Opening hours
Monday: 9.30am to 1pm. Closed on Wednesday. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 9.30am to 4pm.
Wickham Bishops Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2021)
Number of places
36 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2021
Local authority
Essex
About this day nursery
Wickham Bishops Nursery, established in 2000, provides childcare for children aged 2 to 4 years during term time. 30am to 4pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, remaining closed on Wednesdays.
The latest Ofsted inspection, on 28th June 2021, rated the nursery as Good overall, with Outstanding for leadership and management and personal development. Children attending Wickham Bishops Nursery learn about risk assessment, even helping to ensure the main gate is padlocked for safety.
The curriculum encourages excellent imaginative skills, with children creating and sharing stories, and developing high levels of self-esteem through encouraging relationships with staff. The nursery provides excellent learning opportunities that make a real difference to all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and children have opportunities for outdoor learning.
Staff are highly skilled at supporting children's development in areas such as shapes and numbers, and provide a nurturing environment where children can engage in sensory play and learn at their own pace. Parents consistently praise the staff team for their dedication and for going above and beyond to support children's understanding and well-being.
What it's like
Children understand that when they arrive at nursery, routines have changed because of the pandemic. Staff wearing face masks now meet them and their parents at the main gate. Children competently learn about undertaking risk assessment for themselves. They help complete daily checks, including making sure that the main gate is padlocked to keep everyone safe.
Good Ofsted ratingOutstanding personal developmentOutstanding leadershipStrong imaginative playEffective SEND provisionFocus on safety skills
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Wickham Bishops Nursery
Last inspected 28 June 2021
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children understand that when they arrive at nursery, routines have changed because of the pandemic. Staff wearing face masks now meet them and their parents at the main gate. Children competently learn about undertaking risk assessment for themselves. They help complete daily checks, including making sure that the main gate is padlocked to keep everyone safe.
Inspector highlights
- Staff work extremely well, taking account of each child's backgrounds and experiences. They use this information to secure success for every child.
- Teaching is of an exceptional quality and interaction is consistently meaningful for the child and sensitive to their learning styles.
- Children demonstrate a growing knowledge of shapes and numbers. They confidently identify groups of different amounts, counting out seven or four shells respectively and identifying the correct numeral that represents these values.
- Children enjoy sensory play, manipulating dough, or chalking and splashing in bubbly water. They concentrate extremely well as they fish for sea creatures.
- Parents speak very highly of the staff team. They talk about how staff go over and above their expectations, for example, studying topics that interest their children, to extend their understanding.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen the supervision of staff to ensure an effective program of professional development is wisely planned, and chosen with care, to take account of the context and performance of the setting.
Inspection #10132386 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff provide excellent learning opportunities that make a real difference to all children, including those in receipt of additional funding.
Outdoor space
The inspector and manager completed a learning walk of the nursery, inside and outside.
Parent Reviews of Wickham Bishops Nursery
5.0
(2)
Liane Rowland
8 years ago
An OFSTED-graded Outstanding nursery, and OFSTED is absolutely correct. Held in a bright, clean, modern village hall with caring and well-qualified and motivated staff.
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Hayley Downs
7 years ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2021
Date: December 2010
- June 2021Good
- November 2019Inadequate
- November 2015Outstanding
- December 2010Outstanding
Frequently asked about Wickham Bishops Nursery
About the setting
Wickham Bishops Nursery registered in 2000 in Wickham Bishops, Essex. The nursery employs six members of childcare staff, all of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including two with early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday during term time and provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- 402028
- Registered person
- Wakelin, Belinda Frances
- 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
- Inadequate
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