Who We Are

Our Aim

Our aim is to provide the best possible start to each child’s educational and personal development journey. Our nursery caters for children from 6 weeks to 5 years. We truly appreciate how formative and influential the early years are and want to be a big part of the process of helping develop your child into a confident, inquisitive, happy individual. We promote individuality, self-expression and learning in a safe & fun environment. Even at this young age we believe that skills, qualities and talents that will last a lifetime begin to surface and we promise to identify and help to promote these in the best way possible. Together we can give children the opportunity to maximise their full potential and ensure that they are ready to make their mark in the big wide world!

We strive to be the very best nursery for your child, so we will ensure that every visit to our establishment will be a fun and memorable experience. We fully embrace EYFS and will ensure each child will have every opportunity to access high-quality plan experiences to extend and further their learning in both prime and specific areas.

Our 4  beautifully decorated rooms are spacious and extremely comfortable. Each room is equipped with age appropriate toys and resources; children can participate in a range of activities, which enhances their learning through play. Our children also have full access to our large indoor soft play area.

Experienced and Equipped Professionals

We support and encourage all of our team to extend and build on their already well-established knowledge and learning in early years. The quality of the learning they encounter is then portrayed in the quality of teaching and support our children receive.

Imaginative Environment

Our uniquely designed nurseries have been created with the child and parent/carer in mind. To inspire awe and wonder to anyone that comes through our door. Both our indoor and outdoor environments are specifically designed for each age group to encourage exploration and ignite imaginations.

Inspired Teaching

Philosophical foundations have inspired our teaching strategies and curiosity in children which allows them to learn through a variety of mediums.

Family and Community Focused

Our families are involved in their child’s development every step of the way. We have regular parents’ evenings, iConnect where parents can see what their little one is up to everyday in the moment. We offer opportunity for families to get involved in learning and events throughout the year inviting them in to build community and friendship.

Experimental Play

Play is core to our learning. We deliver the EYFS curriculum through play-based experiences, designed to encourage our children to thrive, explore and experiment.

Our goal is to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. Each child’s needs and interests are different, so we’ve developed a progressive curriculum that is equally unique and bespoke to each child.

We want to ignite a lifelong love of learning in every child at Once Upon A Time Daycare, we do this through a gentle balance of free play and structured learning experiences.

Our 6 beautifully designed rooms are spacious and extremely comfortable. Each room is equipped with age appropriate toys, furniture and resources; children can participate in a range of activities, which enhances their learning through play. Our children also have full access to our large indoor soft play area.

Our Team

We have a very carefully crafted team of child care practitioners who create engaging environment where children can flourish. All staff are qualified to minimum of level 3, please visit our Meet the Team page for more information. Each child will be given a key worker, who will be responsible for their personal learning and development and will support your child on their journey with us. Carefully planned activities and experiences will be specifically designed to ensure your child is making progress and learning lots of new skills as well as lots of fun!

What Our Parents Say

Our daughter started once upon a time just before her first birthday and absolutely loves it. The rooms are well equipped, the staff are friendly and polite and she always come home happy!
Emma

Such a wonderful nursery, our little guy has been going here since he was 10 months old. They have the most amazing baby room I have ever seen and he has loved progressing through under the sea and soon heading to the next room. Transitions are well planned, communication is excellent, excellent catering to allergies, and the staff are warm, welcoming and fun. We have been very happy with our experience so far and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this nursery.

Kitti

Absolutely fantastic nursery been using since opened, with brilliant enthusiastic staff who really put the effort into making the kids happy! Thank you! ❤️

Jessica