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Contact Information
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Phone Number01223 471703
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Group/OwnerSancton Wood School Ltd
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Person in ChargeNicola Henson (Head of Nursery and Pre-Prep)
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Number of Staff15
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When ClosedSchool Holidays
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Type of ServiceNursery School – Privately Owned Open term time Full Day Care Sessional Day Care
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Total Places for children52
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Age rangefrom 0 years 9 months to 4 years 0 months
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Opening DaysMon-Fri
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Opening Hours0830-1730
Jordan Owens
September 10, 2024 at 9:04 amWe sense that our daughter has been well nurtured but also challenged and stimulated by the wide range of activities undertaken daily. Our daughter talks about the team in the room as her friends and she has consistently looked forward to going into the childcare centre in the morning. We are incredibly grateful for all of the assistance that our daughter has been given. Thank you! We have been delighted with the team and the setting at Sancton Wood Nursery.
Morgan Taylor
October 5, 2024 at 1:42 pmThe small size of the school allows the educators to take personal care of each kid and focus on their special skills and interests. Through their online platform, Tapestry, as parents, we are enabled to follow on a daily base the different activities that the kids are doing, individually or at a class level. We have been impressed by the breadth of topics covered, the experiments carried out, the inspirational and imaginative way used for introducing to the kids our everyday world. Even in the recent unprecedented times, during the lockdown, we have been provided incredible assistance, through resources, a vigorous weekly plan and we managed to have a better understanding and appreciation of the discovering processes followed. We have full trust and respect for the quality of the job done and we definitely suggest the school. Our son has been in Sancton Wood for the last 4 years, and we have been extremely satisfied with the level of the school and the educators, who are remarkable!
Lane Blair
October 24, 2024 at 6:26 amHaving not had any prior childcare centre journey, our daughter of 2 years -10 months and was allowed to ease in at her own pace. She had already developed a strong bond with her class teacher from having had a home visit and was therefore keen to start. Our key attractions were the small class sizes, the ‘family sense’ the school provided and that the resources were so accessible for a kid to delight in.
They encouraged my daughter in areas that I didn’t know that she needed assistance in (getting muddy and grubby in forest school or discovering to playtime sociably with her classmates). The cross over with other classes, older and younger than her were really valuable. She was able to develop relationships with other class educators and looked forward to playing with kids in the older class. Thank you. What an incredible place to start school life! As a family, we have been overwhelmingly impressed by our daughters day to day experiences and our encounters with team.
Cameron Blair
November 7, 2024 at 2:10 amI prefer that the classes aren’t too big so the kids get more attention. The updates with the educators is really great also. I sense really comfortable here and my son does too. I adore this childcare centre.
Dakota Quinn
November 7, 2024 at 1:16 pmGreat facilities, welcoming team, kid-focussed, and a nurturing approach to educating kids to a high standard. Progress is communicated very effectively through an app that we access on our smartphones. Staff are very approachable and responsive to queries. Fantastic childcare centre – both kids have been here.
Finley Griffin
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 amHe is really cheerful to go childcare centre every day to see his educators and friends. The team have consistently been so attentive towards him and the other kids. I like the fact that the groups are small, and the little ones get the opportunity to do “forest school”. They come up with some really imaginative playtime and discovering ideas – e.g. once they used the whole room to recreate different scenes from “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”, which looked excellent enjoyable. My son has been in Baby Unicorns for just over a year and, right from day one, he has loved it!
Gray Sawyer
November 21, 2024 at 11:50 amThey are all super patient, welcoming and attentive. My daughter has been taken excellent care of. She was very shy before, and now she is confident, chatty and independent. We sense really grateful for all the team from the Sancton Wood Nursery.
Alex Irwin
January 13, 2025 at 8:41 amLots of activities encouraging independence, lots of reading and thought through playtime every day. The team are very dedicated with outstanding updates skills so that you consistently know about your kid’s day. The parents are a lovely community too. I have had three of my kids at Baby Unicorns and would highly suggest it. A cosy and stimulating setting for the kids to happily grow in.
Spencer Bishop
February 8, 2025 at 11:57 pmOur son joined the childcare centre just after turning one and he has been a very cheerful little boy for the last two and a half years. We could not have asked for a more attentive, playful, educational setting. We are genuinely impressed and very grateful to the fantastic team at Sancton Wood for having taken such great care of our son. I cannot suggest Sancton Wood highly enough. Sancton Wood have been absolutely exceptional.
Indigo Page
February 9, 2025 at 11:54 pmOur kid is super excited to go in every day – I think it is because you guys make discovering enjoyable! Thank you, couldn’t have wished for a better place! Tiger class educators and all the other team attentive for our kid are just incredible – we appreciate their individualised approach and dedication to help us raise a compassionate and attentive person.
Logan Taylor
April 6, 2025 at 10:28 pmThe educators are super experienced, loving, attentive, enjoyable and create activities with incredible imagination that get all the kids so engaged.
From a discovering perspective, the educators encourage discovering in such a positive way and give the kids exposure to lots of extra discovering opportunities such as Spanish, PE, baking, pottery, music, drama – the list goes on. Communication is top-notch, and we have full insight into all the enjoyable our son is having at childcare centre.
Most of all, we consistently sense super cheerful dropping our son off in the morning and adore hearing about all the enjoyable things he has been up to when we collect him. I couldn’t be more impressed and would genuinely suggest Sancton Wood to everyone. This is such a special fantastic childcare centre, and we sense very lucky to be part of Sancton Wood.
Fallon Carter
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 pmI was impressed with the amount of teaching they do for the childcare centre kids. This is a very positive setting and the kids learn a lot there. The Sancton Wood School is a excellent school with a small class, with plenty of attention and the educators are very attentive.
Sidney Mayer
June 8, 2025 at 9:48 pmThe educators are compassionate and attentive, and the activities are creative and interesting. The team have been supportive and responsive to any queries I have had, and the app is a great tool which gives me a chance to see what happens each day. I warmly suggest Sancton Wood childcare centre! I was very nervous when she started in Sept 2021 as my daughter is a pandemic baby and didn’t know many adults, but I can honestly say she is very cheerful at Sancton Wood.
Billie Walker
July 6, 2025 at 10:03 pmI was first drawn to their incredible outdoor space. My son has continued to flourish within the setting and loves his carers. The kids are consistently stimulated with remarkable activities such as painting, water playtime and mud kitchens. There has not been one day where he has been upset about being left; it’s consistently the opposite
What has been supportive is I’ve seen completely different behaviour in him when leaving him at another childcare centre he attends. He cries and refuses entry – I think this highlights how welcoming and enjoyable it is at Sancton Wood.
I will be extremely sad the day we have to leave! My son has attended the childcare centre since he was ten months old.
Skyler Hobbs
July 8, 2025 at 10:27 amI couldn’t be more blessed. I got to work feeling complete peace of mind that they are being well looked after, having enjoyable, discovering new things and feeling loved and secure. The site on Station Road has a lovely decking area with everything a young toddler could wish for, they explore and playtime with, and it overlooks the large garden area so they can anticipate the enjoyable they will have when they are a bit older. The team there run a forest school and excellent at showing the kids bugs and creatures. They are extremely creative and very cheerful to let the kids get mucky as they playtime. My youngest goes to childcare centre with open arms each day and my eldest consistently felt special there. There’s a large selection of stories and you can see how your kids are getting on with their school app. It’s fantastic all round! 10/10. Baby Unicorns (now Caterpillars) has been a fantastic childcare centre for both my kids.