Day care nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years, nestled in the heart of an idyllic village near Salisbury.
Day care nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years, nestled in the heart of an idyllic village near Salisbury.
Day care nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years, nestled in the heart of an idyllic village near Salisbury.
Day care nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years, nestled in the heart of an idyllic village near Salisbury.
Welcome to our delightful day nursery nestled in the picturesque rural village of Barford St Martin. Steeped in history, our day care nursery holds a special place in the community. Our wonderful nursery school was once the village Infant School.
We are a small, family run business providing flexible and quality childcare for children and babies from three-months to five-years.
We have a great location; easy to find with ample parking onsite. We are just 6 miles from Salisbury and a couple of miles from Dinton. Our children live in many of our surrounding villages and towns, such as Burcombe, Dinton, Salisbury and Wilton but we do have children travel to us from as far as Tisbury and Shaftesbury.
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Do you want flexibility and ease, with confidence your child is getting the best day care nursery? We've got you covered!
Our day nursery offers half day sessions (8am-1pm or 1pm-6pm or full day sessions (8am-6pm). We also offer optional early drop-offs and late pick-up, subject to availability. In pre-school, we offer term-time places too!
Our day care nursery is open 51 weeks of the year; just closed for 1 week between Christmas and New Year.
Our nursery school has its own car park onsite so you can park-up and walk straight into our day nursery. You can be away as quick as you need to, or chat with other mums and our educators.
We're accepting new families under the Government's ‘stretch’ scheme, which means you can spread your funded hours over 51 weeks of the year, which equates to 11 hours per week. And in pre-school, we offer term-time too, which equates to 15 hours per week of Government Funding contributions.
You don't need to spend hours in the morning preparing your child's bag. At our day nursery, your child will get their own toothbrush and a T-shirt for our Movement & Mindfulness Programme. Nappies and wipes are also provided. In the summer, we provide sunhats and sun cream. All you need to bring into nursery are some spare clothes.
Your child will never go hungry at First Friends. We serve proper home-cooked, fresh food.
We serve breakfast, snack, two-course lunch, afternoon snack, and further two-course tea.
Your child can self-serve, so can have as much as they like, even seconds or thirds.
Why not come for a stay and play before deciding whether we are your day care nursery of choice?
We also offer free settling-in sessions before your child starts day nursery with us to ensure you and your child are fully relaxed and happy.
We've created a variety of fun and educational activities for you and your child to explore together at home.
We will share our Play and Learn at home pack when you join us.
Did you know, 85% of a person's brain is developed by the time they are five years old? Our day nursery early years education programme builds a solid, broad foundation for lifelong learning.
Don't feel bad. You are giving your child the best start in life!
Your child will engage in a variety of fun activities at our day nursery, that not only help them develop physically, but enhance their social and emotional skills.
They will ultimately sleep better because they have been mentally and physically stimulated all day, which means more sleep for parents! Yay.
We’re proud to have earned over forty 5-star reviews from parents on the Day Nurseries website. Not many local day care nurseries can say the same!
100% of families who responded to our survey also said they agree their child is safe at nursery and 100% said their child is happy at nursery. This was feedback from our summer 2024 Family Satisfaction Survey.
Our day nursery was last inspected in 2022. We are expecting to achieve 'Good' or 'Outstanding' in our next inspection (Ofsted code EY 399193).
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