Opening hours
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The Woodland Rose Day Nursery With Forestry Learning
Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2021)
Number of places
20 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2021
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
About this day nursery
The Woodland Rose Day Nursery, located in Sawtry, Huntingdon, offers a nurturing environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years. m.
m. Parents can choose from full day, morning, or afternoon sessions.
The nursery is committed to transparency, not charging for bank holidays or their annual Christmas and New Year closure, which aligns with local school breaks. Embracing a "Forestry Learning" approach, The Woodland Rose integrates outdoor experiences into its curriculum.
The nursery also supports families by accepting various government funding schemes, including both the universal 15 hours and extended 30 hours for eligible children. Additionally, the nursery offers flexible options to accommodate individual family needs, with invoices raised termly in line with funding weeks.
Their commitment to providing nutritious meals and essential supplies like nappies and wipes at an additional cost, ensures a comprehensive and supportive experience for all children.
Our ethos
The Woodland Rose Day Nursery embraces a "Forestry Learning" approach, integrating outdoor experiences into its curriculum.
What it's like
Children become deeply engaged in their learning at this warm, welcoming and interesting nursery, persevering at self-chosen tasks and practising problem-solving skills. They have ample opportunity to be creative, from making up stories with toy dinosaurs to whole-nursery dance sessions that develop their whole-body control.
Forestry LearningFlexible SessionsFunded Places Accepted
Pricing & funding
Fees are structured around a standard day rate or half-day sessions (AM/PM). Additional hours, late pickup, meals, snacks, nappies, and consumables are billed as extra charges, alongside a weekly fee for forest school for children over two.
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- Forest school charges apply to children over two during term time only.
- Nappies and wipes are charged per day.
- Consumables are charged per week.
Key facts
Age range
3 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
Full day, Morning, Afternoon
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Woodland Rose Day Nursery With Forestry Learning
Last inspected 5 October 2021 · Elke Rockey
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children become deeply engaged in their learning at this warm, welcoming and interesting nursery, persevering at self-chosen tasks and practising problem-solving skills. They have ample opportunity to be creative, from making up stories with toy dinosaurs to whole-nursery dance sessions that develop their whole-body control.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders strive to constantly improve the care and learning for children and encourage staff to undertake research and gain higher qualifications.
- The staff team has a good understanding of how children learn and develop, and they thoughtfully prepare the rooms and garden with children's needs in mind.
- Staff know children well and incorporate their next steps in learning during fun activities, gathering information about their home life to plan complementary experiences.
- Staff extend children's vocabulary well, talking about what they are doing and showing genuine interest in what children are saying.
- Completing tasks at routine times helps children gain awareness of their own health and practice independence, such as washing hands and scraping plates.
- Parents praise the nursery staff for tailoring settling-in procedures and sending home learning backpacks to support children's education.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen teaching to be more reactive to children's various learning dispositions so that all children have equally high-quality opportunities to learn
- 2help staff develop their interaction with children even further so that children have more opportunities to come up with their own ideas.
Inspection #10190077 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents praise the nursery staff for all they do.
They tell the inspector how staff tailor the settling-in procedure so that children and parents feel comfortable.
They explain how staff know the children well and work closely to support children's learning needs and all-round well-being, including any medical needs.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
The staff at the nursery work with other professionals to support children's needs. They communicate with other settings that children attend to complement the learning needs of children. They ensure that any delays in development are referred to appropriate professionals quickly so that children receive the support they need to catch up with their peers.
Outdoor space
The staff team has thoughtfully prepared the rooms and garden with children's needs in mind. Staff facilitate babies' interest in filling and pouring by giving them access to a water tap. Older children have the opportunity to use real tools during the forest-school sessions, and the inspector observed activities indoors and outdoors, including forest-school sessions, and assessed the impact these have on children's learning.
Inspection history
Most recent inspection
5 October 2021
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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About the setting
The Woodland Rose Day Nursery with Forestry Learning registered in 2018. The nursery employs seven members of childcare staff, including the owner. Of these, seven hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above, two of whom are qualified at level 6. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY554690
- Registered person
- Brownsell, Emma Rose
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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