Opening hours
07:30-18:00
The Sanctuary Day Nursery Burntwood
Ofsted: Strong standard·162 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3XG · Staffordshire
Number of places
52 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
May 2026
Local authority
Staffordshire
About this day nursery
The Sanctuary Day Nursery Burntwood, located in Chasetown, offers childcare for children from birth to three years old with a total capacity of 52 places. The nursery is registered with Ofsted as a Childcare on non-domestic premises, and parents can easily locate it at 162 High Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3XG.
The last inspection report, dated 5 May 2026, highlights that safeguarding standards are met, with a strong culture of safeguarding ensuring children feel safe and secure. The setting excels in fostering children's development across all areas, with babies demonstrating early independence in feeding and enjoying stories.
Toddlers enhance their coordination and balance through outdoor play with crates and ramps, while pre-schoolers exhibit confidence and cooperative play, preparing them for their next stages of learning and school. The nursery prides itself on an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, which strongly focuses on developing independence in self-help tasks and effectively supports children's learning and wellbeing, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Our ethos
To nurture every child in our home from home setting, providing them with the fundamentals to enable them to be able to grow into confident, happy, resilient and ambitious children who achieve life long skills.
What it's like
Children are happy and very well settled in the nursery, building close and trusting relationships with their key person. Babies show a strong exploratory impulse, developing increasing physical skills. Children receive precise support for their individual learning and care needs, knowing daily routines and developing excellent self-help skills. They behave exceptionally well, receiving timely praise and developing the vocabulary needed to express their wants, needs, and feelings, making rapid progress from their starting points.
Strong safeguardingRapid child developmentAmbitious curriculumIndependence fosteredCooperative play
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
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Age range
12 weeks to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2025
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Strong standard
Last inspected May 2026
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
AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
0 to 3
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Sanctuary Day Nursery Burntwood
Last inspected 5 May 2026
What it's like to attend
Children are happy and very well settled in the nursery, building close and trusting relationships with their key person. Babies show a strong exploratory impulse, developing increasing physical skills. Children receive precise support for their individual learning and care needs, knowing daily routines and developing excellent self-help skills. They behave exceptionally well, receiving timely praise and developing the vocabulary needed to express their wants, needs, and feelings, making rapid progress from their starting points.
Inspector highlights
- Children make consistently rapid progress in development across all areas of their learning.
- Outdoors, toddlers use crates with ramps to practise coordination and balance, learning to follow instructions and manage tasks independently.
- Pre-school children show confidence and are eager to include staff in their games, playing cooperatively and showing respect for each other's suggestions.
- There is an embedded culture of respect in the nursery, with staff modelling respectful behaviours and providing effective support for children to understand their emotions.
- Routines throughout the nursery are organised, adapted, and embedded consistently to meet the needs of all children, supporting their wellbeing and reducing frustrations.
- Staff build close relationships with children, tailoring teaching to individual likes, dislikes, and varied needs during play experiences.
- The setting has designed an extremely ambitious curriculum, which is well sequenced to build on children's learning over time and focuses on independence in self-help tasks.
- Staff and leaders quickly identify children's learning needs through accurate and regular monitoring of their progress, liaising with parents and other professionals.
- Additional funding is used to support the developmental needs of those in receipt of funding.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should use additional funding to match the learning needs of individual children more precisely.
- 2Leaders should continue to build on the strategies to engage parents and share more detailed information about the developmental stages that children go through.
Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The nursery effectively supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to ensure their learning and wellbeing needs are met, including making adaptations to support and interactions to support children who may be disadvantaged or face barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.
Inspection history
Most recent inspection
5 May 2026
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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