Tweenies Day Nursery

A separate garden for babies and a larger outdoor space for older children give Tweenies Day Nursery a clear physical shape: care and play are organised around different stages of childhood. Inside its two-storey building in Evesham, the offer runs from babies’ interactive play to preschool maths and reading. The practical distinction is useful. Babies have an outdoor area of their own rather than sharing every activity with older children.

Tweenies accepts children from 3 months to 5 years and has 60 places in total. At its November 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good overall and judged safeguarding effective. That judgement belongs to that visit, rather than being a fresh assessment of today's provision.

Full-time and part-time sessions are offered, while digital learning journals give parents a way to follow their child's experiences between nursery days.

Rooms and Ages

The baby room serves children aged 3 to 22 months, with interactive play supporting their early development and a separate enclosed baby garden providing outdoor space. This makes the youngest children's environment a substantial part of the offer, rather than simply an age label.

For children aged 22 to 30 months, the toddler room emphasises communication and physical exploration through interactive resources. Inbetweenies also covers 22 to 30 months, using shared activities and games inside and outside to develop social interaction. Both descriptions place increasing independence alongside learning to play with other children.

The preschool room takes children from 36 months to 5 years, introducing early reading and maths as part of preparation for school. Its emphasis is educational, but still belongs within an early-years setting rather than a formal classroom timetable.

Learning and Activities

EYFS provides the framework for learning through play and supporting children's development and care. Tweenies' room descriptions translate that into different emphases: interaction for babies, language and movement for toddlers, social play in Inbetweenies, and early literacy and numeracy in preschool.

In November 2022, babies explored texture with pom-poms and practised filling and emptying cups, while toddlers experimented with instruments and moved to familiar music. Preschool children created imaginary journeys and a chocolate factory, then collaborated on outdoor brick structures. These examples show how ordinary materials can support sensory discovery, expression and shared problem-solving.

The same November 2022 assessment identified a weakness in some planned activities: staff sometimes attempted too many learning areas together, leaving the intended learning less precise. Further work was needed to establish the newer curriculum approach and ensure the whole team understood the nursery's improvement priorities. For parents, the important distinction is between keeping children occupied and planning an activity around what they need to learn next.

Outdoor and Community Life

The larger garden gives older children a separate outdoor setting from the baby garden. In November 2022, outdoor play happened daily, and the garden's climbing wall gave toddlers and preschool children opportunities to practise coordination and balance. Fine movement also featured through sorting, puzzles and toys that responded to children's actions. Outdoor provision therefore formed part of learning as well as a change of surroundings.

Tapestry app is the nursery's digital learning journal: a child's keyworker adds observations, notes and video after each session. Parents can access these entries through the app. The frequency matters, because the journal connects individual nursery sessions with what families see at home, rather than relying solely on occasional summaries.

At the November 2022 inspection, Ofsted found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities received good support, with early identification, targeted help and purposeful use of additional funding. Two special educational needs coordinators were part of that inspection-time arrangement. The useful detail is the mechanism: identifying a need and directing support towards it, rather than making a general promise about inclusion.

In November 2022, staff adapted care to children's individual routines and used gentle reminders about behaviour. Communication with parents worked in both directions, linking home routines with nursery care. Staff also supported children to choose activities independently, so attention to personal needs sat alongside opportunities to make decisions for themselves.

Language support was practical at that visit. Staff joined babies at their level and put words to their play; toddlers sang and took part in rhyme activities; preschool story sessions used props and sounds. Health learning included looking after teeth, while children were encouraged to drink independently using cups suited to their age. These are dated examples of how care and learning connected during the day.

Sessions and Attendance

Tweenies is at 70-72 Church Street, Evesham, WR11 1DT. It opens Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 6pm and operates across the year, closing for Bank Holidays and Christmas. Full-time and part-time sessions are offered. The opening window describes the nursery's operating hours; the attendance offer includes both patterns.

Families can contact the nursery by telephone, email or its contact form. Visits can be arranged by getting in touch, providing an opportunity to discuss the room sequence and how the chosen attendance pattern would work for a child.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered for two- and three-year-olds, and tax-free childcare payments are accepted. Private childcare is also offered. Families should obtain a current written quotation for their chosen arrangement so that funded hours and paid attendance are considered together.

A chef works on the premises, preparing homemade food; preschool meals and snacks are included in the price. For babies, parents supply bottles, milk and nappies, which makes those everyday care items a family responsibility.

Getting There

Car parking is available at the nursery. For families combining nursery with other daily commitments, this is a practical feature of the Church Street setting.

• The room sequence. The toddler room and Inbetweenies both cover 22 to 30 months, while preschool starts at 36 months. On a visit, how are moves between these rooms decided, including the stage between those age bands?
• Purposeful activities. In November 2022, planned learning sometimes covered too much at once, and staff needed a clearer shared understanding of improvement priorities. Ask how the curriculum is now put into practice and how activities are matched to a child's next steps.
• Your attendance quotation. Full-time and part-time sessions sit alongside funded childcare. Request a written quotation for the pattern you intend to use, with the funded-hours arrangements and any additional charges set out together.

Tweenies suits families seeking either full-time attendance or part-time sessions, with care extending from babies through preschool. The separate baby garden, stage-based rooms and session-by-session Tapestry journal give parents concrete features to weigh. Its November 2022 Good judgement is a useful quality reference, balanced by the need identified then for more precise activity planning and stronger shared improvement practice. The strongest reason to consider it is the combination of age-specific spaces, play-based learning and regular information about each child's day.