Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 08:00 – 18:00 (closed Bank Holidays)
Woodlands Pre School & Nursery (Purfleet-on-Thames)
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
Number of places
60 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Thurrock
About this day nursery
The Butterfly Rooms (incorporating Woodlands) Pre-School & Nursery, situated in Purfleet, offers comprehensive childcare within a secure, loving, and stimulating setting, fostering the growth and development of young children. The nursery is dedicated to nurturing each child's individual capabilities through engaging activities, interactive learning experiences, and personalised care.
The experienced team of educators places strong emphasis on emotional well-being and early developmental milestones, aiming to cultivate a positive and supportive environment where every child feels valued, confident, and prepared for new challenges. The nursery caters to various age groups with dedicated rooms: "Little Explorers" for 0-2 years, focusing on sensory development; "Alice's Attic" for 2-3 years, promoting socialisation and language; "Little Acorns" for 3-4 years, supporting independence and early learning; and "Little Caterpillars" for 4-5 years, encouraging structured learning and critical thinking in preparation for reception.
The Butterfly Rooms is open 52 weeks a year and provides flexible hours to support working families.
Our ethos
The nursery is dedicated to nurturing each child's individual capabilities through engaging activities, interactive learning experiences, and personalised care. The experienced team of educators places strong emphasis on emotional well-being and early developmental milestones, aiming to cultivate a positive and supportive environment where every child feels valued, confident, and prepared for new challenges. Dedicated rooms focus on sensory development, socialisation and language, independence and early learning, and structured learning and critical thinking in preparation for reception.
What it's like
The nursery provides a warm and welcoming environment where staff create spaces for children to explore their interests. The key-person approach helps children form secure emotional bonds, fostering emotional development, independence, and self-care skills. Staff promote positive behaviour and good manners, with older children acting as role models.
Qualified and experienced staffFocus on emotional wellbeing and early developmentFlexible hours for working familiesOpen 52 weeks a year
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 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
Age range
0-5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2012
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Woodlands Pre School & Nursery (Purfleet-on-Thames)
Last inspected 18 August 2025 · Clare Ford
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
The nursery provides a warm and welcoming environment where staff create spaces for children to explore their interests. The key-person approach helps children form secure emotional bonds, fostering emotional development, independence, and self-care skills. Staff promote positive behaviour and good manners, with older children acting as role models.
Inspector highlights
- Children benefit from a broad and varied curriculum.
- Staff extend learning through purposeful interactions, encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Outdoor spaces promote children's large physical development, offering plentiful opportunities for climbing, balancing, running, and wheeled toys.
- Children's communication and language skills are supported through modelling and descriptive language.
- Partnerships with parents and other professionals are strong, with effective communication and a focus on supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to develop their teaching of mathematical concepts to help children apply their mathematical knowledge to their experiences and consolidate their learning.
Inspection #10416980 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents are happy with the care children receive.
They comment on the excellent communication and how they receive timely updates about children, including when they have minor accidents.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
There is regular engagement with the local authority and outreach services, which supports children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to make the progress they are capable of. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.
Outdoor space
Outdoor spaces promote children's large physical development. Children have plentiful opportunity to climb, balance, run and navigate with wheeled toys. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors.
Parent Reviews of Woodlands Pre School & Nursery (Purfleet-on-Thames)
3.3
(7)
Mentor Devisholli
7 years ago
The school offer an amazing opportunity for the kids to engage and lay foundation to their peers and teachers! The staff are absolutely splendid the way they treat kids with such a warmth yet so professional teaching and preparing them for their bright future ! The buildings itself is a very cosy and has unique features like the butterfly attic room that makes the kids feel as if they r in a fairytale wonderland! Our son absolutely loved it the time there an we are so glad we choose Woodlands we cant recommend the place enough even if we write thousand word essays! Once again thanks a lot to the excellent Staff!
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Ranjit Kumar Singh
2 years ago
Waiting list is never ending. I was confirmed the place 3 weeks ago and since than chasing every week but every week is new story and now suddenly got to know that place is gone and my daughter is back to waiting list.. no one bothered to inform me and I had to call more than 8 times and waited more than 3 weeks to know that place is gone.
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Noel Kouamoua
9 years ago
On waiting list forever now. First was told there were 5 children ahead of mine. Starting work this January only to be told 11 children ahead of mine. like really? How is this done?
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Hannah Yiadom
8 years ago
It’s really a good place for baby to start, my son loves it there and have seen a change in him since he started very glad I took him to woodland. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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Michelle Aube
9 years ago
My Daughter, absolutely loves going here, staff are very friendly, big outdoor play area.
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Inspection history
Date: April 2013
- August 2025Good
- July 2021Good
- February 2020Inadequate
- April 2013Outstanding
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