Little Adventurers Forest School (Walesby) Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Newark for children from birth to 8+, open 08:45 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2021, with 40 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NG22 9NGWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 21 March 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome from staff as they arrive for the day. They are eager to see their friends and happily leave their parents. Children spend their day outside, exploring the woodlands. Staff support children to recognise risk in the environment and implement rules to keep children safe. They ensure that children understand not to 'touch, lick or pick' any of the vegetation that they come across in the forest. Children are developing a good understanding of the natural world.
They confidently recall the name of different types of mushrooms that they see and there is much excitement when the children find and identify a hawkmoth caterpillar.
Staff support children to build positive attitudes to learning. While children use large wood bricks to build, the staff encourage children to talk about what they are constructing. Children show their imagination as they talk about the robot they are making and how many batteries the robot will need to give it power. Staff encourage children to talk about the different size of batteries they are using and to count how many large, medium and small batteries they have. Children sort the wooden bricks that they have identified as batteries in to piles that correspond with the different sizes and count them. Staff extend the children's learning further and support them to add the totals together to see the full amount of batteries that the robot needs. Children demonstrate their positive attitudes to learning through high levels of curiosity, concentration, and enjoyment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the procedures for sharing information between staff about children's development and next steps, so children can be consistently supported in their learning
- share information with parents to help them extend their children's learning at home n support staff to be consistent in the implementation of behaviour management strategies.
- 14 October 2024Good
- 21 November 2023Needs improvement
- 23 May 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Adventurers Forest School (Walesby) Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.