Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Swanbourne

Ashbourne Day Nurseries At Swanbourne was inspected on 21 July 2025 and rated 'Requires Improvement' overall, maintaining the same rating from the previous inspection in November 2024. The report uses the legacy 4-area framework (Quality of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development, Leadership and Management), which has been mapped to the November 2025 7-area framework for this analysis. Safeguarding is effective and arrangements are in place. The nursery has made some progress following the previous inspection, including leadership changes, curriculum redesign, and staff redeployment, but improvements remain inconsistently embedded across the provision. The inspector identified two critical areas requiring urgent action: the quality and consistency of the education programme, and the effectiveness of staff support, coaching and training systems. While children are happy, confident, and their care needs are well met, the variability in activity planning and staff understanding of learning intentions means children are not consistently making progress in their learning.