Opening hours
Monday to Friday, all year round, except for public holidays and one week over the Christmas period. Sessions are from 7am to 6.30pm.
Woodland Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2023)
Number of places
104 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2023
Local authority
Warwickshire
About this day nursery
30pm. Woodland Nursery welcomes children aged 0-5 years.
The nursery received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 24th October 2023. Children eagerly and happily separate from their parents upon arrival, with staff warmly welcoming parents into the base rooms to share detailed handovers and important updates.
This fosters close bonds, helping children feel happy, safe, and secure. The dedicated staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
They cultivate an environment where children learn to be kind, share, and respect each other and their surroundings. The curriculum is broad and interesting, covering the seven areas of learning, and is designed to build on what children already know.
Staff effectively support bilingual children with new words in different languages, promoting critical thinking and expanding vocabulary. Woodland Nursery nurtures a love for books, with staff acting as animated storytellers, using songs and rhymes to encourage language development.
Outside, older children particularly enjoy stomping around the garden, engaging in imaginative play such as a pretend lion hunt. The well-established key-person system ensures staff quickly get to know each child and their individual needs, adapting key persons if a child forms a closer bond with a different staff member.
A buddy key-person system means two staff members are always familiar with each child's development.
What it's like
Children enter the nursery eagerly and happily separate from their parents. Staff warmly welcome parents into the children's base rooms on arrival, share a detailed handover, and provide important updates, fostering close bonds and ensuring children feel happy, safe, and secure. Staff plan a good balance of child-led and adult-initiated activities, igniting curiosity and supporting children to make predictions with open-ended questions.
Broad curriculumAnimated storytellersStrong parent communicationEffective key-person systemPromotes critical thinkingOutdoor learning
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2009
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Woodland Nursery
Last inspected 24 October 2023 · Katie Rudge
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 enter the nursery eagerly and happily separate from their parents. Staff warmly welcome parents into the children's base rooms on arrival, share a detailed handover, and provide important updates, fostering close bonds and ensuring children feel happy, safe, and secure. Staff plan a good balance of child-led and adult-initiated activities, igniting curiosity and supporting children to make predictions with open-ended questions.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders plan an interesting and broad curriculum that covers the seven areas of learning and builds on what children already know and can do.
- Leaders have a clear shared vision on improving practice and managers accurately assess the quality of teaching through effective peer reviews.
- Staff regularly assess children's progress and share this information with parents, using innovative ways to support children's learning at home.
- Children show a love for books, and staff are animated storytellers, making good use of songs and rhymes to encourage children's language.
- There is a well-established key-person system where staff get to know children from their first day and adapt key persons if children form a closer relationship with a different member of staff.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to make better use of children's prompts and interests, to challenge and engage children in learning even more
- 2enhance staff's awareness of how to role model good hygiene practices, so that children consistently gain a secure understanding of how to promote their own personal hygiene.
Inspection #10313735 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Outdoor space
Older children thoroughly enjoy stomping around the garden as they pretend to be on a lion hunt. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Woodland Nursery
3.7
(3)
Amy Cox
3 years ago
As a parent who's child attends this nursery, I cannot fault their service and dedication to my child and the other children in their care. The nursery is wonderful, facilities laid out in such a way that a child can always maximise their experience there with constant access to the outdoors. My child has a lot of allergies and their chef has always been fantastic about this. My daughter loves coming to nursery every day and I appreciate getting live updates, photos and communication throughout the day with their app! Thank you
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Suneer Bhat
7 years ago
Applied for this Nursery in December 2015 and have been following up to check the status. Astonishingly today when I called them, they said they did not have my details (registration form) hence cant offer place. Can you imagine the blunt response after 2.5 years of follow up. I would rather not chose their service of careless people and management. God knows how they treat children over there.
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Danielle Williams
6 years ago
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Inspection history
Date: February 2010
- October 2023Good
- February 2022Good
- October 2017Good
- May 2013Good
- February 2010Outstanding
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