Maples Day Nursery (Winchester)

39 Hatherley Road, Winchester SO22 6RT
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9.8 153 Reviews
  • Maples Day Nursery (Winchester), Winchester
Maples Day Nursery provides high-quality childcare for the Winchester area. They have also obtained their Green Flag eco-schools award.

Their highly trained and knowledgeable practitioners implement a wide variety of structured indoor and outdoor activities designed in line with EYFS principles.   

Open from 7.30-6.30, Maples offer a fully inclusive package, perfect for busy parents.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Alex Algieri (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 42

Total Places for Children

  • 132

Age Range

  • from 0 years 2 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:30
    Tuesday 07:30-18:30
    Wednesday 07:30-18:30
    Thursday 07:30-18:30
    Friday 07:30-18:30

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & Inset Days

Parking

  • Free parking is available onsite.

Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) Reviews (153)

9.8

Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) has a Review Score of 9.8 (9.823) out of 10, based on 28 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) has 153 reviews.

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Review from Claire W (Mother of Child) published on 9 September 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I always feel extremely comfortable leaving my children at Maples - my son is my second child to attend here. Staff are attentive, warm and caring with the children and facilities and resources are excellent.
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Review from Niki F (Mother of Child) published on 9 September 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery. The staff are friendly, caring, and it is clear that they really enjoy what they do.
My son always seems to enjoy his time there and I feel being at nursery has given him confidence and social skills.
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Review from Chloe F-S (Mother of Child) published on 9 September 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I always feel confident dropping my daughter off knowing that she is going to have a good day. All the staff at Maples helped her settle in very well and I always have a happy little girl to pick up at the end of the day.


I like the food chat system and the way the staff help with the weaning process.

I was especially grateful when Maples ordered in special bottles and teats for my daughter as she would only take one particular brand.
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Review from Arjun J (Father of Child) published on 9 September 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Well organised, friendly staff, engaged child always tired after an activity filled morning.
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Review from Pawel K (Father of Child) published on 16 August 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My experience with Maples is fantastic, staff are very friendly but professional at the same time. My son absolutely loves going to nursery. Personally, I love the garden areas. When I'm picking him up, there's always a professional handover. I always know what he is doing, eating and what kind of activities
he's been involved in . I will recommend the nursery to friends and family.
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Review from Deborah (Mother of Child) published on 3 May 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending since he was 18 months old. He has a food allergy and was a very nervous child. Understandably I was very concerned about him attending any nursery. The staff take his food issue extremely seriously and spent simply hours cuddling him when he first started to help him adjust.
He's flourished in the environment, now eats a really good range of goods, loves the staff - as do we - and has so much fun in the new(ish) garden. They have added staff to the office recently and so the administration side is working great now too.
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Review from Bethan Z (Mother of Child) published on 8 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My daughter has been at Maples since she was 10 months old and has always been very happy there. She particularly enjoys the preschool, which is excellent. Always so many activities organised and staff are always welcoming engaging and know the children well.
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Review from Robert Q (Father of Child) published on 11 March 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I would like to thank all the wonderful staff at the Maple Nursery in Winchester, for everything they have done for my daughter. All the staff have been absolutely fantastic. My daughter is such a happy little person. She loves hanging out with her friends and all the staff are like family. I am so
grateful for everything they have done and know full well that my daughter would not be the person she is today without their devoted, loving care and attention.
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Review from Ben S (Father of Child) published on 3 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very pleased to have sent our boys to Maples Day Nursery. We have felt confident with the staff from the start. They settled in quickly and have now been there for 6 months and are excited to go. They appear to enjoy the food and the menu is nicely varied. The outside space is fantastic - particularly
the fort. Special mention and thanks must go to the boys key workers. They have been crucial in settling the boys and keeping them happy. They are always enthusiastic and happy. The boys love seeing them and they are a credit for the nursery.
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Review from Dominic W (Father of Child) published on 27 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Maples since September. He has thrived in Butterflies and I have to say the care and education he has received to date is exceptional. He loves going to nursery and loves all the activities they do. He always has a story to tell us everyday when we pick him up. He has always
been a very plain eater but since attending Maples he eats vegetables and tries food he would never eat at home for us. I can honestly say he has grown more confident as a person and the love and care he receives from the staff is exceptional.
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Review from Clare S (Mother of Child) published on 16 December 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son now is in pre-school at Maples. He loves it and so do we. He is happy, being well fed and well cared for by the whole team. The room leader for pre-school is excellent. I cannot praise her highly enough for her commitment, enthusiasm and results. Thank you so much for taking such good care of
our son!
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Review from Edina S (Mother of Child) published on 8 October 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter started at Maples when she was 11 months old, attended two different rooms so far and just about to move rooms again (she's just turning 2). She absolutely loves going to nursery and the rate of her development is just amazing since she started. She only does 2 days a week but it makes a
huge difference. The staff are very friendly, they do all sort of activities, they consider individual needs (my daughter's second language is Hungarian and her key person prepared a Hungarian booklet for her to practice both languages I was well impressed). It is such a relief that she loves going there in fact sometimes she's upset that she have to leave her friends and come home. The food is really good, they get 3 meals and snacks as well which is great help because I have to drop her off early and cannot pick her up till 5.30 after work. I can only recommend Maples.
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Review from Vicki T (Mother of Child) published on 23 September 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My two children (aged 4 and 22 months) have an absolutely fantastic time at Maples, cared for by staff whom they are enormously fond of. The outside space is excellent and new pre-school facilities in particular are brilliant. My only gripe is the sickness policy which doesn't seem to take into account
teething-related symptoms, so we have had to collect teething children (demonstrating high temperature, for example) on a number of occasions when there was nothing else wrong with them. Would absolutely recommend Maples.
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Current Review Score: 9.8 (9.823)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.8 (9.823) out of 10 for Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.8 out of 5 from 28 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 27 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 4.823 for Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) is calculated as follows: ( (285 Excellents x 5) + (40 Goods x 4) + (8 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) ) ÷ 334 Ratings = 4.823
  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 5 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Maples Day Nursery (Winchester) is based on 27 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 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    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 132 number of registered child places is 26.4, which has been reached with 27 Positive reviews. Points = 1
  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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Alex

Alex Algieri

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2024

Alex is Manager at Maples Day Nursery in Winchester and has a wealth of experience, having worked in the early years sector for over 20 years and with an MA in advanced Practice Early Years. Alex joined Childbase Partnership in 2024 after being in a regional role for another large chain nursery company.


What is your favourite feature of Maples?
We are so lucky as a inner city nursery to have such a large and varied outdoor space with lots of exciting opportunities to explore lifecycles and growth in the natural world.


What are you most proud of about your nursery/team?
I'm most proud about the enthusiasm and professionalism shown by the staff team. Everyone has a drive towards providing the best possible experience for our families and goes above and beyond to extol the Childbase values.

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