Naturally Learning Nansledan

Bird boxes built into the nursery, bee bricks and a garden that leads towards an outdoor classroom give Naturally Learning Nansledan a clear identity: this is an urban nursery with nature woven into its surroundings. The purpose-built, open-plan setting in Newquay takes children from birth to five. Its outdoor offer reaches beyond the garden, with woodland outings and regular Beach School experiences connecting children with the coast.

At its June 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Outstanding and found safeguarding effective. The detail behind that judgement is more useful than the label alone: children investigated food and plants, used signing to communicate and took increasing responsibility for everyday tasks. Those examples show learning rooted in things children can handle, discuss and do for themselves.

Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. For families weighing the nursery, the strongest combination is its physical environment and the inspection's detailed account of responsive care and practical learning.

Learning and Activities

The EYFS provides the framework for children's learning, development and care, bringing play and everyday experiences into their education. In June 2025, staff built activities around real-life experiences and children's ideas. Growing plants on the allotment gave children something tangible to investigate; toddlers and older babies connected the plants they were tending with illustrations in books.

Food became an investigation, too. Older children cut strawberries with knives before crushing them with mallets and exploring their texture, scent and taste. Staff introduced vocabulary that helped children distinguish cultivated strawberries from wild ones. The value was in linking a word to an experience, rather than teaching it in isolation.

Books also moved beyond sitting and listening. Children recreated stories outdoors, using large play equipment and real mud as part of the action. Staff encouraged them to predict what might happen and develop their own stories. This gave imagination, movement and early literacy a shared purpose.

Outdoor and Community Life

The Walled Garden combines covered play space, handmade clay tiles from a Newquay community event and a bark-covered area leading towards the lawn. An outdoor classroom and Allotment extend the opportunities for learning outside. Quiet wildlife areas, built-in bird boxes and bee bricks give children places to investigate living things within the nursery grounds.

Trips add another setting for that exploration. Children travel by nursery minivan to Truro Forest School, where woodland experiences extend their outdoor learning. Regular Beach School experiences develop their connection with the natural world through time on the coast. These are additions to the nursery's everyday surroundings, giving families who value outdoor experiences a concrete reason to consider it.

Relationships and Communication

In June 2025, key-person relationships provided individual comfort, and younger children could seek reassurance from siblings within the nursery's free-flow arrangements. Older children practised being gentle with babies. For a family with children of different ages, that account offers a useful picture of how contact between age groups worked, rather than assuming that care happened entirely in separate spaces.

Language support ran through ordinary interactions. Babies used signs to request more food, while staff modelled speech and introduced vocabulary through play. Parents also read familiar stories in Spanish, allowing children to encounter the languages spoken by their friends' families. Learning about one another included food and festivals as well as words.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the June 2025 inspection, Ofsted found that staff adapted activities effectively for children with SEND and that children, including those with SEND and disadvantaged children, made rapid progress. Weekly exchanges between colleagues covered children's next steps, making individual support a shared responsibility rather than something held by one practitioner.

Everyday independence was another clear part of the June 2025 picture. Older babies helped themselves to food and washed their dishes; younger babies put toys away before selecting something else. These were small, practical responsibilities suited to the children's stage of development.

Support also extended to families. Staff helped parents complete applications for additional funding at home and offered sessions involving health visitors and feeding experts. Those examples show concrete help with care and family circumstances alongside children's learning.

Sessions and Attendance

The nursery is at Street Myghtern Arthur, Nansledan, Newquay, TR8 4UX. It opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, and operates across the year. Closures include bank holidays, a week at Christmas and two training days, so families need to factor those breaks into their childcare plans.

The open-plan building and trips beyond the nursery are both relevant to choosing care here. Parents can use a visit to explore how their child's day would work within that shared environment, particularly if they are considering care for a baby alongside an older sibling.

Funding and Paid Extras

In June 2025, the nursery received funding for disadvantaged children. Families should obtain a current written quotation when weighing the cost of their childcare arrangement.

• Shared spaces and sibling contact. In June 2025, the free-flow arrangements allowed younger children to find comfort with siblings and older children to interact with babies. On a visit, ask how that arrangement would work for your child's age, rest needs and daily routine.
• Woodland and coastal outings. The nursery uses a minivan for Truro Forest School visits and provides regular Beach School experiences. Ask how trips are organised for your child's age and what families need to supply.
• The complete childcare arrangement. Opening hours run from 7.30am to 6pm on weekdays, with Christmas, bank-holiday and training closures. Ask which booking patterns and funded arrangements fit your intended attendance, and request a quotation covering meals, consumables and any additional charges.

Naturally Learning Nansledan suits families who want an urban nursery with substantial opportunities to explore outdoors. The Walled Garden, woodland visits and coastal experiences give that preference a practical expression. Its open-plan design also makes the organisation of shared spaces an important part of the decision, especially for younger children.

The June 2025 examples are compelling: gardening led into language, stories became physical play, and everyday care included opportunities for children to act independently. Families considering weekday, year-round care have a clear opening window to work with, while the booking arrangement and full cost belong in the discussion before joining.