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Vantage Park Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
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4.7(13 parent reviews) ·9 Vantage Park, Washingley Road, Huntingdon, PE29 6SR · Cambridgeshire
Number of places
64 places
Age range
0–3 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

About this day nursery

Vantage Park Day Nursery, established in 2016, offers a nurturing and engaging setting for children, emphasising a blend of free play and structured educational activities. The nursery focuses on developing early numeracy, literacy, and scientific inquiry through various experiences including art, craft, music, dance, and local excursions.

A strong emphasis is placed on fostering a love for reading from a young age. The nursery prides itself on providing a high-quality service with dedicated and experienced staff, aiming to create a happy, safe, and stimulating environment for every child.

They believe in going the extra mile to ensure each child's experience is rewarding and enriching. Parents are encouraged to visit the nursery to personally experience its atmosphere and meet the team.

Our ethos

Vantage Park Day Nursery emphasises a blend of free play and structured educational activities to develop early numeracy, literacy, and scientific inquiry. They foster a love for reading from a young age and aim to create a happy, safe, and stimulating environment, going the extra mile to ensure each child's experience is rewarding and enriching.

What it's like

Children receive a warm, caring, and nurturing greeting upon arrival, feeling emotionally settled and secure. Senior leaders prioritise high-quality, respectful care and education with a broad curriculum, though at times it can be too ambitious for the youngest children. Staff have high expectations for behaviour and support children in managing their emotions, while also empowering them to make decisions and learn about safety.

Established 2016Free play and structured activitiesFocus on early numeracy, literacy and scienceEncourages love of readingLocal visits and walks

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, all year round, from 8am until 6pm

Food

Meals prepared in a 5-star hygiene rated kitchen.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2016

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Vantage Park Day Nursery

Last inspected 16 October 2024 · Anna Davies

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

Children receive a warm, caring, and nurturing greeting upon arrival, feeling emotionally settled and secure. Senior leaders prioritise high-quality, respectful care and education with a broad curriculum, though at times it can be too ambitious for the youngest children. Staff have high expectations for behaviour and support children in managing their emotions, while also empowering them to make decisions and learn about safety.

Inspector highlights

  • The indoor and outdoor learning environments provide children with choice and access to a wide range of excellent quality resources and natural materials to enhance their play.
  • All children make at least good progress in their learning and development.
  • Staff help older children to successfully build on what they already know and can do over time.
  • Staff are mindful to let older children lead their learning, and they ask well-timed questions to extend children's thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Children thoroughly enjoy balanced and nutritious meals and snacks that are well presented to them.

Areas to develop

  • 1precisely focus the planning of the curriculum and structured activities for the very youngest children so that they are more appropriate for their level of understanding and capabilities.
Inspection #10355100 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

They appreciate staff's investment in their children's development and the excellent communications they receive.

Parents report that they trust staff implicitly, in particular where their children have specific needs.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is very effective. Sensitive and considered approaches enable all children to fulfil their potential and feel fully included in nursery life.

Outdoor space

The indoor and outdoor learning environments provide children with choice and access to a wide range of excellent quality resources and natural materials to enhance their play. Outside, children embrace nature and the seasonal changes. For example, they learn the name for trees that never lose their leaves.

Parent Reviews of Vantage Park Day Nursery

4.7
(13)
Jodie Robinson
a year ago

An outstanding and very well equipped nursery on the outskirts of Huntingdon. Very accessible for commuters. The staff are highly qualified and put lots of effort into getting to know each child when they join, ensuring there are toys and resources available that interest them. The nursery is always clean and there are always new resources arriving for the children to enjoy. The woodworking area is particularly impressive. Their garden and outdoor space is very peaceful and provides lots of opportunity for learning. There is an onsite cook, preparing healthy fresh meals for the children daily, and the cook also spends some time in the rooms cooking with the children which they seem to love! Very impressed with the care received at Vantage Park, the only choice for childcare in Huntingdon. Company Employee and Parent

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Alison Connolly
5 years ago

We have been so impressed with Vantage Park Day Nursery, our little girl absolutely loves attending. The activities provided are brilliant and the forest school is excellent. We love the garden and outdoor facilities and even if it is raining the children still go out and run around outside. The staff are lovely and very helpful. I highly recommend this nursery.

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Amanda Stash
5 years ago

My daughter has been going to Vantage park day nursery for almost 2 years and she loves it. The staff are kind, compassionate and warm. My daughter's development has come on a lot and she enjoys the breadth of activities arranged. The management/leadership at the nursery have been supportive and understanding during lockdown and beyond and I feel that my daughter is safe and caring hands when's she is ther.

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Isabel Flemming
5 years ago

When we were looking for a nursery for our daughter, Vantage Park was our top choice due to location (not in the centre of town, but not too far outside of it either), excellent facilities (lots of wooden toys both fun and educational), an excellent outdoor space with a specific area for under 2s (which was a relief as our daughter was not mobile at all when she first started), and all the staff are friendly, kind and enthusiastic about their work. Always happy to answer questions, and have been especially patient and kind during the ongoing pandemic! We are so pleased that we chose Vantage Park!

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Chantelle Freshwater
5 years ago

Vantage Park fast became our first choice when looking around various other nurseries for our son. Vantage Park is clean with a lovely outdoor area for the children to enjoy. Always a good choice of meals each week for the children and will always receive weekly newsletters updating us parents of the week that was and also letting us know a menu and activity itinerary for the week ahead

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

16 October 2024

Good

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