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Heather Rabbit Nursery | Ofsted Reports, Fees, Reviews (2025)
Heather Rabbit Nursery
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Heather Rabbit Nursery
- Nursery
- Newnham RG27 9JP
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| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Outstanding |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children use reference books with support from staff, while looking at fossils and broadening their understanding and awareness of the natural world.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Excellent use is made of the surrounding woodland areas; children balance on logs, measure puddles with sticks and assess if areas are too slippery as they demonstrate excellent physical development negotiating the muddy terrain.
Philosophy: The nursery offers exciting, incredibly interesting and stimulating activities that thoroughly promote children's passion for learning.
Activities: Children tend to the needs of guinea pigs and rabbits, groom ponies, and go pond dipping. They compare fossils and differentiate between horse and human teeth bones.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Enthusiastic staff build on what children already know to help them acquire the skills they need for future learning.
Communication: Parents state that children are provided with a 'homely' environment and the freedom to make choices. They are supported very well and enabled to be confident to extend learning at home.
Programs and Resources: An exceptionally strong focus is placed on helping children acquire communication skills. Staff are excellent role models who help children articulate what they are saying and use the correct context, meaning and tense as they speak.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Highly effective support and team working mean that staff are incredibly happy and enjoy working there.
Safeguarding Training: The provider has effective systems in place for recruitment and maintaining the ongoing suitability of staff, including all aspects of safeguarding matters and legislation.
Play and Learning Integration: Children show high levels of engagement and curiosity as they play, like comparing fossils and considering fallen trees as characters from stories.
Transition to Primary School: Skilful staff facilitate children’s independence and problem-solving skills very well, preparing them for future learning environments.
Diversity Management: The manager and staff have been highly successful at helping children build an understanding of families, community, and diversity.
Child Safety Management: Staff competently use and implement the provider’s policies, procedures and risk assessments. All staff hold paediatric first-aid training qualifications.
Children's Safety and Security: Children thoroughly enjoy their time at nursery and feel safe and emotionally secure.
Teaching Personal Safety: Children assess risks when pond dipping and negotiating muddy terrains under staff supervision.
Happiness and Settling: Children sustain high levels of engagement and curiosity, showing they are very happy and settled.
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Heather Rabbit Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in Hampshire, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 3-5 years old.
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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 - 2nd Sep 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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