The Old Station Nursery s set in a rural area on the edge of Henley.
Inspected in January 2017 by Ofsted, the nursery was awarded an 'Outstanding' rating.
The setting cares for children from babies up to the age of five-years-old, with great opportunities for outdoor play for all ages.
There is a Forest School in the woodland behind the nursery which encourages children to be outside throughout the year. Forest School sessions are held weekly for three and four year-olds and are included in nursery sessions at no extra cost.
The pre-school is registered to offer free early education sessions for three-and-four-year-olds, with some two-year-old places also available. This includes 15 and 30 hour funding.
Contact the manager for more information.
Group: The Old Station Nursery Ltd
Person in charge: Julie Crake (Manager)
Local Authority / Social Services: Oxfordshire County Council
Number of Staff: 16
Service Offered: Day Nursery (Privately Owned), Open all year, Full Day Care, Sessional Day Care
Total Places for Children: 64
Age Range: from 0 years 3 months to 5 years 0 months
Opening Days: Mon-Fri
Opening Hours: 0730-1830
When Closed: Bank Holidays & Christmas
The Review Score of 6.7 (maximum of 10) for The Old Station Nursery, Henley is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
a) The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 6 Reviews over all time. This Average Rating is also the rating value for The Old Station Nursery, Henley in Google's Search Results - more info
b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 2.2 out of 5 from 6 positive Reviews in the last 2 years. (A 2 year period has been used as there were no positive reviews in the last 12 months)
a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating of all Reviews over all time. For each review the Day Nursery / service is rated Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor or Very Poor on a number of areas eg Staff, Management etc. The Day Nursery receives points for each rating as follows: Excellent = 5. Good = 4. Satisfactory = 3. Poor = 2. Very Poor = 1. These points are added up and then divided by the total number of completed ratings to generate the average rating.
The Average Rating of 4.493 for The Old Station Nursery, Henley is calculated as follows: ( (36 Excellents x 5) + (34 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 71 Ratings = 4.493
b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 12 months. If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with 'Extremely Likely' or 'Likely' in answer to the question 'How likely are you to recommend this Day Nursery to friends and family?'
The 5 points available are broken down as follows:
4 points are available for the first 5 Positive Reviews, 3 points for the first Positive Review and then 0.25 Points for each of the next 4 Positive Reviews.
1 point is available for reaching a target number of Positive Reviews based on 20% of the number of registered maximum number of service users. If the target is partially reached then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery with 50 registered maximum number of service users has a target of 10 Positive Reviews, if it has 10 or more Positive Reviews it will receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews will receive 0.7 points.
If there are no Positive Reviews in the last 12 months, then 2.5 points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 2 years. The calculation is the same as above, except the points are divided by 2.
The 2.235 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for The Old Station Nursery, Henley is based on 6 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as follows:
3 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 4 then divided by 2 = 2.000
Target of 12.8 positive Reviews (64 registered maximum number of service users ÷ 5). 6 Reviews ÷ 12.8 Target = 0.469 , then divided by 2 = 0.235
When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
The Old Station Nursery, Henley has a Review Score of 6.7 (6.728)
Review submitted from a Website Submission by Hannah W (Mother of Child) on Wednesday 4 January 2017. Relates to December 2016.
My daughter has been attending the old station nursery since she was one year old (now 30months) and I would recommend it very highly. The staff have always managed to make me feel very relaxed about leaving her in their care. They are caring, competent and fun people who genuinely care for the children who attend. My daughter always seems to have a great time while she is there whether in the garden or giant sand pit or enjoying messy play, crafts or the mud kitchen. The extra yoga lessons also seemed to have helped her developing physical skills and coordination greatly.
A great nursery.
How likely would you be to recommend The Old Station Nursery, Henley? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by S L (Mother of Child) on Thursday 8 December 2016. Relates to November 2016.
The Old Station Nursery provides a fun, relaxed and caring environment for our 2 year old daughter. The staff are bright and operate on a common sense basis rather than by procedure and process only. The litmus test for me is that I never worry whether my daughter will have a good day - I know she will and that gives me great peace of mind.
How likely would you be to recommend The Old Station Nursery, Henley? Extremely Likely
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Joanna C (Mother of Child) on Tuesday 6 December 2016. Relates to November 2016.
The main thing for me is they have a lot of variety, quite a few external people coming in (eg. Spanish, yoga, music) and Forest School. The fact they have a lot of outside space is great. The staff are great and there is not much staff turnover.
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Ingrid L (Mother of Child) on Tuesday 6 December 2016. Relates to November 2016.
Our son loves being outside, this is the reason why we chose The Old Station Nursery. The kids play outside as much as possible and learn about nature in The Forrest School.
The staff are friendly, caring and patient.
Also, the flexibility has been extremely useful for us when we were going through a difficult family situation.
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by J H (Mother of Child) on Monday 5 December 2016. Relates to October 2016.
So very pleased with the nursery. All the staff are so kind and seem to genuinely care about the children. We are kept well informed of all goings on and they have lots of activities for the children.
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Review submitted from a Postal Card by Alex B (Mother of Child) on Monday 5 December 2016. Relates to October 2016.
My daughter loves going to nursery, she will (aged 19 months now) want to walk from the car to meet her carers and I have never once doubted, that she is being fully cared for and attended to. Nursery staff are easy to talk with and listen well and keen to give you an update of the day at pick up time. Great outdoor space that the staff use well - children go outside whenever possible - this is important to me.
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