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Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2023)
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4.2(5 parent reviews) ·Poplar Shaw, Upshire, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3NJ · Essex
Number of places
40 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2023
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Wishing Well preschool nursery, established in the early 1970s and taken over by Lynn and Linda in 1994, moved into a new purpose-designed building in Waltham Abbey in January 2016. The nursery provides childcare for babies and children aged from birth to 5 years, striving to create a happy and secure foundation during these formative years.

Embracing diversity, Wishing Well ensures every child and adult feels welcomed, valued, and accepted, regardless of their background or personal characteristics. The nursery operates with a commitment to traditional family values, offering a 'home from home' atmosphere where children are cared for and encouraged to develop as individuals.

The dedicated staff teach by example, fostering good social and eating habits during shared mealtimes. The setting follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidance, focusing on themes such as 'A Unique Child', 'Positive Relationships', 'Enabling Environments', and 'Learning and Development', with a pedagogical approach centred on playing, active learning, and critical thinking.

Our ethos

We recognise that some children and adults are treated unequally for lots of different reasons, perhaps because of the language they speak, how they behave, the colour of their skin or even where they live. We believe this is wrong and aim to ensure that every child and adult who visits and uses our setting will feel equally welcomed, valued and accepted. Our vision is to create a happy and secure foundation for children in their formative years celebrating differences and to create and maintain a working partnership with the parents where you feel included as a part of the community. Our nursery offers a 'home from home' environment for children aged 3 months to 5 years where they are cared for and motivated to grow as individuals. We aim to provide child care based on traditional family values.

What it's like

Children are happy. They feel safe and secure in this warm and welcoming nursery. Staff present an inviting environment that encourages children to explore. Leaders and staff provide a curriculum that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual child to ensure that all children can reach their full potential.

Family valuesEYFS-ledFlexible sessionsFreshly prepared meals

Pricing & funding

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

Provide healthy balanced and freshly prepared meals

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

flexible sessions

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery

Last inspected 8 December 2023 · Jenny Forbes

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 are happy. They feel safe and secure in this warm and welcoming nursery. Staff present an inviting environment that encourages children to explore. Leaders and staff provide a curriculum that is tailored to meet the needs of each individual child to ensure that all children can reach their full potential.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders and staff develop strong partnerships with parents.
  • Staff are experienced and work closely together to embed their curriculum.
  • Children play and learn together well.
  • Staff encourage children to challenge their physical development.
  • Staff training is a high priority in the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on the use of books and stories to further enthuse children and bring the quality of this teaching to the highest level
  • 2develop further opportunities to promote messages about healthy eating.
Inspection #10305123 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. Staff are patient and nurturing. They support children who speak English as an additional language well. Transitions through the nursery are smooth and children adjust to their new environments quickly.

Outdoor space

Children access books freely, inside and outdoors, and staff read to them throughout the day. Staff engage children in friendly chatter as they make their choices of activities outside.

Parent Reviews of Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery

4.2
(5)
Joe S
a year ago

Such an amazing team and a lovely nursery, they look after our little one year old boy and I really can't say enough nice things about them. The site is located in a nice quiet cul de sac, easy parking and you can see they've got lots of nice toys to play with. We get regular updates via an App, they take the children on little adventures when the weathers nice, but most importantly everyone on the team really does seem to care about our little guy and from what I can see they have a really put together a brilliant child-care team. Its not easy as a new parent leaving your little one with someone else, so cant thank the team enough for everything they do and happy to say for any enquiring parents you're definitely looking at the right place here (we checked a whole bunch, and not all are equal that is for sure!) Thank you and keep up the good work!

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L S
10 months ago

Staff are rude especially Linda very patronising and will take any chance they can get to take money from you

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Lauren Smith
a week ago

By far one of the best nurseries. All 4 of my sons have been here and all of them happy and given the best start by amazing caring staff members. Lynn and Linda’s passionate about working with special needs children which I can confidently say is very rare to find. The staff are all very professional and polite.

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Inspection history

Date: February 2018

  • December 2023Good
  • February 2018Good

Frequently asked about Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery

About the setting

Wishing Well Pre-School Nursery registered in 2015. It is situated in Upshire, Waltham Abbey in Essex. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, from 8am until 6pm for 50 weeks of the year. There are 12 members of childcare staff, including the provider. Of these, six hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3, one is undertaking early years initial teacher training and the provider holds early years professional status. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

URN
EY491123
Registered person
Russell-Hubbard, Lynn Patricia
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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