Opening hours
8.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday
Viking Adventurers
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2024)
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2024
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
Viking Adventurers offers a comprehensive childcare service, providing full day care for children aged 0-5 years. Situated within the grounds of Wentworth Primary School, the nursery seamlessly integrates before and after-school care with a holiday club.
The facilities include a newly refurbished demountable building with a fenced garden, kitchen, and bathroom, as well as a modernised, extended premises for babies, also featuring a fully fenced garden, kitchen, and bathroom. The nursery emphasises a cohesive environment, maintaining high standards across all its services.
Practitioners are qualified and experienced, dedicated to providing quality care. The setting is inclusive, accommodating children with allergies and dietary requirements for food and snacks.
Operating under the Early Years Foundation Stage criteria and Statutory Framework, Viking Adventurers is regulated and inspected by Ofsted. The nursery adopts a child-centred approach, respecting each child as an individual and valuing their contributions to the group.
The aim is to build confidence and self-esteem in children, preparing them for a smooth transition to primary and secondary education.
Our ethos
At Viking Adventurers we aim to provide children and their families with a cohesive environment where the same high standards, aims and objectives are met throughout all the services provided. Viking Adventurers has a child centred approach where children are respected as individuals, and where their contributions to the group are clearly defined and valued. We aim to provide firm foundations for the children who access Viking to build their confidence and self-esteem to help them with the transition into primary and secondary school.
What it's like
Staff skilfully use their interactions to engage all children in the activities on offer. They assess children's understanding by asking interesting questions. Staff are very respectful to each other and provide positive role models for children's behaviour. Children clearly know the pre-school rules and routines, and practice self-help skills cheerfully.
Full day care for 0-5 yearsWrap-around careHoliday clubChild-centred approachEYFS curriculum
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request
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Request pricing →Key facts
Age range
0-5 years
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Session types
Sessional Pre-school, Full Daycare
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Viking Adventurers
Last inspected 17 July 2024 · Fiona Sapler
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 skilfully use their interactions to engage all children in the activities on offer. They assess children's understanding by asking interesting questions. Staff are very respectful to each other and provide positive role models for children's behaviour. Children clearly know the pre-school rules and routines, and practice self-help skills cheerfully.
Inspector highlights
- Staff feel well supported through a programme of regular supervisions and team meetings and are encouraged to complete online training to support their professional development.
- Leaders and managers have devised a curriculum which identifies priorities for children's early education and provides stepping stones for children's learning.
- Parents provide information about their children's learning and development at the beginning of their time at pre-school, and staff use this information to determine how to help children.
- Staff manage group times well to maintain children's interest and support children's communication skills.
- Children are developing their mathematical understanding, with staff counting along as children jump on numbered stepping stones and using moveable dots to show children a safe route.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to develop a deeper understanding of how to deliver the curriculum intent and plan activities that reflect what they want children to learn
- 2explore ways to provide higher levels of challenge for older and most-able children to extend their learning even further
Inspection #10344351 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents describe staff as very supportive and approachable and appreciate that they regularly communicate with them about their children's progress.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders and managers place high importance on planning for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff provide focused support to help all children make progress and get the most out of their time at pre-school. They work closely with parents and other agencies for advice and to share appropriate strategies. Leaders consult with staff to identify how best to use additional funding to benefit their key children. The manager spoke to the inspector about her role as special educational needs coordinator and how they support children with SEND.
Outdoor space
Staff set up some areas of the provision, such as the mud kitchen, for children to play cooperatively, explore and investigate. Staff place moveable dots on the floor to show children a suitable and safe route to navigate their way to the bathroom or to go outside at various times of the day.
Inspection history
Date: September 2011
- July 2024Good
- November 2015Good
- September 2011Good
Frequently asked about Viking Adventurers
About the setting
Viking Junior Academy registered in 2010. The pre-school employs seven members of childcare staff. Of these, four hold an appropriate early years qualification at level 3 or above. Sessions are from 8.50am until 2.50pm each weekday during school term time. The pre-school provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. It also offers before- and after-school care and a holiday club for school-age children.
- URN
- EY409367
- Registered person
- Viking Junior Academy Limited
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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