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The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Titup Hall Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 8QQ · Oxfordshire
Number of places
22 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Oxfordshire

About this day nursery

The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery, located in Oxford, offers a comprehensive childcare solution by combining a maintained nursery school with a day nursery. The nursery school provides funded places for children aged two to four years, with education led by specialist early years teachers and practitioners during term time.

Embracing a philosophy that nurtures curiosity, independence, resilience, and kindness, the centre delivers a curriculum designed to meet the unique developmental needs of each child and family. The diverse community at Slade Nursery School is a point of pride, with 14 different languages spoken among its children.

The facility aims to be a vital stage of discovery, growth, and development for all its pupils.

Our ethos

The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery nurtures curiosity, independence, resilience, and kindness, with a curriculum designed to meet the unique developmental needs of each child and family. They aim to be a vital stage of discovery, growth, and development for all pupils.

What it's like

Staff at The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery create a safe, stimulating, and welcoming environment where children of all ages thrive. They adapt settling-in arrangements to individual needs, helping children feel confident and ready to learn. Children behave well, learning from staff who are good role models in kindness, courtesy, and helpfulness.

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday, for most of the year

Established

2004

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery

Last inspected 23 May 2024 · Sarah Holley

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 at The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery create a safe, stimulating, and welcoming environment where children of all ages thrive. They adapt settling-in arrangements to individual needs, helping children feel confident and ready to learn. Children behave well, learning from staff who are good role models in kindness, courtesy, and helpfulness.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff have created a safe, stimulating and welcoming environment in which children of all ages thrive.
  • Leaders have developed a clear and ambitious curriculum, and staff are effective in delivering this.
  • Staff value the different life experiences and abilities children bring with them, and provide extra support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Partnerships with parents are a real strength, with staff building meaningful relationships and keeping parents well informed.
  • Children's care needs are met just as effectively as their learning needs, with effective key-person arrangements and dignified intimate care.

Areas to develop

  • 1develop further staff's skills and confidence in delivering some aspects of the curriculum for physical development
  • 2enhance arrangements to precisely tailor support for individual staff to continually develop their practice.
Inspection #10346880 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff who work with children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are clear about their role in giving children the extra support they may need. They focus well on helping them integrate into nursery life, make friends and benefit from the high quality learning opportunities on offer.

Outdoor space

Staff provide children with lots of opportunities to be physically active to help them develop a positive attitude towards following an active lifestyle. However, staff do not consistently teach children the skills they need to make the most of the opportunities available to climb, balance and manoeuvre.

Parent Reviews of The Slade Early Years Centre and Day Nursery

5.0
(5)
Louise Holman
5 years ago

This is a wonderful nursery. My child loved being here and as parents we felt happy leaving him there. He had so many lovely experiences during his time at The Slade. We were very sad to leave.

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YX Huang
3 years ago

Wonderful nursery. My child had SEN and was so well looked after at Slade. Louise was truly amazing.

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Luke Sassé
6 years ago

We had a great experience here. Caring staff and great facilities. Our kids loved it too

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Hayder Chabbi
2 years ago

Very good nursery, very good quality of developing, excellent staff.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2014

  • May 2024Good
  • August 2018Outstanding
  • July 2016Good
  • August 2014Requires improvement

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