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Bright Horizons Oxford Waterways Day Nursery and Preschool
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Bright Horizons Oxford Waterways Day Nursery and Preschool
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- Oxford OX2 7NL
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: The premises are safe and suitable, and provide a clean and homely environment for the children to play.
Activities: Children explore using their senses as they play with sand, experiment with paint, and manipulate dough.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They plant potatoes in the garden and draw a step-by-step guide to share with their parents.
Communication: Parents confirm that communication is effective, including the daily updates received through the online app.
Staff Training: Staff receive good levels of support to promote their well-being and agency workers receive effective induction.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff greet the children and their families with a warm welcome on their arrival.
Safeguarding Training: Leaders maintain effective arrangements to ensure children's safety. Appropriate recruitment checks are maintained.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff regularly introduce new language and resources to extend and build on children's previous learning.
Transition to Primary School: Leaders work hard with staff to create an ambitious curriculum based on what staff know about the children and what they want them to learn next.
Diversity Management: Staff teach children the names of the insects they see, such as 'millipede' and 'worm'.
Child Safety Management: Staff ensure that their mobile telephones are not used in the areas where there are children.
Children's Safety and Security: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and settled at the nursery.
Nutritional Menu: The menus provided are balanced and nutritious, with a range of fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Bright Horizons Oxford Waterways Day Nursery and Preschool is a Nursery, Nursery located in Oxfordshire, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 0.3-5 years old.
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Designed by our Early Years specialists, your little one will get the very best start through our enriching and wellbeing focused Bright Beginnings Curriculum.
Based on the latest research, our five key areas of Opportunities and Experiences for learning are aligned to and build on the EYFS framework.
These are designed to nurture and develop the skills your child needs to flourish and reach their full potential.
The fees at Bright Horizons include all meals and snacks in our nurseries, as well as our unique and innovative early childhood programmes, such as Growing Enhancements and Boogie Mites.
Many of our nurseries also offer an all-inclusive package, which includes nappies, formula milk, wipes, creams and sun cream.
To find out if your local nursery offers an all-inclusive package, please contact the nursery manager to have a chat about what they offer.
We are delighted to be able to offer 30 hours funded childcare for all eligible families, Click Here to find out more.
Yes, Bright Horizons are registered with most childcare voucher companies for parents who joined the scheme before it closed and continue to receive childcare vouchers through their workplace.
To find out what sessions your local nursery offers, please speak to the nursery manager.
We expect children to attend a minimum of one half day session a week to support their emotional wellbeing, and help them to make friends and form positive relationships with adults.
Please contact your local nursery manager to discuss your requirements further.
Yes, Bright Horizons offers 3 and 4 year old funding in all of our England nurseries.
In Wales, our nurseries offer funding called The Childcare Offer for children aged 3 and 4 years.
Eligible working parents will receive up to a total of 30 hours of early education and childcare for up to 48 weeks a year depending on their combination of Foundation Phase and childcare hours.
To find out more about the 30 hours funded childcare offering please click here.
Most families are entitled to some funded hours of childcare, when and how many will be dependent on where you live and the age of your child.
Northern Ireland: Funded childcare is known as funded pre-school.
Find out more from nidirect.
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Based on the latest research, our five key areas of Opportunities and Experiences for learning are aligned to and build on the EYFS framework.
These are designed to nurture and develop the skills your child needs to flourish and reach their full potential.
The fees at Bright Horizons include all meals and snacks in our nurseries, as well as our unique and innovative early childhood programmes, such as Growing Enhancements and Boogie Mites.
Many of our nurseries also offer an all-inclusive package, which includes nappies, formula milk, wipes, creams and sun cream.
To find out if your local nursery offers an all-inclusive package, please contact the nursery manager to have a chat about what they offer.
We are delighted to be able to offer 30 hours funded childcare for all eligible families, Click Here to find out more.
Yes, Bright Horizons are registered with most childcare voucher companies for parents who joined the scheme before it closed and continue to receive childcare vouchers through their workplace.
To find out what sessions your local nursery offers, please speak to the nursery manager.
We expect children to attend a minimum of one half day session a week to support their emotional wellbeing, and help them to make friends and form positive relationships with adults.
Please contact your local nursery manager to discuss your requirements further.
Yes, Bright Horizons offers 3 and 4 year old funding in all of our England nurseries.
In Wales, our nurseries offer funding called The Childcare Offer for children aged 3 and 4 years.
Eligible working parents will receive up to a total of 30 hours of early education and childcare for up to 48 weeks a year depending on their combination of Foundation Phase and childcare hours.
To find out more about the 30 hours funded childcare offering please click here.
Most families are entitled to some funded hours of childcare, when and how many will be dependent on where you live and the age of your child.
Northern Ireland: Funded childcare is known as funded pre-school.
Find out more from nidirect.
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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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