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Wren House Nursery School

Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.6(7 parent reviews) ·Wren House Nursery School, 4-6 Salehurst Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 1QS · East Sussex
Number of places
26 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2025
Local authority
East Sussex

About this day nursery

Wren House Nursery School, a childcare-on-non-domestic-premises setting in Eastbourne (BN21 1QS), opened in 2023 and caters to children aged 1-4 years. Leaders and practitioners at Wren House Nursery School are committed to fostering a consistently positive and inclusive environment where high expectations for behaviour and attitudes are prioritised.

The team works closely with parents to understand each child's unique needs, ensuring they feel secure and can fully access the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum. A notable aspect of the nursery is its dynamic outdoor obstacle course, where children can regularly develop their fine motor skills, balance, and spatial awareness.

The nursery is proactive in identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged, collaborating with parents and external specialists to achieve the best outcomes. Parents have expressed feeling supported and reassured that their children are happy, safe, and learning well at the nursery.

The setting has robust safeguarding standards and focuses on preparing children for their next stage of learning.

Our ethos

Wren House Nursery School operates on an ethos of "Learning Through Play," aiming to make education an exciting and joyful experience. The nursery believes in fostering secure attachments, positive relationships, and intrinsic motivation to help children thrive. Their mission is to create a home-from-home environment built on kindness, bravery, and curiosity, encouraging children to explore, try new things, and develop a lifelong love of learning.

What it's like

Leaders and practitioners know the children and their families very well and communicate closely with parents to understand what makes each child unique, ensuring they feel at home and can access the curriculum. Staff provide activities promoting children's development. Children happily access activities, and staff support them to settle, calm down, and learn. Children form strong attachments, and expectations for behaviour are high, leading to positive responses and respect for equipment and peers. Staff use a simple system linked to animals to help children understand and manage emotions.

High expectationsInclusive environmentOutdoor play focusStrong attachmentsEmotional support

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm

Age range

1 to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

All_year

Session types

full day, sessional

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Nov 2025

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Wren House Nursery School

Last inspected 28 November 2025

What it's like to attend

Leaders and practitioners know the children and their families very well and communicate closely with parents to understand what makes each child unique, ensuring they feel at home and can access the curriculum. Staff provide activities promoting children's development. Children happily access activities, and staff support them to settle, calm down, and learn. Children form strong attachments, and expectations for behaviour are high, leading to positive responses and respect for equipment and peers. Staff use a simple system linked to animals to help children understand and manage emotions.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have established a consistently positive environment to promote high expectations for behaviour and attitudes.
  • Children have noticeably high levels of respect for staff, each other and resources.
  • Leaders prioritise an inclusive learning environment that supports all children to thrive.
  • Children are well prepared for their next stage of learning.
  • Children are given multiple opportunities throughout the day to practise using their fine motor skills and spatial awareness in a large complex obstacle course outside.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should enhance the opportunities for children to express their own ideas to build on the skills they learn in expressive arts and design.
  • 2Leaders and practitioners should build on their existing skills in extending children's learning more consistently to further enhance their learning.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children who are disadvantaged and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are quickly identified and supported to minimise gaps in their learning and development. Leaders and practitioners work closely with parents and outside specialists to make sure that adaptations and interventions needed are in place. They regularly review this practice to achieve the best outcomes for children.

Outdoor space

Children are given multiple opportunities throughout the day to practise using their fine motor skills through pinching and squeezing, and they practise balancing, stepping, jumping and spatial awareness in a large complex obstacle course outside. Staff are reflective about what is on offer to ensure that children are inspired and challenged to complete the course. Staff extend an obstacle course in the garden to ensure that children do not have to wait in line for their turn; this has a positive effect on their behaviour.

Parent Reviews of Wren House Nursery School

4.6
(7)
Alysha Cook
9 months ago

Wren house was the second nursery that we viewed for our son, immediately I felt that it was the right setting for him. We were shown around by Maria and the care and enthusiasm the nursery gave I just knew it was the right nursery. The nursery staff are always smiling and keeping us informed of any important dates. Our son has settled in really well and clearly feels safe and loved. We love the care that he receive, the play and the learning he’s doing and everytime we pick Arthur up he is filled with smiles and giggles. The staff are flexible and keep an eye out for our son. We love the pictures we receive of him playing with the blocks, making music or even playing with other children. I can’t recommend Wren House enough. It’s a small nursery which means the children receive the attention that they need. The nursery really focus on each child’s learning and development in different ways that suit the child. Wren house nursery and staff your all amazing! X

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Kirsty Slater
9 months ago

Wren house was our favourite nursery that we viewed, we were immediately met with enthusiastic, friendly, well informed, happy staff. Managed by Maria who keeps us well informed from daily activities to dates for the calendar -well in advance. Our daughter has settled in really well, easily and clearly feels safe and loved. We love the care she gets, the play, development and everytime we pick her up she is filled with smiles. The staff are flexible and keep an eye out for our daughter. We love the pictures of her playing in sand, water and soft play. We can’t recommend Wren House enough. It’s a small nursery with care attention bursting at the seems.

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Esther Henson
7 years ago

A small privately owned nursery school for children aged 1-5 years. The nursery is fantastic! An amazing setting where you can really see the children's development soar! As a previous nursery assistant at Wren House, I can't recommend it enough! The staff put in every effort to ensure children are happy, healthy and safe. It's a wonderful school and the children are always learning something new in fun and exciting ways. Opening hours between 8:30am - 5:15pm

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Cat Lobo
a year ago

I couldn't be happier with this nursery. It's small which means we have a really close relationship with staff and I feel very included and informed.

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samantha brookes
5 years ago

This nursey is amazing and my son enjoys every minute here. Would highly recommend this nursey.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

28 November 2025

Expected standard

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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