Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston

Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston PR2 5RW
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  • Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston, Preston
Welcome to Highfield Priory Nursery and Pre-School. They welcome children between 2 and 4 years of age in their cosy converted home from home.

Highfield Priory's children have the freedom to experiment, discover and explore in its large outdoor area and carefully considered indoor learning environments. Who knows what trigger will ignite the spark that leads to the next architect, scientist or explorer? They have a large outdoor area that offers opportunities to be creative, physical and curious, whether this is painting in puddles, climbing on their new outdoor area or using a magnifying glass to carefully look at bugs under logs. Everything is an opportunity to learn!

Highfield Priory Nursery and Pre School promotes Forest Schooling, which is set within their beautiful private ‘Highfield Haven’. They have their very own Forest School Leader who ensures your children's days follow the rhythms of the children and the environment. Forest School is a long-term child-led educational process that promotes, observes and explicitly supports the social, emotional and physical development of children in a Woodland surrounding. All ages access forest school or nature-nurture sessions at Highfield Priory Nursery and Pre-school.

Highfield Priory allows children the freedom to explore, play and be themselves, whilst being at one with nature. Their days are child-led, they provide natural resources, tools, equipment, and structures. They find this freedom provides children with the opportunity to be creative and use their imagination to get lost in their world as they engage in play and use open-ended natural resources to support their play. A place where sticks become wands, trees become forts and children become dragons! The learning opportunities in this magical space are endless.
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Type of Service

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

Owner

  • Highfield Priory School Ltd
  • Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned

Person in Charge

  • Jeremy Duke (Headmaster)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 15

Registered Charity Number

  • 532262

Total Places for Children

  • 50

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Pre-School – Aged 3 + Full Day (8.00am to 3.30pm) £55.00
    Nursery 3 years old – Full Day (8.00am to 6.00pm) £61.00
    Nursery 2 years old – Full Day (8.00am to 6.00pm) £69.75

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 & 1 week between Christmas & New Year

Parking

  • There is off-road parking available on the school site.

Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston Reviews (31)

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Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston has a Review Score of 10 (9.993) out of 10, based on 12 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston has 31 reviews.

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Review from Gemma F (Mother of Child) published on 5 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Lovely friendly nursery with a small homely feel to children’s surroundings. Friendly staff, who are flexible and accommodating with varying childcare needs. My two year old daughter loves attending and her days there are always full of varied activities.
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Review from Lisa W (Mother of Child) published on 5 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son first joined the nursery during the current pandemic and therefore I was a little concerned at how he would settle in as I wasn’t able to enter the building etc. However, my concerns were quickly alleviated; he loves his time at the nursery and the relationships he has formed with both the adults
and children are wonderful, there’s no doubt that the staff care for the children and do their upmost to support their academic and social development. His speech has come on a great deal and I love the range of activities the children engage in from the outdoor space, to baking, art and crafts and dance lessons to name but a few. A fantastic environment and space for little ones to grow and develop.
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Review from Kirsty O (Mother of Child) published on 5 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery my son loved his time there before pre-school. The staff were fantastic and it was a great nurturing atmosphere for children to develop. The variety of activities both indoor and outdoor each day was fantastic! My son would run in every day.
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Review from Angela C (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston offers a wonderful, personal and caring environment for my child. He loves going to nursery school. Every day he comes home and says "I have fun at my school Mum" with his little group of friends. They do lots of indoors and outdoor activities and he especially
enjoys their adventure walks in the woods and watching the birds. The nursery staff are professional and are so supportive with his development - he started nursery when he was nine months and is now three years old. My child is confident and expressive.
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Review from Amy P (Mother of Child) published on 28 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been at the nursery since she was 2. The nursery has been fantastic, and she absolutely loves it. I can’t fault anything, she loves the teachers and all the activities on offer. I only wish I had sent her sooner.
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Review from Hannah S (Mother of Child) published on 19 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic Nursery with wonderful staff and fabulous facilities.
Forest school activities are a great addition to the provision.
Both of my children have been very happy here.
Highly recommended.
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Review from Karlie J (Mother of Child) published on 18 February 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son first started Highfield at 6 months old ... I was so worried leaving him so young, the nursery has been nothing but amazing as my son is now 3 years and 4 months old. He has come on leaps and bounds ever since he started Highfield, the teachers are all exceptional and he speaks about all of them
and how fun his day was every time he arrives home! Thank you Highfield I highly recommend you to anybody wanting a perfect nursery for their child.
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Review from N P (Mother of Child) published on 25 February 2020 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Always give us honest, yet reassuring feedback, support, advice, tips and generally excellent care for our children. We have always felt extremely comfortable and happy knowing our precious children are in the best care we could possibly ask for.
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Review from D E (Father of Child) published on 18 April 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child has been attending the Nursery since January this year and the staff, facilities and care have been nothing but fantastic. My daughter settled straight away and is always happy to be dropped off with her keyperson Miss Kidd, who she loves. The Nursery is so stimulating and always something
different happening every session she is in which we get to see on the emailed weekly reports.
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Review from Kat K (Mother of Child) published on 3 December 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
Our daughter enjoys her time at Highfield Priory Preschool very much. She developed great relationships with her teachers and other staff members and had very caring support during her transition from nursery to preschool. She shows great interest in the versatile activities that are offered to her
and has developed a lot in her time at Highfield Priory.
The ratio of staff to pupils seems to be at times very low, which seems to have an effect on the supervision the children receive at preschool. Besides this I would fully recommend this school as our daughter loves going here and shows great skills that favour her future development.
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Review from Isma A (Mother of Child) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are amazing, really feels like home from home for my daughters. Having had a few difficulties with times and dates they are always trying to help. I don't know that I'd do without the nursery staff. They are outstanding!
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.993)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.993) out of 10 for Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston 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 12 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 12 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 4.993 for Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston is calculated as follows: ( (143 Excellents x 5) + (1 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 144 Ratings = 4.993
  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 Highfield Priory Nursery and School, Preston is based on 12 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 50 number of registered child places is 10, which has been reached with 12 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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Meet the Team (1)

All Staff

All Staff At Highfield Priory Nursery

Job Title: Nursery Practitioners

We are so proud of our staff team who are genuine, caring and most of all great fun!


Our team are trained to the highest level and it is their support and respect for the children and one another which makes Highfield such a fantastic nursery to be a part of.


Passionate about Early Years our staff are hand-picked to create an outstanding home from home environment. It is our staff that add the special magic to your child's day and are therefore carefully selected having successfully completed a rigorous recruitment process.



All of our practitioners:


Hold an enhanced DBS check


Paediatric first aid


All practitioners are qualified to level 3 childcare qualification and above (apprentices are working towards level 3)


Safeguarding and Child Protection training level 1 & 2

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