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The Old School House Day Nursery, Whittington

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.2(5 parent reviews) ·Unit 1-2, Common Barn Farm, LICHFIELD, WS14 9PX · Staffordshire
Number of places
89 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Staffordshire

About this day nursery

The Old School House Day Nursery in Whittington, Lichfield, is a modern facility that provides a calming and homely atmosphere for children. Situated between Lichfield and Tamworth, it offers a rural-style setting with convenient access.

The nursery caters to children aged 3 months to 5 years, with carefully planned transitions as they grow. It operates on a Reggio Emilia-inspired approach, emphasising child-centred education and development through natural exploration and open-ended play.

The nursery is open Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year, from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm, observing bank holidays. A team of dedicated and experienced early years practitioners ensures each child receives personalised care through a key worker system.

The nursery also prioritises healthy eating, with fresh and nutritious meals and snacks prepared on-site daily by a trained chef. On-site parking is available for convenience.

Our ethos

The nursery operates on a Reggio Emilia-inspired approach, emphasising child-centred education and development through natural exploration and open-ended play. This is supported by a key worker system, ensuring personalised care for each child.

What it's like

Staff provide a warm and nurturing approach that enables children to flourish in the nursery, emphasising support for children's emotional well-being and building positive, strong relationships. Children explore their environments with determination, with staff planning experiences based around current projects. Children also demonstrate positive attitudes to learning and relish their time in the garden, developing problem-solving skills.

Reggio Emilia approachHealthy meals prepared on-siteRural settingKey worker systemCaters to 3 months to 5 years

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age groups, covering ages 0-3 and 3-5, with daily, session, and weekly rates available. Private fees are inclusive of all consumables and extra-curricular activities. Funded hours are free, but are subject to age-specific daily or session-based consumable charges.

Good to know

  • Private fees include all consumables and extra-curricular activities.
  • Funded hours are free of charge, but consumable fees apply.
  • Consumable charges for funded places vary by age and session length.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6:00pm, 51 weeks a year (excluding bank holidays)

Food

Fresh and nutritional meals and snacks are catered for on site daily, by our trained chef.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Old School House Day Nursery, Whittington

Last inspected 21 January 2025 · Katherine Wilson

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

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a warm and nurturing approach that enables children to flourish in the nursery, emphasising support for children's emotional well-being and building positive, strong relationships. Children explore their environments with determination, with staff planning experiences based around current projects. Children also demonstrate positive attitudes to learning and relish their time in the garden, developing problem-solving skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Management place a strong focus on supporting staff to understand the expectations of their roles and responsibilities.
  • Staff plan stimulating and safe environments that encourage children to freely explore.
  • Staff implement daily routines with children, which are mostly well managed.
  • Children learn about how to keep themselves healthy and well.
  • Management and staff value contributions from parents and other professionals.

Areas to develop

  • 1further develop the organisation and planning of daily routines so that all children can focus and gain the most from their learning
  • 2strengthen staff confidence with teaching techniques to help them extend children's learning beyond what they already know and can do.
Inspection #10380233 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment how their children settle superbly at nursery and how well each of the staff know their children.

They value the regular updates on their children's learning and development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Management and staff promote an inclusive environment for all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff implement early intervention and make prompt referrals, ensuring they act swiftly to concerns or delays to enable all children to make expected progress.

Outdoor space

Children relish their time in the garden as they carefully think about how to make different-sized balls fit into a tube, developing their problem-solving skills. Staff deploy themselves to assist children, when needed, while they climb on their own on the balance beams in the garden. This helps to keep children safe during risky play.

Parent Reviews of The Old School House Day Nursery, Whittington

4.2
(5)
Rowena Wilding
2 years ago

Just the absolute best nursery - so high quality, incredible attention to detail. Regular activities like sing and sign classes, and special stay and play days with parents - the last one had a petting farm with rabbits, chicks and guinea pigs for the kids to enjoy! The garden has a sunken tractor and one of the rooms has an inbuilt boat to play on! The staff go above and beyond and show so much care and diligence in their work. It's really a privilege to have this nursery locally!

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Katie Rooker
2 years ago

If you’re looking for amazing place to send your child then look no further - this nursery is absolutely incredible! So different to all the other nursery’s I went to view. You just get a different vibe from this place, they really have paid so much attention to all the details in the nursery - including a tractor in the garden and a boat in one of the rooms 😍 everything about it amazed me the ethos is incredible. Can’t wait to send my daughter here!

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Juan Andres Vasquez Amaya
a year ago

I very rarely write reviews or complaint but, in this instance, I felt like we had to. We are both completely disappointed by how this place has dealt with the settle sessions of my 1-year-old daughter. We felt like we were messed around and not taken seriously (specially my 1 year old daughter); therefore, we decided to withdraw our daughter from this place and enrol her somewhere else.

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Kirsty Lou
2 years ago

Amazing care for children, high quality interactions, lovely location and beautiful nursery inside and out. Would definitely recommend

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Inspection history

Date: January 2025

  • February 2025Good
  • January 2025Good

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