivenessImproved provisionStrong parent communicationDedicated staff

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30 am until 6 pm

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2006

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Teddy Bear Corner

Last inspected 2 July 2025

Overall effectiveness
Good

What it's like to attend

Children are happy on arrival at Teddy Bear Corner, receiving a warm welcome from familiar staff and settling in quickly to play with friends. They form close relationships with staff who provide play, cuddles, and reassurance, helping them to feel safe and secure. Staff consider children's interests when preparing activities, leading to high levels of engagement and positive behaviours. Children benefit from opportunities to practice speaking and gain skills for the next stage of their learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider has ensured that the necessary improvements have been made in the setting since the last inspection.
  • Children are happy on arrival at the setting and settle in quickly to play with their friends.
  • Staff have an improved understanding of how to implement children's learning, considering their interests when preparing activities.
  • Children show high levels of engagement in activities, such as story times.
  • The setting's curriculum is ambitious and shows clear intentions for what they want children to achieve.
  • The monitoring of all children's learning has improved, with proactive staff liaison and specialist support where needed.
  • Staff promote communication and language development well through regular stories, songs and rhymes.
  • Children show increasing independence in their self-help skills, mastering various tasks appropriate for their age.
  • Children have fun and develop their physical skills in a range of ways through varied activities.
  • Managers ensure staff receive necessary training and guidance.
  • Parents speak highly of the setting, commenting on friendly and approachable staff and valuing the information received about their child's care and learning.

Areas to develop

  • 1Gain further details from parents about children's prior learning when they first start to help decide what children are ready to learn next and prepare for this learning from the outset.
  • 2Build further on the support and guidance provided to staff to ensure they have time to reflect and contribute towards their continuing professional development.
Inspection #10393361 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The staff consider children who need additional support, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and arrange the play environment to meet their learning needs. When children have identified or emerging learning needs, staff proactively liaise with parents and seek guidance or refer to more specialist support from outside professionals.

EAL / language support

The staff consider children who need additional support, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and arrange the play environment to meet their learning needs.

Parent Reviews of Teddy Bear Corner

5.0
(2)
Sarah Day
a year ago

🧸 Teddy Bear Corner has been excellent for my child. It’s quite old school with not much techy stuff going on but that’s exactly what we wanted for our child, no screens! Th nursery is super flexible, even letting me book my child in last minute or occasionally swap days around to fit around my work. The staff have all been there for a long time so we have built a good rapport with them and they are very attentive with the children. My 4yo has just finished and we’ve been given 3 big scrapbooks full of photos and artwork he’s done over the time he’s been there which is a lovely keepsake. Highly recommend this nursery and all the staff. My child has had a great start to his education from attending.

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kate cronin
7 years ago

Absolutely love this nursery. Staff are kind ans attentive and a pleasure to deal with.

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2025

Date: January 2007

  • July 2025Good
  • February 2025Inadequate
  • May 2019Outstanding
  • February 2015Good
  • November 2008Good
  • January 2007Outstanding

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