Opening hours
Monday – Friday, 8.00am – 6.00pm, 50 weeks of the year (closed for 2 weeks at Christmas)
Walkers Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2023)
Number of places
24 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2023
Local authority
Gloucestershire
About this day nursery
Walkers Private Day Nursery, situated in the Old Town area of Moreton-in-Marsh, occupies a historic building that once served as the local school. The nursery caters to children aged 18 months to 5 years, operating Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, for 50 weeks of the year, closing only for two weeks over Christmas.
The curriculum is designed to foster essential skills and knowledge, embracing a child-centred approach within an engaging environment. The nursery prioritises a strong partnership with parents and values its quality staff.
It integrates the 7 areas of learning and promotes free play sessions, allowing children to explore both indoor and outdoor learning spaces. This child-led approach ensures experiences are tailored to individual interests rather than being solely adult-directed.
Walkers Private Day Nursery also offers tailored settling-in sessions for new children, assigning a key person to each child to facilitate a smooth transition. The nursery's catchment area extends to nearby towns like Great Rissington, Stow on the Wold, and Chipping Norton.
Our ethos
Walker’s Private Day Nursery has created a curriculum with the goal of providing every child with the necessary skills and knowledge to thrive and reach their full potential in life. The curriculum endorses their pedagogy, which is a child-centred approach, featuring exciting and engaging environments, strong parent partnerships, and quality staff, all while incorporating the 7 areas of learning. The nursery's routine adopts 'inclusive' values and partnerships, promoting free play sessions to allow children to move freely between indoor and outdoor learning areas, ensuring that the majority of experiences are child-led rather than adult-orientated.
What it's like
Managers have an aspirational vision for the nursery, working with staff to implement a sequenced, ambitious curriculum focusing on building children's confidence, independence, and preparing them for future learning. Staff foster high levels of engagement and positive behaviour in children by being good role models and following children's interests in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Child-led learningHistoric building settingPartnership with parentsTailored settling-in sessionsExtensive catchment area
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
Key facts
Food
Morning snack, lunch and afternoon snacks are provided
Age range
18mths – 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Session types
8am-2pm, 2pm-6pm
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Walkers Day Nursery
Last inspected 24 November 2023 · Anita McKelvey
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Managers have an aspirational vision for the nursery, working with staff to implement a sequenced, ambitious curriculum focusing on building children's confidence, independence, and preparing them for future learning. Staff foster high levels of engagement and positive behaviour in children by being good role models and following children's interests in both indoor and outdoor environments.
Inspector highlights
- Managers have an aspirational vision for the nursery and work with staff to provide a sequenced, ambitious curriculum.
- Children show high levels of engagement in their play and learning and behave well.
- Children enthusiastically engage in festive song and rhyme time, knowing the songs and actions well.
- Partnership with parents is strong, and parents receive plenty of information about their children's activities.
- Managers make sure key persons build good relationships with parents and children, noticing when extra support may be needed.
Areas to develop
- 1build on staff professional development to help them focus on how to extend learning and development for those children who are older and more able to build further on what they know and can do
Inspection #10318849 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents comment that they get plenty of information about what their children are doing and how they can support them at home.
They comment that most staff have been here for a while, so they feel that staff know them and their children well.
They are confident that staff act to keep children safe and teach them well.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Key persons know children well and notice when they may need extra support. They talk with parents and other professionals to seek appropriate interventions to support children. All children including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress.
Outdoor space
Children confidently explore the indoor and outdoor environments. Staff follow children's interests well. For example, outdoors when children find a seed on the ground staff help them find a pot and soil to plant it. Children recall similar activities earlier in the year and talk animatedly about how they cared for and grew the plants. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. The inspector carried out joint observations of group activities outdoors with the deputy manager.
Inspection history
Date: October 2007
- December 2023Good
- November 2023Good
- September 2018Good
- March 2016Good
- February 2016Good
- March 2013Requires improvement
- February 2013Requires improvement
- May 2011Requires improvement
- April 2011Good
- October 2007Good
Frequently asked about Walkers Day Nursery
About the setting
Walkers Day Nursery opened in 1986 and registered under the current owner in 1999. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm, all year round, apart for bank holidays and two weeks at Christmas. A team of eight staff work with the children, including the owner. Of these, six hold appropriate childcare qualifications at level 3. The nursery is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.
- URN
- 101801
- Registered person
- Koenig, Caroline Louise
- 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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