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My name is Linda and I am the Manager at Westfields Day Nursery.

I am a mother of three children and a granny of two who are a few months old. I am a dedicated and passionate early years professional, having qualified in 1978. I have worked in a range of different sized settings in the U.K and I have also had the chance to work in South Africa.

I was in my last role for 19 years leading a larger setting and I have always been motivated to make an impact on every child’s early years development and hope you see evidence of this in my management of this beautiful setting. I hope to meet you all soon and look forward to showing you around our nursery in Cheltenham.

Linda - Nursery Manager

Westfields is the most popular day nursery in the area. We, and our parents, believe this is for good reason with every aspect of our nursery being superb, from the care, philosophy and ethos to the staff team and the management.

The environment at Westfields and in any childcare setting is vitally important and plays a huge part in the education of children. Childhood theorists have all agreed that a child’s surroundings are the third educator, so at Westfields Nursery Cheltenham we work tirelessly to create a home from home feeling. We utilise the beautiful building and large garden to create a rich and diverse environment that inspires curiosity. Each room is designed to meet the changing needs and interests of the children and is reorganised accordingly.

We all share the same ethos of ensuring we create a warm, welcoming nursery for children and their families. Together we strive to achieve outstanding practice that offers children a stimulating, secure and fun environment in which they can thrive and reach their full potential. We regularly review our own practice as Early Years professionals to ensure the children receive the best care possible and believe in working in partnership with parents to maintain consistency between home and nursery.

As a team we want to support children to love learning and we want to ignite their curiosity to work things out, have a go, and encourage that intrinsic motivation to learn. We are a pioneering nursery here in Cheltenham as we are the first to offer children the opportunity to play with authentic resources, recycled materials and loose parts. We have embarked on The Curiosity Approach accredited course which has been a wonderous journey and taught us the importance of children being offered real objects to play and learn with.

We hope you enjoy browsing our website. If you have any further questions that you want to chat through or you’d like to arrange a show around, please don’t hesitate to phone on 03330 348964 or pop in to see us.

What Our Parents Say

Very talented and caring staff. My son really loved this nursery. He learnt a lot in all aspects from communication, relationship building, being independent, to learning maths, shapes, letters, word, sentences etc. Really pleased with the development. Thanks to all the lovely staff, you are all the best.

Vaibhav H (Father of Child)

My daughter has been in the nursery since the Baby Room. It has been an incredible journey. Now she is in the pre-school and every day she is excited to go to the nursery. She loves the staff, her key worker, the other kids, the setting (especially the garden). She really enjoys all the activities organised through the week/day. She enjoys and has fun while learning. The staff encourage and support multilingual families making the kids feel proud they can speak more than one language. Now the staff are also getting her ready to go to school this September. The staff have always been amazing, very approachable, flexible and caring.

B C (Father of Child)

The staff are so kind and caring, they all know my daughter even those in different rooms. She skips in to see them every day and they are as excited as me when she does new things. It's a home away from home.

H G (Mother of Child)

I can't thank the staff enough for giving me peace of mind when my child is with them. The number and variety of activities each day is amazing and the fact they manage to get in the garden or go on trips - even in winter is fantastic. My child's development is streets ahead of his peers who don't attend nursery.

S H (Mother of Child)

The nursery has a lovely nurturing and vibrant atmosphere which my son loves. There is plenty of space for him to explore and learn via the vast range of toys and equipment they have. I know he is well cared for. I am always well informed and I work together with the nursery staff to give my son the best possible experience.

Claire F (Mother of Child)

The care, consideration and attention my son receives is exemplary. Staff pay attention to his strengths and weaknesses and verbalise them to us and ideas for developing them are implemented. All staff demonstrate an excellent attitude and have excellent relationships with their designated children.

A D (Father of Child)

The staff were warm, caring and professional and the facilities are great. We felt like our daughter was part of a big family. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all working there.

E S (Mother of Child)

I have been impressed by the level of care given to my son since he started. The daily warm welcome of the staff makes both children and parents alike feel at ease. Seeing the smile on my boy's face as we drive into the car park is proof enough for me that the team are doing something right.

Alexander M (Father of Child)

My little girl has recently started and is absolutely loving her time at nursery. The settling in sessions were brilliant and really helped put my mind at ease, especially with me starting back at work. The ladies in the Baby Room are super friendly and enthusiastic and I can't thank them enough for their support in what could have been quite an emotional rollercoaster.

G W (Mother of Child)

Once I drop my son off into the Baby Room, I feel he's as safe and as well looked after as I do at home.

Laura R (Mother of Child)