Nature Trails Day Nursery

Cawston Farm House, Coventry Road, Cawston, Rugby CV22 7RY
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9.9 154 Reviews
  • Nature Trails Day Nursery, Rugby
Surrounded by woodland and sweeping countryside, Nature Trails is a purpose-built setting offering children a fantastic start to their early education.

The variety of outdoor play areas, including two all-weather surfaced gardens and small covered verandas, ensure children are able to spend time outside no matter the weather.

Nature Trails offers a convenient service to parents, opening from 8 am to 6.00 pm Monday to Friday.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Vicky Stancer (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 65

Total Places for Children

  • 152

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

  • Bank Holidays & Inset Days

Parking

  • Free parking is available onsite.

Nature Trails Day Nursery Reviews (154)

9.9

Nature Trails Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.920) out of 10, based on 29 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Nature Trails Day Nursery has 154 reviews.

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Review from Maria K (Mother of Child) published on 3 August 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a brilliant nursery. My son wasn't settled in the first nursery and we transferred him to the childminder first followed by Nature Trails. Obviously we were a little bit apprehensive. The staff at the nursery and his key person were absolutely instrumental in him settling in and having a fantastic
time. It has been over a year since we joined Nature Trails and I wouldn’t look for a better place. The staff at the nursery are extremely professional and truly care about children. You always get a warm welcome From the nursery manager or deputy manager and the reception and you can always be sure children are busy and learning every day with some fantastic extracurricular opportunities such as going down the farm or yoga classes. The staff get constant training which is important for me as a parent. The food quality is fantastic and healthy and the location of the nursery away from busy roads and noise is excellent.
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Review from Nathalie D (Mother of Child) published on 22 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A wonderful nursery, that makes your child's happiness and development their number one priority.
The outdoor space is truly inspiring, with regular outings to the woods, taking the path past fields with cows or sheep in, the setting really is idyllic. I couldn't wish for somewhere better for my daughter
to be making friends, and starting out her early years education.
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Review from Sam C (Mother of Child) published on 22 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nature Trails Day Nursery, Cawston is simply fantastic. Our daughter has been attending since she was 13-months-old and she is now 2 and a half. Her key workers are so caring and we feel reassured leaving her in their care. All of the staff are friendly and go out of their way to cater for her allergies.
I can't recommend it highly enough. An absolutely magical place with a real family orientation.
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Review from Gareth M (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery is always clean and well presented. Staff are always friendly and helpful. My daughter has progressed extremely well with her writing, letter sounds and numbers since attending. Their efforts throughout COVID-19 were flawless and I couldn't be happier with my choice of nursery.
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Review from Jemma H (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nature Trails is absolutely fantastic. I could not think of a better nursery to send my daughter. My son went to the same nursery and we have never had any problems. I go to work knowing she is safe and well looked after. She is so happy and the staff do not just look after her, they care about each
child in their care. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, they have acted completely responsibly and appropriately to ensure the staff, children and parents are safe whilst maintaining their incredibly high standards of care.
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Review from Bethany B (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nature Trails and all of the staff members could not have been better over the last few months. They have gone out of their way to assist my family in my son's transition to nursery. My son loves his key person, in the mornings when we ask him if he's going to play, he smiles back at us. The activities
that he does at nursery are brilliant and he's so much more confident having attended nature trails. I couldn't recommend them enough.
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Review from Jason H (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our son started when he turned one. He is now about to leave preschool to start his next chapter in life. A total of four years at the nursery.
I cannot recommend Nature Trails highly enough!!
Every single staff member had been like a friend and treated our son with compassion, kindness and love
that has seen his early years develop into the amazing boy he is today.
The building is wonderful, the food is 1st class (I wish I could eat there) and the facilities are excellent.
A very well run and structured nursery that we have thanked our lucky stars for every day that we made the decision to take him there.
We will miss you all.
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Review from Laura S (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I absolutely recommend Nature Trails as a day nursery. Our daughter has gone from strength to strength, since she joined over 2 years ago. Our daughter loves going to nursery and is always excited to share with us the great things she has been up to that day.
The staff are amazing, nothing is ever
too much for them. The care and attention they give to all the children is incredible.
The setting is fantastic, with lots of open outside space and access to the woodland. The communication is great, as parents, we are always kept informed and asked for our opinions and feedback.
We are very pleased to have found such an amazing nursery!
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Review from Clare G (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nature Trails is a fantastic nursery set in a great location close to woods where the children can explore and understand nature.
The staff are fantastic with the children and every day there are new activities. I am able to keep up with what my child has been doing throughout the day on a parent zone
app which shows pictures of them at play and interacting with their friends.
Every child is treated as special and looked after in the best possible way.
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Review from Peter W (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have put both our children through Nature Trails now, and couldn’t be happier with the care and attention they’ve received. Nothing has been too much trouble, especially during the recent easing of restrictions. Staff and management are well trained and hugely approachable, always putting the children
first. Facilities and resources are second to none, creating a great environment for the children. The nursery has fully embraced hygiene and safeguarding guidelines set out during the pandemic, and we’ve been very impressed with how this has worked.
Would wholly recommend sending your child here.
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Review from Niki T (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I cannot recommend Nature Trails enough.
The staff are so welcoming and friendly, my son loves going to nursery. With the COVID-19 virus still here, the staff have made the nursery very safe by following the government guidelines and putting all measurements in place to make the nursery safe for parents
and children. My daughter is starting Nature Trails in September too, I would not put my children into a different nursery.
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Review from Sheetal D (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery itself is a fun and bright environment. Since my daughter joined the nursery she has developed in so many ways. She is more confident and looks forward to going into nursery every day.
All members of staff are lovely and willing to help you in all manners. I can't find a better nursery
than this.
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Review from Alice R (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a fantastic, professional and very caring nursery, management keep families involved and in the loop. My little boy has always enjoyed coming to see his friends and having a great time playing and learning: the staff put so much effort in to tailoring the experience for each individual child
and setting up fun and rich learning activities for them every day. Highly recommend this nursery for your little one!
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Review from Lisa M (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I could not be happier with the Nature Trails, our son has attended since he turned one, I cannot fault the key workers the reception staff - everything is seamless and we have had no issues at all. If we go on to have more children this is the only place I’d want them to attend. The handling of the
COVID crisis has also been great and the communication during this time has been consistent and we have been clear all along on what is happening and will be happening.
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Review from Rachael G (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter loves nursery. She cannot wait to go in the mornings. They do a range of activities every day from drawing, dancing and role play to cooking and try to have the children outside as much as possible. Since we have returned after lockdown, Nature Trails have been amazing. Their policies and
procedures relating to COVID-19 are extremely robust and I feel very safe sending my daughter there.
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Review from Sam B (Father of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have found Nature Trails to be an amazing place for our child, we feel privileged to send her in and she always has an amazing day. The team there are all caring and bring comfort to her, even more so during these strange times.
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Review from Hannah P (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Nature Trails has first-class facilities, well-equipped rooms, outdoor play spaces and a fantastic kitchen team, who provide a great variety of tasty healthy food. Every member of staff knows every child, even in different rooms from the one they primarily work in which makes all the children feel safe
and cared for. The staff and management are clearly highly qualified and take great pride in the development and care of each individual child. As we have no family close by so it was vital to us to find a place for our child to develop social skills prior to starting school, and under the care of the staff our child is blossoming into an intelligent, caring and well-rounded individual. I cannot recommend Nature Trails enough!!
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Review from Hina M (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Absolutely outstanding service from Nature Trails. My daughter loves coming to pre-school. She enjoys the food and the range of activities they do.
The nursery is beautifully presented and kept. All the staff are amazing. Really polite and good at listening, they are really good at communicating and
being on hand to explain about fees and funding. No regret sending our daughter here!
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Review from Sally D (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has been attending Nature Trails for the last 3 years and we also attended during the height of the COVID pandemic. As a Parent the health, safety and wellbeing of our child is paramount; the team at Nature Trails always have these points as priority. With wonderful facilities, outdoor
space and opportunities to learn and explore. We have seen our daughter flourish in areas such as mealtime etiquette, numeracy, movement and handling her pen grasp. Clearly, these are all areas that start with focus at home but the team at Nature Trails build, strengthen and encourage progress through dedicated time, energy and effort.
Mealtimes are a delight with hot nutritious meals provided by a qualified on-site chef and many parents seeking out his recipes as these meals are often requested at home!! I would thoroughly recommend to any new parent looking at Nature Trails to come and visit for once you have met the team and seen the facilities you will not look anywhere else.
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Review from Sarah P (Mother of Child) published on 15 July 2020 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Absolutely fantastic nursery with helpful, friendly staff. They helped us feel very welcome from our first visit and our daughter has been going there for just approaching 1 year now. We fell in love with the grounds and the outdoor ethos, knowing our child would be able to explore nature in such an
encouraging way made all the difference. Our key workers are just brilliant and update our parent app regularly to show us how she is getting on throughout the day and detail healthy mealtimes, nap times etc too. I’ve found this so reassuring and just a lovely personal touch.
Most importantly we have been incredibly reassured by the continued outstanding service during the recent lockdown. They have navigated through it with exceptional professionalism from my point of view. We received support via phone, email, newsletters, website and felt we were still connected with nursery, even though we couldn’t be there. Well done to all at Nature Trails. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend you!
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.920)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.920) out of 10 for Nature Trails Day 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 29 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 29 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 4.966 for Nature Trails Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (336 Excellents x 5) + (12 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 348 Ratings = 4.966
  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 4.954 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Nature Trails Day Nursery is based on 29 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 152 number of registered child places is 30.4. 29 Positive Reviews ÷ 30.4 = 0.954
  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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Vicky

Vicky Stancer

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2006

Vicky is the Manager of Nature Trails Day Nursery in Cawston and has a wealth of experience, having worked in the early years sector since 1997. Vicky has a number of qualifications, including a BA (Hons) in Early Years and Early Years Professional Status. Nature Trails has been part of Childbase Partnership since 2018, yet Vicky has worked at the setting since 2006.


What is your favourite feature of Nature Trails?
My favourite features of the nursery are not only the extensive outdoor space we have to offer but also that we have been able to maintain the personal touch and family feel that Nature Trails has always had.


What are you most proud of about your nursery/team?
I am most proud of how the nursery has grown and become a part of the Childbase family and that our colleagues take such pride in their work and the company ethos.

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