Limited Nursery and Pre-School places available for immediate start! Secure Your Place Today

Our Environments

Here at Scott’s Wood Day Nursery we have designed and created environments that support and encourage children to grow and develop into the happiest and most complete versions of themselves. We make sure we provide an outstanding array of resources so that each child experiences as many different activities, topics and materials as possible. This helps to stimulate them, whilst helping them on the journey of discovery of who they are. 

We have decorated the outstanding indoor environment at our West Bridgford nursery and pre-school in a natural and neutral colour scheme. This makes the foundation ‘feeling’ of the nursery one of softness and calmness. Children respond extremely well to this and it allows us to keep them balanced and relaxed throughout their days here. We never struggle to raise their excitement levels with our amazing resources and equipment – our Practitioners make sure that it’s in a way that suits each child and is part of a sustainable and enjoyable, rather than exhausting, routine. 

Each piece of equipment in our age-specific rooms is carefully chosen to be perfectly matched to the stage of development of the children. Even within the four-year age range of children who attend Scott’s Wood Day Nursery, the needs of the children change from year to year – and, in fact, from month to month and even day-to-day. That’s why it is so important to provide appropriate equipment and resources that fully satisfy their potential for development, progress and advancement through that specific stage.

A fabulous example of how our equipment is perfectly matched to each room is the Community Playthings Nursery Gym in our Baby and Toddler Room. This is a beechwood structure comprised of a small slide, some steps, a curved bridge, a tunnel, and platforms. These features are all ideal for supporting and encouraging children at this stage of development to extend their physical skills, at a time when that is the area they are keenest to explore. As well as building their confidence in what they can physically do, this structure introduces them to different types of movement, teaching them the beginnings of ‘trial-and-error’ problem solving as they tackle the different obstacles, and social development as they help each other navigate the structure. 

Our outdoor environments offer the same top-quality features, designed throughout to bring the most fun with the maximum development and learning. We have a canopied area in the garden that allows us to get the children into the fresh air in all weather and we have a large play space beyond that for exploration of movement, games, ride-on play, enjoying the moveable resources and time spent having fun with friends.

Our garden has the additional features of a large digging area, growing planters, a construction area, a big sandpit, dens and cosy areas, large climbing equipment, a Sensory Garden, a Mud Kitchen and a newly constructed Garden Room. As you can imagine, with all of this available to us, the children get a huge variety of outdoor experiences here at Scott’s Wood Day Nursery. In addition to all of this, we have ensured that the children can develop a deep connection to nature thanks to the range of trees and shrubs we have incorporated into our outdoor space. We feel that interacting with nature is one of the most vital and rewarding things children can do

What Our Parents Say

Very talented and caring staff. My son really loved this nursery. He learnt a lot in all aspects from communication, relationship building, being independent, to learning maths, shapes, letters, word, sentences etc. Really pleased with the development. Thanks to all the lovely staff, you are all the best.

Vaibhav H (Father of Child)

My daughter has been in the nursery since the Baby Room. It has been an incredible journey. Now she is in the pre-school and every day she is excited to go to the nursery. She loves the staff, her key worker, the other kids, the setting (especially the garden). She really enjoys all the activities organised through the week/day. She enjoys and has fun while learning. The staff encourage and support multilingual families making the kids feel proud they can speak more than one language. Now the staff are also getting her ready to go to school this September. The staff have always been amazing, very approachable, flexible and caring.

B C (Father of Child)

The staff are so kind and caring, they all know my daughter even those in different rooms. She skips in to see them every day and they are as excited as me when she does new things. It's a home away from home.

H G (Mother of Child)

I can't thank the staff enough for giving me peace of mind when my child is with them. The number and variety of activities each day is amazing and the fact they manage to get in the garden or go on trips - even in winter is fantastic. My child's development is streets ahead of his peers who don't attend nursery.

S H (Mother of Child)

The nursery has a lovely nurturing and vibrant atmosphere which my son loves. There is plenty of space for him to explore and learn via the vast range of toys and equipment they have. I know he is well cared for. I am always well informed and I work together with the nursery staff to give my son the best possible experience.

Claire F (Mother of Child) 

The care, consideration and attention my son receives is exemplary. Staff pay attention to his strengths and weaknesses and verbalise them to us and ideas for developing them are implemented. All staff demonstrate an excellent attitude and have excellent relationships with their designated children.

A D (Father of Child)

The staff were warm, caring and professional and the facilities are great. We felt like our daughter was part of a big family. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all working there.

E S (Mother of Child)

I have been impressed by the level of care given to my son since he started. The daily warm welcome of the staff makes both children and parents alike feel at ease. Seeing the smile on my boy's face as we drive into the car park is proof enough for me that the team are doing something right.

Alexander M (Father of Child)

My little girl has recently started and is absolutely loving her time at nursery. The settling in sessions were brilliant and really helped put my mind at ease, especially with me starting back at work. The ladies in the Baby Room are super friendly and enthusiastic and I can't thank them enough for their support in what could have been quite an emotional rollercoaster.

G W (Mother of Child)

Once I drop my son off into the Baby Room, I feel he's as safe and as well looked after as I do at home.

Laura R (Mother of Child)