Nursery at St Gabriel's

St Gabriel's, Sandleford Priory, Newbury RG20 9BD
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The Nursery lies at the heart of St Gabriel’s and provides high-quality nursery care and Early Years education for children aged 6 months to 4 years. Open across 50 weeks a year and with an extended day, the Nursery has a warm and homely atmosphere where children become happy, confident and independent learners. As a natural progression, most of St Gabriel's Nursery children continue into the Reception class of the Junior School.
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Type of Service

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

Owner

  • The St Gabriel's Schools Foundation
  • Voluntary / Not for Profit Owned

Person in Charge

  • Katie Noonan (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 15

Registered Charity Number

  • 1062748

Total Places for Children

  • 81

Age Range

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

Funding & Fees

  • Nursery: Full Time (50 weeks a year).


    Days Attended 1 to 4 - Daily Rate £70.80.
    Days Attended 5 - Daily Rate £63.50.


    Nursery: Term Time Only (Approximately 34 weeks).


    Days Attended 1 to 4 - Daily Rate £74.20.
    Days attended 5 - Daily Rate £67.10.

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

  • Christmas & 1 week in the Summer

Parking

  • St Gabriel's School has a large car park adjacent to the Nursery.

Nursery at St Gabriel's Reviews (158)

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Nursery at St Gabriel's has a Review Score of 10 (9.950) out of 10, based on 25 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Nursery at St Gabriel's has 158 reviews.

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Review from Jen (Mother of Child) published on 25 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic staff, excellent care provision. Wonderful grounds which the staff make great use of and ensure the children spend a lot of time outside. My child is extremely happy at nursery and will be continuing to the school.
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Review from Anna (Mother of Child) published on 24 January 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Both my children love attending Sandleford. They enjoy the different activities on offer and being able to explore the grounds. Having free flow both indoors and outdoors is also a real positive. I have already recommended the nursery to many family and friends.
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Review from Helena M (Mother of Child) published on 10 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are extremely happy with the progress our son has made while attending Sandleford for the last two years. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful and most importantly our son enjoy every day at nursery.
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Review from Ria J (Mother of Child) published on 10 November 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fabulous nursery. It's never easy trusting your baby into the care of others, but all the staff at Sandleford have made it much easier and are always smiling, welcoming and brilliant with the children. They all make a real effort to get to know all the children, even the ones not in their actual rooms
and go out of their way to provide a fun packed, safe learning environment for the babies and children. The management team are lovely, it's all really well organised and run and I can't recommend it enough.
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Review from Richard S (Father of Child) published on 28 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter absolutely loves going to Sandleford, St Gabriels and we are extremely happy with everything about it. She recently made the step up from 4 days per week to all 5 days and couldn't be happier - in fact, I found it much harder than she did!


There are fantastic school grounds to play

on and explore, plus a dedicated outdoor space for the nursery children. Being a part of the wider school means that they can also make use of lots of the facilities within the school - Music, French, PE etc.


The staff are great and really care about the children they are looking after. I would not hesitate to recommend Sandleford.

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Review from W T (Father of Child) published on 27 October 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We have two children at Sandleford and can't recommend them highly enough, the environment is wonderful and the leadership shown by the staff is second to none. Only slight concern is the high turnover of staff over the recent months and it's a shame to see some familiar faces leave. However, this seems
to have been managed extremely well and standards haven't dropped. Our kids love it there and we feel very happy they are looked after so well.
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Review from Allison B (Mother of Child) published on 1 February 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
When you enter Sandleford, whichever room you enter you will find a warm welcoming and stimulating learning environment. The staff are friendly and my daughter LOVES her days at Nursery. She feels safe, cared/loved and I am happy to leave her in their hands. When I initially looked around the Nursery,
it took 'minutes' for me to make the decision that this was the best place for my daughter. They should all be proud of the work they are doing.
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Review from Paul H (Father of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Wonderful care and personal relationship with my child.
Love the outside space and regular trips to the woods.
Love the link to senior school from a staff perspective so there isn't a worry about professional development.
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Review from Rachel S (Mother of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We cannot speak highly enough of this nursery - our daughter has settled in so quickly and made some lovely new friends. Having to leave at her previous nursery in tears was, as every parent knows, a very hard thing to do - but now it is a pleasure to drop her off as she is so happy there. The staff
are all fantastic and create a very friendly and welcoming environment. The improvement in our daughter's confidence in the relatively short time she has been there is quite astounding.
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Review from Keith B (Father of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our child is very happy at the Nursery and looks forward to going everyday. The staff promote self esteem in their children and the results are terrific. He is now very confident with painting, singing and playing with other children.
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Review from Ollie S (Mother of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We moved from Exeter in Summer and I was so worried for my 2 years old little girl in her new setting. Caring and kind staff made this transition so easy for all of us and now I drop my girl every morning with a big smile on her face.
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Review from Megha (Mother of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending the nursery since Sep 2014 and I am very pleased with the nursery. The nursery administration is very supportive and completely involved in the welfare and needs of the child. The nursery setting is very good and my son enjoys a lot of activities, esp. the walks in the wood
and outdoor play. The teachers are very caring and personally look after the needs of my son. I would highly recommend Sandleford nursery and wished had found it sooner :)
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Review from Dee J (Mother of Child) published on 12 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My son has has been going to Sandleford part time since Sept 2014. He has food intolerances and is an extremely willful child. His key worker has been amazing with him. He settled in really well and is very happy there. He is going full time as soon as the days become available.
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Review from Charlotte S (Mother of Child) published on 30 November 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son has been attending Sandleford nursery for 7 months. The caring staff helped him to settle in over the forthcoming weeks and since then we have watched him flourish. His confidence and speech have improved remarkably. We have been very impressed with the variety of activities and the friendliness,
kindness and professionalism of the staff.
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Review from VN (Mother of Child) published on 24 November 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has attended the nursery since September. She took some time to settle, but the staff were brilliant at helping her to and she now thoroughly enjoys the time she spends there. She constantly chats at home about her friends and the members of staff. The facilities are excellent and she particularly
enjoys music and story time with the school librarian. Being part of a larger school means the nursery has access to not only to school members of staff and the facilities, but also the most wonderful grounds. She has enjoyed digging up carrots from the nursery vegetable patch and turning these into soup as well as visiting the school chickens. I would high recommend this nursery.
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Review from Lizzie H (Mother of Child) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My two children aged 2.5 years and 12 months have been attending Sandleford for three months and they couldn't be happier there. My daughter happily skips in every time she attends and dotes on the staff that look after her. As hard as it is for a Mum to leave her children at nursery, I feel reassured
that the staff genuinely care for my children and ensure they are happy and well entertained throughout the day.


The physical nursery itself is lovely, the rooms are large, light and airy with easy access to the lovely garden. There are opportunities for the children to explore the grounds beyond the confines of the nursery and often are taken out for walks to see the chickens and play in the fields.


One of the advantages of being part of a larger school is that the children have access to a whole range of facilities. There are lessons in the music room, story time with the librarian and specialist French, Music and PE teachers who come in to take lessons.


I feel that both my children are thriving at Sandleford and it is wonderful to see them developing so beautifully.

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Review from Kim C (Mother of Child) published on 23 November 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are thrilled with Sandleford Nursery. Our little girl loves going and is incredibly happy there. The staff are wonderfully - caring, enthusiastic and very patient and our little girl has come on in leaps and bounds being around other children in such a fun and stimulating environment which has clearly
had lots of time and thought put into it . The outdoor space and land around the nursery is amazing and just what we were after, giving the children lots of opportunities to play outside. The nursery is always spotlessly clean and the range of meals the children are given is brilliant. We have been really pleased so far and feel we've made the right choice sending our daughter here.
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Review from Hilary B (Mother of Child) published on 29 September 2015 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are very happy at Sandleford and feel our son gets an excellent level of care and attention. At 18 months, he really enjoys his time there and is forming a great relationship with his key worker and other children.
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Current Review Score: 10.0 (9.950)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 10 (9.950) out of 10 for Nursery at St Gabriel's 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 25 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 5.0 out of 5 from 25 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 4.950 for Nursery at St Gabriel's is calculated as follows: ( (283 Excellents x 5) + (15 Goods x 4) ) ÷ 298 Ratings = 4.95
  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 Nursery at St Gabriel's is based on 25 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 81 number of registered child places is 16.2, which has been reached with 25 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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