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Tiddlypeeps Forest School

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2022)
·The Log Cabin, Tortworth Vc Primary School, Wotton-Under-Edge, GL12 8HG · South Gloucestershire
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2022
Local authority
South Gloucestershire

About this day nursery

Tiddlypeeps Forest School is a nature-centric preschool located in Wotton-Under-Edge, providing a nurturing and stimulating outdoor environment for children aged two and a half to five years old. The school is deeply committed to fostering a love for nature and believes in the power of outdoor learning to build confidence and self-esteem.

Their philosophy emphasises learning through play, offering children ample space and time to explore, investigate, and make their own discoveries. This approach supports holistic child development, encouraging growth in language, emotional regulation, social skills, creativity, and intellect.

Tiddlypeeps strives to create calm, natural, and inspiring settings where children can pursue their interests and develop naturally through playful engagement and continuous learning.

Our ethos

Tiddlypeeps Forest School is committed to fostering a love for nature through outdoor learning, which they believe builds confidence and self-esteem. Their philosophy emphasises child-led, nature-centric learning through play, exploration, and discovery, supporting holistic development and allowing children to pursue their interests and grow naturally.

What it's like

There is a friendly, inclusive and warm welcome at this happy outdoor setting, where children settle into play immediately and choose from a wide range of activities. They develop an impressive vocabulary, display good physical skills, and are engaged, highly motivated and eager to learn. Staff expertly understand when to engage and when to stand back, giving children the freedom to make their own choices and immerse themselves in play.

Nature-led PreschoolOutdoor LearningPlay-based CurriculumForest School

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Thursday, 9.30am to 2.30pm

Age range

Two and a half to five-year-olds

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Tiddlypeeps Forest School

Last inspected 6 July 2022 · Gwyneth Keen

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

There is a friendly, inclusive and warm welcome at this happy outdoor setting, where children settle into play immediately and choose from a wide range of activities. They develop an impressive vocabulary, display good physical skills, and are engaged, highly motivated and eager to learn. Staff expertly understand when to engage and when to stand back, giving children the freedom to make their own choices and immerse themselves in play.

Inspector highlights

  • The provision has a friendly, inclusive and warm welcome. Children are engaged, highly motivated and eager to learn.
  • Staff follow children's interests very well and prepare interesting activities that excite children's curiosity.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress from their starting points, and the manager seeks advice from external professionals in a timely manner.
  • Children have ample opportunities to build on core muscle strength and develop good hand-to-eye coordination, learning to climb trees and navigate outdoor obstacles safely.
  • Children's emotional well-being is supported as staff carefully plan small steps to promote their sense of achievement in self-care interactions.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance links with other providers and share information about every child's development when children attend more than one setting
  • 2further support staff to plan more precisely for children with additional needs so that staff respond consistently when developing children's emerging communication skills
Inspection #10194546 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

They say how open and friendly staff are.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress from their starting points. The manager ensures she seeks advice from external professionals and acts on this to benefit children's development in a timely manner. However, on occasions, staff do not make sure that children's targets and support plans are specific enough, meaning not all staff respond to children's emerging communication skills in a consistent manner.

Outdoor space

Children settle into their play immediately and develop good physical skills, zooming around the playground safely on wheeled vehicles. They have ample opportunities to build on core muscle strength and develop good hand-to-eye coordination, learning to climb trees while checking they only climb on branches that are at least as "thick as your arm". Children straddle large logs, weave in and out of tall grass and scoot up and down mud banks. The inspector observed the quality of education during activities outdoors.

Inspection history

Date: July 2022

  • August 2022Good
  • July 2022Good

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