Holmwood House Nursery

151 Coach Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester CO6 4DY
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9.1 24 Reviews
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Holmwood House Nursery is situated in an idyllic semi rural location between Great Horkesley and West Bergholt. The location benefits from being 10 minutes from Colchester and five minutes from the railway station.

Dedicated staff provide imaginative, exciting and challenging activities for all the children in their key groups. All children have the opportunity to be creative on a daily basis, with role play, dressing up, art and craft, music and movement and messy play being provided as part of the routine.

The basis for all of the opportunities and activities provided is careful planning arising from continuous observations of individual children by the key person.

Children are praised constantly for their efforts and great emphasis is placed on being kind to friends, with the staff team acting as positive role models.

The nursery provides waterproof suits for each child so that children can safely engage in exciting activities whatever the weather.
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Funding & Fees

To see fee information please visit hwww.holmwood.house/nursery-and-preschool/nursery

We offer the universal 15 hours of funding (and extended 15 hours funding for those eligible) from 1 year-old. For further details of this funding and the hours it operates please speak with the Nursery Managers who will be happy to assist you.


For more information about Holmwood House Nursery fees please visit our website.

Contact Holmwood House Nursery to get a personalised quote.

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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Vicki Shreeve (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 25

Total Places for Children

  • 45

Age Range

  • from 0 years 6 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • The nursery is open for 47 weeks a year, with set closing weeks

Parking

  • Plenty of parking, off road, directly outside the nursery

Holmwood House Nursery Reviews (24)

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Holmwood House Nursery has a Review Score of 9.1 (9.056) out of 10, based on 5 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Holmwood House Nursery has 24 reviews.

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Review from Karen M (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My youngest son attends two days a week and absolutely loves it. He is always happy to go and comes home full of excitement with lovely things and to show or tell me about his day. They do all sorts from arts and crafts to Zumba to French lessons and not to mention 1-1 literacy time which will be such
a head start for him when he goes to school. The staff here are wonderful, they really took the time to get to know my son and our family (my oldest son attended Holmwood too) and always treat all the children in their care as valued individuals while helping them to understand the importance of boundaries - all of which I know will make the transition to school so much easier! Honestly, I cannot recommend them highly enough.
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Review from Hannah T (Mother of Child) published on 31 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has been attending Holmwood House Nursery since the age of 1 (he is now approaching 2). He only does one day per week, but he absolutely loves his weekly trip to the nursery! The staff truly are the loveliest ladies and they really go above and beyond to make the days stimulating, fun and varied
for the children. As our son only does one day per week it took him a little while to settle into it at first, but since day 1 the staff have always been so welcoming, understanding and lovely, that we have always felt so happy and comfortable with him being there which is so important. We have no doubt that nursery is one of the key factors in building our sons confidence, he has come on leaps and bounds since attending there. They always have a yummy home-cooked lunch which is great, and we love keeping up to date with the 'Tapestry' webpage to see what our son has been up to! Couldn't recommend Holmwood House and its staff highly enough.
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Review from Faye W (Mother of Child) published on 30 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has been attending Holmwood House Nursery for just over a year now and she absolutely loves nursery days. The nursery staff are always so lovely and welcoming to both parents and children and our daughter feels happy and content in their care.
Our daughter has a slight visual impairment
which all staff are aware of, they go above and beyond to make sure that the facilities and activities are suitable and safe. The staff have put together a care plan for our daughter which we all work together on.
We couldn’t ask for a better and safer environment to send our daughter and we are looking forward to her baby sister starting next year.
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Review from Adam P (Father of Child) published on 29 January 2019 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son has been attending Holmwood Nursery since the age of nine months. The staff are very attentive and always so welcoming. It is clear to see our son has an enjoyable day by the smile on his face when we pick him up and the observations/ pictures posted to our private tapestry account. The staff
are very knowledgeable about our son likes, wishes and needs and are always happy to discuss any concerns that we may have regarding his development. The location of the nursery is beautiful, surrounded by woodland and open fields. This continues into the nursery by the wonderful outdoor space they have. He loves the delicious home cooked meals, we are told he always finishes his plate and asks for more. We are extremely happy with the care our son receives and feel that the friendly homely environment and helped him to become the cheeky, fun-loving toddler he is now. We would recommend Holmwood House Nursery to any parents looking for a nursery where their children can flourish and grow.
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Current Review Score: 9.1 (9.056)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.1 (9.056) out of 10 for Holmwood House Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 5 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.1 out of 5 from 5 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 5.000 for Holmwood House Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (60 Excellents x 5) ) ÷ 60 Ratings = 5
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.056 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Holmwood House Nursery is based on 5 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 20 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews, 0.05 Points for the next five Positive Reviews, and finally 0.025 Points for the next ten Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.050, 7th = 0.050, 8th = 0.050, 9th = 0.050, 10th = 0.050, 11th = 0.025, 12th = 0.025, 13th = 0.025, 14th = 0.025, 15th = 0.025, 16th = 0.025, 17th = 0.025, 18th = 0.025, 19th = 0.025, 20th = 0.025) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 = 3.5
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 45 number of registered child places is 9. 5 Positive Reviews ÷ 9 = 0.556
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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