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Welcome to Bestwood Childcare, Nottingham

Bestwood Childcare is a nursery in Nottingham City.

We offer 20 Ofsted-registered places and are assessed as 'Good' by Ofsted.

View our latest Ofsted inspection report

Our committed, friendly and well-qualified nursery team provides high-quality care and learning for children aged between 0-5 years. 

 "Children make good progress as staff have high expectations of what they can achieve."

 "Children benefit from the unique and spontaneous opportunities staff offer them to develop their understanding of the natural world."

 We are managed by the  and we follow the with a focus on learning through play and actively encourage parents to become involved in the life of the nursery. 

If you have an enquiries or would like more information about our nursery please fill out our .

Opening hours

We are open from 

8:00 - 16:00 Monday to Friday, 

38 weeks of the year,

excluding bank holidays and three staff training days. 

We offer 

• Funded childcare for qualifying two year olds and all three and four year olds 
• Safe, friendly and fun place for you and your child
• Learning through indoor and outdoor play activities
• A well-qualified, kind and caring team
• A dedicated key person to give focused support to your child

Your child maybe eligible for funded childcare.  To find out more information about funded childcare and check your child's eligibility please visit or freephone 0800 458 4114. 

If you would like to register your child for a place at our nursery or if you have an enquiry please fill out our . 

Find out more information about funded childcare  

Is your child aged 3 or 4 years? Are you a working parent?  You could claim 30 hours funded childcare, to find out more information and check if you are eligible please visit:

Autumn Term

This term our children havehad a really strong interest in dinosaurs, so we have had lots of different activities that involve them, we have encouraged lots of langauge and our children have been practising some of the names. We have had mini archaeologist, exploring the toy skeletons of dinosaurs in sand and ice, snow and mountains.

We like to play, learn and explore at Bestwood Childcare

Fancied a change around and a revamp.

Goodbye to the class of 2020 and end of term party.

We had a small party to say goodbye to some of the children who are leaving us to go to school or to a foundation class. We had a lovely party with some party food, cake, and party games.

We all also had many of kind words said to us from parents and children, the staff recieved some very nice cards and presents from our families too, which we are truly greatful for, Thank you once again. 

February brough us Ofsted and lots of snow on the same day!!!

We are pleased to say that we had our Ofsted inspection and they graded us a 'GOOD' we would like to say a big thank you to the parents who spoke to the inspectors and gave them some really good postive feedback about our setting.

January

We looked at the importance of brushing our teeth and eating healthy food, we practised brushing the teeth using toothpaste and a brush, making sure we brushed all the teeth, including the ones at the back and what may happen if we don't brush them daily.

We had some positive feedback fro parents who said they had had difficulty in getting their children to brush their teeth at home, they said their children would happily do this now and some even asked to brush their teeth.

Summer 2019

This term we have had our end of term parties, we have said goodbye to several childrren who will be going to school nurseries or foundation classes.

Our theme was 'Princesses and Superheros'.

Spring 2019

Healthy Snacks

We have been making and trying lots of new food and recipies  for snack this half term. We have made vegetable kebabs, carrot cake, banana bread and fruit pancakes. 

The children have enjoyed making and eating all of these as you can see from our pictures.

Summer 2018

Gardening Fun

We have been busy growing this term.  We have planted beans, peas, pumpkin's, strawberry's and potatoes.

The children have learnt more about different vegetables and how to look after them.  The children planted their own beans to take home with lots of learning promts as part of our home learning activity this term.

We have incorporated healthy eating and been trying lots of new vegetables and fruits at snack time too.  

The children enjoyed finding the potatoes when it was time to pull them up.

Autumn 2018

Pizza Making

We made pizzas to introduce new vegetables to the children and encourage healthy choices.  The practitioners introduced the children to different vegetables, smelling them, tasting them and exploring the diffrent textures.  The children then chose what they wanted to add on to their pizza.

Making the Pizza                                                Before cooking                                              End result - yummy!

Outdoor Painting

The children explored with paint and objects they could roll down the paper to make marks. 

The children chose different objects such as cars and balls to see how far they would roll.

Home Learning 

This is where we encourage our parents to extend their children's learning at home.    

Take a look at our some of our activities:

Growing - We planted beans with the children at nursery.  The children had lots of fun filling their pot and planting their seed.  We talked about what the seed needs to grow and how we can look after it.  We also read a story about a bean.  The children then took them home to look after them. 

Our parents sent in photographs to show us how their bean had grown.  We displayed them on our home learning board in nursery for everyone to see.

Find out more

If you have an enquiries or would like more information about our nursery please fill out our

To arrange a visit please contact Sharon, Nursery Manager on 07949814914 or email bestwood@eyalliance.org.uk