My First Friends Droitwich

A refurbished setting and a new trading name mark the latest chapter for My First Friends Droitwich. Now trading as The Old Station Nursery Droitwich, this Old Coach Road nursery combines renewed learning spaces with a history of practical, hands-on play. The refurbishment was announced in August 2026, so families choosing it now are considering a setting whose surroundings have changed since its last graded visit.

At its 9 June 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Outstanding overall. That dated judgement is an important strength, but it belongs to the nursery before the recent refurbishment. The current age range runs from 2 to 60 months, with 134 places in total. This is whole-nursery capacity, rather than the size of any child's daily group.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage provides the framework for learning, development and care: children build skills through play and experiences shaped around their development. Alongside it sits the group-wide All Aboard Approach, a curriculum that shapes learning around children's interests, exploration and practical experiences. Following a child's question or developing an idea through creative play gives that approach its everyday meaning.

In June 2022, activities connected earlier learning with the next challenge. Children explored shapes before drawing them with pencils, bringing mathematical understanding and early writing together. They also cared for newly hatched ducks and watched them swimming in a bowl. These were tangible experiences children could investigate, rather than simply hear about.

Independence also had a practical expression in June 2022. Children selected materials for their own play-dough creations and used real cutlery, including cutting a raw carrot. The emphasis was on doing things themselves. For parents, that gives a concrete picture of how ordinary tasks became opportunities to practise control, make choices and persist.

Later activities show the same interest in making and investigating. In October 2024, children built skeleton pictures using a child's body outline and drawings around their hands, adding bones as they explored anatomy. That month's garden activities included mixing potions with leaves and twigs, alongside staff-guided pumpkin carving. These are dated examples of creative work, rather than a fixed activity timetable.

Outdoor and Community Life

In June 2022, the outdoor space included gardening areas, mud play and opportunities to climb trees, with a beech tree swing adding another physical challenge. Outdoor play extended beyond running about: it gave children materials to investigate and opportunities to judge what they could manage.

A summer 2025 fundraiser brought families into nursery life through rainbow-coloured clothing, themed activities and fruit skewers. It supported Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, which helps families caring for a seriously ill child. The event linked something accessible to young children, colours and food, with a purpose beyond the nursery.

At the June 2022 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and highlighted exceptional SEND support, including early involvement of parents, work with outside agencies, individual adult help and specialist equipment where needed. Those findings matter because they describe actual support mechanisms, rather than a broad promise of inclusion.

In June 2022, pictures and visual cues helped children communicate and manage moves between rooms. Communication plans also linked the different age groups, with individual next steps for children. For a child needing additional help, that combination meant support could extend across activities and room changes.

Home experiences were brought into nursery conversations in June 2022 through a teddy bear and its diary. Small groups used the diary to recall experiences and talk about them. This gave children familiar material to share with others, while connecting family life with learning.

The June 2022 team comprised 14 staff, supported by wider management and opportunities for further training. This is a dated staffing picture, separate from current capacity. The useful consideration for families is how adults know their child and carry that understanding between activities and age groups.

The address is 28 Old Coach Road, Droitwich, WR9 8BB. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, with year-round opening apart from bank holidays and Christmas. For families organising work and childcare, the closing periods matter alongside the daily opening window.

In June 2022, the nursery provided funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-olds. That is a dated participation statement, rather than a promise about a particular family's entitlement or attendance arrangement today. Current prices should form part of the nursery's written quotation.

• A changed setting. The refurbishment and new trading name were announced in August 2026. Use a visit to understand how the renewed spaces support your child's day.
• Your child's daily arrangement. There are 134 places across the nursery, serving children from 2 to 60 months. What would your child's room, settling plan and booked attendance pattern look like, including any funded hours and meal or consumable charges?
• Holiday cover. Year-round opening excludes bank holidays and Christmas. Build those closures into your family's childcare arrangements.

My First Friends Droitwich merits consideration for families who value practical learning, creative projects and opportunities for children to do things independently. The renewed setting adds a current reason to consider it; the strongest independent judgement remains the Outstanding inspection of June 2022. Its weekday opening window will interest parents balancing work with childcare, while the dated examples of individual support give families with additional needs useful starting points for assessing a personal fit.