Nurture & Grow Day Nursery

A large outdoor area and regular outings into Glenfield give Nurture & Grow Day Nursery a practical, outward-looking character. Its capacity is 44 children, with care spanning babies through to preschool ages. In May 2026, outdoor exploration sat alongside everyday skills: pouring drinks, choosing activities and learning to manage feelings.

At its May 2026 inspection, Ofsted judged behaviour and routines and children's welfare Strong standard, with achievement, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and leadership at Expected standard; safeguarding standards were met. That is a differentiated picture, with care and routines receiving stronger judgements than teaching. There is no overall grade to collapse those findings into.

Adaptable hours and part-time attendance are part of the offer. The practical appeal is flexibility, while the educational question is how consistently staff build on children's interests and extend their learning.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage is the statutory framework for children's learning and care. In May 2026, play supported language, physical development, social skills and growing independence here. Everyday materials gave children something concrete to investigate, connecting learning with ordinary tasks.

In May 2026, pouring activities became more demanding as children grew older. Babies explored cereal, pasta and gloop with their hands and little spoons; toddlers handled scoops and jugs; preschool children poured drinks into cups during outdoor pretend play. The progression makes the purpose easy to understand: the materials change, but children keep practising control and handling things for themselves.

Books and songs also shaped the day in May 2026. Younger children shared textured books with adults, and nursery-rhyme props prompted singing together. Staff followed children's interests, giving speaking and listening a place within play.

Teaching was uneven in May 2026. Some adults extended activities more confidently than others, and children sometimes had too little opportunity to work through a problem themselves, such as discovering what happens when a container has holes. Leaders had begun staff-development work to address this. For parents, the important distinction is between providing an appealing activity and using it to take learning further.

Outdoor and Community Life

The large outdoor area provides space for exploration, and regular local outings bring experiences beyond the nursery into children's lives. These are useful complements: one offers familiar space for play, while the other introduces different surroundings.

In May 2026, outdoor activities included climbing, balancing and riding wheeled toys. Older children also experimented with a foam-block tower, exchanging ideas and trying different arrangements. The physical resources supported both movement and shared problem-solving. Outdoor role play gave children another setting in which to practise pouring and taking turns.

Relationships and Communication

In May 2026, key-person relationships included comforting younger children before sleep, while planned sessions helped children become familiar with a different room before moving into it. That continuity matters at two sensitive points in a nursery day: becoming tired and facing a change of surroundings or adults.

Visual prompts and timetables helped children anticipate what would happen next in May 2026. Stories, props and conversations about emotions gave them ways to discuss feelings, while older children took part in guided meditation. These were practical tools for understanding routines and emotions, rather than relying only on spoken instructions.

Family support extended beyond conversations in May 2026. A lending library encouraged reading together at home, and oral-health resources and healthy-lifestyle guidance gave parents materials to use outside nursery. Leaders also directed families towards community services where additional help was needed.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the May 2026 inspection, Ofsted found that targeted plans, smaller learning steps and outside-agency involvement supported children with SEND, who made progress from their starting points, but staff did not consistently establish children's home languages on entry, weakening initial assessment and support. Families whose children use another language at home should weigh that specific improvement point alongside the individual support described.

In May 2026, daily toothbrushing formed part of children's routines, and staff responded to signs of tiredness when arranging rest. Children had drinking water throughout the day and freshly cooked meals. Together, these observations put ordinary care tasks firmly within the account of nursery life.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is Oakwood School, 20 Main Street, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8DG. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and the nursery operates across the year.

Adaptable hours, part-time options and support for changing routines are offered. Those arrangements give families more than one way to organise attendance, but the opening window should be read as the hours the nursery operates. It does not itself define a booked session.

Enquiries can be made by telephone on 07746 253665, and tours can be booked. The setting has 44 places in total; that is its whole-nursery capacity, rather than the size of a room or the number of children attending on any particular day.

• Extending learning. In May 2026, adults varied in how confidently they developed children's learning during play. Ask how staff now give children time to investigate problems and how the staff-development work has changed everyday interactions.
• Home languages. The May 2026 assessment identified inconsistent recording of children's home languages at entry. For a multilingual child, discuss how this information will shape their initial assessment and support.
• Flexible attendance. Adaptable hours and part-time options are offered. During a visit, discuss the pattern you need, including how changes to your routine would be handled.

Nurture & Grow suits families seeking adaptable hours or part-time attendance, with outdoor space and regular community outings as part of the offer. Its May 2026 assessment gives care and routines a stronger position than teaching, and the examples of key-person comfort, visual prompts and practical family resources help explain that distinction.

The decision turns on the child's needs as well as the timetable. For families prioritising familiar relationships and everyday independence, there is concrete detail to weigh. Teaching consistency and the handling of home-language information deserve an equally direct conversation.