Culham Village Nursery & Preschool

High Street, Culham, Abingdon OX14 4NB
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9.7 31 Reviews
  • Culham Village Nursery & Preschool, Abingdon
Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is a stunning setting with varied outdoor space, offering children ample opportunity to explore, discover and learn through play.

The setting caters for children from three months to five years old, following the Early Years Curriculum. Facilities are purposely designed for each child's age and stage and children benefit from a large rural garden, mature trees and a forest school area.

The caring and enthusiastic team also runs Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, which has achieved an OFSTED Outstanding rating three times in a row.
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Type of Service

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

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Nikki Durkin (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 16

Total Places for Children

  • 71

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Culham Village Nursery & Preschool Reviews (31)

9.7

Culham Village Nursery & Preschool has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.661) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Culham Village Nursery & Preschool has 31 reviews.

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Review from Helen K (Mother of Child) published on 17 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter has thrived at Culham. She is always so excited to be there. The staff genuinely care about her and always keep us up to date with her progress. Culham has helped her to meet and exceed her development milestones.
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Review from H D (Mother of Child) published on 17 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
It was lovely to have an actual face to face meeting. I feel like they are working hard for my child to have the best start in life. The detail in the development profile is fantastic. I thought my so just went there to play, didn't realise how much he was being taught behind the scenes.
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Review from Helen S (Mother of Child) published on 15 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Our daughter joined the nursery when it opened last year and settled in instantly. The care she has received from all staff, especially her key worker, has been outstanding. It's clear they know her really well. She really enjoys her nursery days, and it's lovely to see how her confidence has grown.
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Review from Charlotte G (Mother of Child) published on 15 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We are so happy with Culham Village Nursery & Preschool. The staff are always so engaged and doing different activities. We cannot thank them enough for looking after our son and providing a fantastic and engaging learning environment, especially during the Covid lockdowns. We've been especially impressed
with the amount of outdoor time and activities the babies do, and also the continuity of care with key workers and the low staff turnover. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend. Our son loves going and all the staff.
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Review from Abigayle W (Mother of Child) published on 15 March 2022 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A fantastic nursery. Kind and caring staff. The nursery works in a very child-centred manner, tailored to meet each individual child's needs. They are incredibly supportive and inclusive. The staff are open and approachable. The nursery provides a safe learning environment with adequate outdoor space
that they actively use. We are very happy that our daughter attends this nursery and feel she is safe and incredibly well cared for at all times.
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Review from V B (Mother of Child) published on 16 August 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Culham Village Nursery & Preschool has been a life-changer for us. We know that even on his clingiest days he'll be smiley and happy all day long. He's gained masses of confidence, a tonne of independence and our shy guy isn't quite as shy anymore. The change we see in him is dramatic and the energy
he comes home with on nursery days is amazing. Asking a toddler a yes/no question when you hope for one answer or the other is dangerous, but I ask him every day if he had fun and every single time he says 'yes'. I can't think of a better endorsement than that!
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Review from V P (Mother of Child) published on 10 August 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is such a fantastic nursery and my children couldn't be happier there. The staff are super friendly yet professional and all seem to know the children so well. The staff communicate daily about what the children have done so I always feel in touch with how my children
have been at nursery. The children learn so many things and do so many varied activities but most importantly have lots of fun playing with their friends and are nurtured and encouraged to grow in a safe, welcoming environment.
We would definitely recommend Culham Village as a nursery and preschool.
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Review from B W (Mother of Child) published on 10 August 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A fantastic nursery with brilliant staff. Our son has attended since it opened earlier this year and has flourished. The staff genuinely care about him, his development and his wellbeing. The facilities are excellent and most importantly the outside space is great. We wanted a nursery which encouraged
our son to be outside as much as possible and Culham Village Nursery & Preschool delivers.
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Review from Kate L (Mother of Child) published on 2 August 2021 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
We love this nursery. Currently in babies. Our oldest went to their science park branch which is where the youngest started too. We moved to the village branch once it opened and never looked back. The facilities both inside and outside are great, they are always adding and rotating things, have themed
weeks where they explore different things. We recently had colours. The cook is fantastic, freshly cooked and varied meals. My child smiles when being dropped off and when being picked up. Special medical needs catered for very well. Communication between staff is good and easy to talk to, and management takes concerns seriously. Couldn't have asked for a better start. Thank you very much.
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Review from Rebecca T (Mother of Child) published on 23 April 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I feel completely at ease dropping my son off each day as I know he absolutely loves his time at nursery. The staff are friendly and know him well. I feel well informed and confident at pick up that he has been well cared for.
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Review from T P (Father of Child) published on 29 March 2021 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The entire experience at Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is excellent. The transition from Culham Village Nursery & Preschool site has been faultless and most importantly, our son who doesn't like change has been supported throughout and looks forward to every morning going to nursery. I take great
comfort in the nurseries and particularly one member of staff's understanding of my child.
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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.661)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.661) out of 10 for Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 11 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 4.886 for Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is calculated as follows: ( (118 Excellents x 5) + (13 Goods x 4) + (1 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 132 Ratings = 4.886
  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 4.775 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Culham Village Nursery & Preschool is based on 11 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 71 number of registered child places is 14.2. 11 Positive Reviews ÷ 14.2 = 0.775
  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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