Welcome to Buttercups

Buttercups Nursery School has been a notable part of the Whiteley Community since 1998, providing a happy, friendly, fun filled environment for children to reach their full potential, and for todays parents to have complete peace of mind whilst their child is in our care.

Buttercups operates from a purpose built setting within the Whiteley Community Centre. We have a large indoor and outdoor learning environment, where 24 two year nine months to school age children per session, over the period of 50 weeks per year, can play and explore the continuous provision, which provides them with the social advantages of being independent and able to manage themselves before they begin school.

Buttercups are very proud to have been awarded ‘outstanding’ from Ofsted in July 2015 and again in February 2020. Our most recent report states:

The provision is outstanding Staff are inspiring.

They display impressive expertise as they consistently engage in meaningful interactions with children. For instance, they read the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and children displayed high levels of engagement in the story. Staff introduced the concept of opposites; children were animated as they discussed how hard or soft their own beds were at home. At the end of the story, children further enhanced their learning and sourced props to complement the story. The play area was a hive of activity. Children constructed furniture for the three bears and collected porridge oats for the bears’ breakfast. Children demonstrated exemplary behaviour as they cooperated extremely effectively with friends. Children are tremendously knowledgeable about living creatures. This was evident when they described the life cycle of a butterfly and enthusiastically ran across the garden as they hunted for spider webs. They were thrilled to share their knowledge of how insects and spiders grow. Children flourish in their personal development. Staff implement a range of superb measures to help children feel secure. For instance, they design key fobs which contain pictures of children’s families. Children keep these close at hand. The visual reminders of home help children to settle very quickly.

If you would like to read the whole report please click on the link below https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/EY226083

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