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The Cottage Nursery | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
The Cottage Nursery
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The Cottage Nursery
- Nursery
- Watchfield SN6 8TS
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children benefit from a wealth of outdoor experiences, planned to enhance their learning, resilience and curiosity.
Philosophy: Staff plan and provide interesting activities that are centered on engaging the children in exploration and discovery.
Forest School Sessions: Furthermore, many children benefit from valuable learning opportunities, such as forest school sessions.
Activities: Older children enjoy a wide range of activities that focus on promoting their communication and early writing skills.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff engage children in purposeful learning experiences, supporting each child to build on their prior knowledge and skills.
Communication: Staff strive to build strong relationships and provide support for parents in variety of ways.
Programs and Resources: The SENCo works closely with parents and other professionals to enable children with special educational needs and/or disabilities to make good progress.
Staff Training: The SENCo uses her experience and knowledge to offer support and guidance, and she acts quickly to create tailored plans for children's learning and development.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: They are welcomed by kind and attentive staff who know them and their families well.
Safeguarding Training: Staff trained in safeguarding training and know what they need to do to keep children safe.
Play and Learning Integration: Children benefit from a wealth of outdoor experiences, planned to enhance their learning, resilience and curiosity.
Transition to Primary School: Staff support children to develop a love of stories and songs.
Diversity Management: Staff positively value the diversity of cultures and languages in the setting and reflect this in the activities and events that they provide.
Child Safety Management: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are welcomed by kind and attentive staff who know them and their families well.
Happiness and Settling: Children excitedly arrive. They confidently separate from their parents or carers.
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The Cottage Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in Oxfordshire, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 0.3-4.11 years old.
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Clare Olden and Trudi Krzywiec, the managers of The Cottage Nursery, a registered charity limited by guarantee that offers top-notch childcare in the Shrivenham and Watchfield region, are supported by a Board of Trustees. The nursery has a close relationship with the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom and provides spaces for both local people and families of students attending the college.
Two women founded Beckett Crche in 1987 with some leftover emulsion and a little stipend for toys. Every morning, it carried 15 kids and 3 adults. The enrollment increased steadily, and in 1995 the closed Beckett School and the crche amalgamated. It was renamed The Cottage Nursery and operated on the premises of the Defence College of Management and Technology in Shrivenham, Massachusetts, with 125 children, 4 full-time employees, and 12 part-time employees.
When the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham was decided to be built, it became apparent that many new families would lack childcare when the college opened in September 2000 due to the physical restrictions of the cottage site. The nursery relocated after it was determined that Alexander Hall, Faringdon Road, Watchfield, was a more suitable location.
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Two women founded Beckett Crche in 1987 with some leftover emulsion and a little stipend for toys. Every morning, it carried 15 kids and 3 adults. The enrollment increased steadily, and in 1995 the closed Beckett School and the crche amalgamated. It was renamed The Cottage Nursery and operated on the premises of the Defence College of Management and Technology in Shrivenham, Massachusetts, with 125 children, 4 full-time employees, and 12 part-time employees.
When the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham was decided to be built, it became apparent that many new families would lack childcare when the college opened in September 2000 due to the physical restrictions of the cottage site. The nursery relocated after it was determined that Alexander Hall, Faringdon Road, Watchfield, was a more suitable location.
View our Facebook page at your convenience. https://www.facebook.com/thecottagenursery/.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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