Little Nest, Blackfen
Little Nest, Blackfen is a specialist provision part of Enchanted Wood Preschool providing high quality education and a unique learning environment for children with an Autism diagnosis and Education and Health Care Plan. This site also operates a specialist deferred reception year provision.
We ensure our learning environment is calm and nurturing by using soft lighting, calming music and keeping rooms minimalistic to best support the children’s learning and development. Our environment is adapted to create a unique and safe experience for the children.
Little Nest, Blackfen is divided into three classrooms, each class specialising in a particular area of need. Each room has access to an amazing sensory room which helps children to be able to self-regulate. The large soft play area supports children’s physical and sensory needs, allowing them to take part in daily sensory circuits and physio programmes.
Parents have given outstanding feedback in relation to our parent partnerships. This is something we take great delight in as this is essential to a child’s growth and development. We work alongside outside multi agency teams such as Speech and Language, Educational Psychologists, Occupational therapists as well as many more to create a holistic approach and ensure each child receives the highest quality of personalised intervention.
LITTLE NEST, Blackfen IS A TERM time only (holiday club available tuesday & wednesdays)
Rabbits: 18 months (with social communication or speech and language delays)
Hedgehogs: 3 year olds (with social communication, speech and language delays or Autism diagnosis)
Owls: 4 year olds (with social communication, speech and language delays or Autism diagnosis)
Foxes: 5 year old (with ASD diagnosis, EHCP in the deferred Reception year)
SESSION TIMES
Early Bird: 8am-8.30am
Full Day: 8.30am-4pm (with a choice of early bird session) Monday-Thursday
Enrichment Programme
Includes weekly speech and language intervention with The Communication Workshop, sensory play, soft play, Jo Jingles, Cooking, Sing and Sign and Baby Ballet Shine.
LOCATION
Enchanted Wood Land, 4-5 Wellington Parade, Blackfen DA15 9NB
JOIN THE LITTLE NEST WAITING LIST
Our site is full until September 2027.
Please join our waiting list and staff will contact you to arrange a home visit and a multi agency support admissions meeting. Please contact the site Manager with any questions and to register your interest please complete a Registration Form below.
Jamie Simpson, Area Manager
Peggy Coggins, Upper School Lead
Lili Sargent, Lower School Lead
T: 07592 514631
E: info@little-nest.co.uk
Rabbits: 07563 055080
Hedgehogs: 07599 626261
Owls: 07483 524 258
Foxes: 07483 539 889
www.facebook.com/littlenestewps
OFSTED NUMBER
Enchanted Wood Preschool is now trading as a Limited company ‘Enchanted Wood Preschool Ltd’ which was established in April 2024. This means our previous Ofsted inspections under our sole trader status will be found under our old registration numbers. There has been no changes to the settings, so Ofsted gradings are linked under our new registration.
We have kept our old registration links active to provide you with access to our Ofsted reports. New inspections will appear under our new registration numbers.
Ofsted Graded ‘Outstanding’ 2021 - EY2555601 [ click here to read our Ofsted Report ]
Ofsted Graded ‘Outstanding’ 2024 - 2782839 [ click here to read our Ofsted Report ]
Ofsted Graded ‘Exceptional’ 2026 - 2782839 [ click here to read our Ofsted Report ]
Our site at Little Nest
