Why Choose Us?

At Brookside Nursery, we provide so much more than childcare we offer a nurturing, inspiring start to your child’s lifelong learning journey. Families choose us because we create an inclusive, supportive, and enriching environment where every child is valued and encouraged to thrive.

A Warm, Inclusive Community

We welcome every child and family, celebrating individuality and diversity. Our team builds strong, trusting relationships with parents, ensuring your child feels safe, loved, and confident from the moment they arrive.

Experienced, Caring Practitioners

Our skilled staff understand early childhood development and deliver high‑quality learning through play. Every child at Brookside Nursery is assigned a key person who is a familiar adult who builds a strong, trusting relationship with your child and family.

Your child’s key person gets to know them deeply, tuning into their interests, routines, and emotional needs. They provide consistent care, offer reassurance, celebrate achievements, and support your child to feel safe, confident, and ready to explore.

Working closely with parents, the key person tailors’ routines, experiences, and interactions to meet each child’s individual needs, ensuring they receive the personalised support that helps them thrive.

A Thoughtfully Designed Curriculum

Rooted in the EYFS, our curriculum is shaped by each child’s interests and stage of development. Through purposeful play, communication‑rich interactions and hands‑on exploration, children develop confidence, independence, and curiosity.

A Love of Reading and Early Phonics

We nurture a strong love of books from the very beginning. Children enjoy daily stories, rhymes, poems, songs, and rich language experiences that build vocabulary and imagination. In our preschool room, playful phonics activities introduce sounds, patterns in language, and early reading skills in a fun, developmentally appropriate way.

Excellent Communication Through the Famly App

We use the Famly App to keep parents connected throughout the day. Families receive instant updates, photos, messages from key staff, care information, accident forms, and important notices. Famly helps create a strong home–nursery partnership built on transparency, trust and shared understanding.

Trips & Visits

We believe that real‑life experiences enrich children’s learning. Our nursery enjoys regular outings, either on foot or using our six‑seater buses to places such as the local market, shops, parks and the countryside right on our doorstep. These visits help children explore their community, develop road safety awareness, and enjoy new experiences beyond the nursery walls. All trips follow robust off‑site guidance and risk assessments to always ensure children’s safety.

Feeling Fit!

Every week, children take part in dedicated sport and physical activity sessions led by our Academy sports coaches. These fun, engaging sessions often link to our book of the week and encourage children to express themselves through movement, develop physical skills, and enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.

Outstanding Outdoor Learning

We believe the natural world is a powerful teacher. Our extensive outdoor spaces, including gardens, loose‑parts areas, mud kitchens, sandpits, planting zones, shared Early Years areas and Forest School, provide daily opportunities for exploration, adventure and connection with nature.

Play‑Rich Environments That Inspire Learning

Our calm, well‑resourced environments encourage children to explore, experiment and create. Open‑ended resources, thoughtful learning areas and skilled practitioners help children extend their ideas and deepen their understanding.

A Strong Focus on Wellbeing

Children’s emotional security sits at the heart of our practice. We nurture resilience, independence, self‑regulation and positive friendships, essential foundations for happy, confident learners.

Cultural Capital & Real‑World Experiences

We enrich learning through meaningful first‑hand experiences: celebrating festivals, meeting community visitors, cooking, exploring the local area, caring for nature, and discovering new interests and talents.

Preparation for School - Without Pressure

Our Butterflies preschool room supports children to become confident, capable and eager learners. With daily opportunities for early literacy, maths, problem‑solving, communication and independence, children are well prepared for a smooth transition into Reception.