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The Granary Nursery School is situated in rural surroundings on a working farm on the outskirts of Framlingham. The buildings have been converted from an original granary to consist of 2 main rooms (each with its own cloakroom) a ‘quiet room’ and a kitchen from which the Nursery Cook produces excellent home cooked lunches. In September 2025, we opened a baby room adjacent to the main building. All classrooms have access to large outdoor play areas allowing the teaching and learning to continue outdoors as well as indoors. The interior has been carefully designed with the children’s needs in mind with appropriate sized toilets and basins and coat pegs and book bag storage at child height, to encourage independence.

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A car park at the front of the building allows parents/carers to drop off and collect children as safely as possible. We are also within walking distance of Framlingham town centre.

As well as classrooms opening out into secure outdoor play areas, we also have access to the farmyard and extensive woodlands all year round. The children really can witness what happens on a working farm from season to season and often replicate this in their own play.

Within our outdoor areas, we offer a wide range of equipment and toys for the children to use freely. The ride on toys, such as tractors and trailers are very popular with the children and these and other wheeled toys often play a central role in imaginative play, whilst simultaneously helping to develop their gross and fine motor skills across the board.

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The children plant and harvest vegetables from the designated vegetable plot and these are used in our Nursery home cooked lunches. All snacks and meals are prepared on site and the Nursery cook works hard to develop a healthy and balanced menu across each week. Children with particular dietary requirements are also catered for. The children sit with an adult on each table. This is a lovely time to share news and reflect on the morning’s activities. We also encourage positive behaviour at the table – good manners and use of cutlery. Please see our sample menus for further information.

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The nursery is OFSTED registered. At our latest inspection, we were graded OUTSTANDING! We follow the EYFS and adhere to staffing ratios for the age groups in our care.

Staff are encouraging, focussing on the positive aspects of behaviour. They are well qualified and continually reflective of their practice. All staff are encouraged to access professional development courses to ensure we are updating and evolving our practice to support the children in the best possible way. Communication is at the heart of what we do and staff are very experienced at developing children's speech and language skills and are well versed in liaising with external professionals.