Papworth Hall, which was sympathetically renovated as a purpose designed children’s day nursery, Children’s Ark Day Nursery cares for children aged from 6 weeks to pre-school age. We are currently registered to care for up to 39 children, allowing us to maintain the tight-knit, warm, friendly and family atmosphere to the nursery.
A family owned and operated business we pride ourselves on giving the best care and attention possible to the children that attend, always pursuing our philosophy to respect, celebrate and nurture each child ensuring they have the opportunity to reach their own potential.
Most importantly, we make sure the children are happy and stimulated by the activities, facilities and learning that our team provide.
Our highly trained team of staff with level 3 childcare and education as a minimum requirement are lead by level 4 and level 6 qualified supervisors with a variety of specialities such as first aid and child protection. Everyone who works here has passed a DBS check and we are also members of the National Day Nurseries Association and registered with OFSTED (click here to read our most recent OFSTED report).
Relationships with parents are really important to us and we work hard to provide services that parents can rely on and feel confident about; an extension of and important part of the close local community in Papworth Everard.
Parents tell us they like the Children’s Ark Day Nursery because of its warm and friendly feel, making them feel confident their child gets the best possible level of attention and care while they are with us from the nutritious food to the range of things to do. Based just outside Cambridge between the towns and villages of Huntingdon, St Ives, St Neots, Sandy and Biggleswade we are regarded as one of the best nurseries in the area with fully qualified and experienced staff that absolutely love working with children.
The Nursery is based in the grounds of Papworth Hall, purpose designed to provide a perfect location for child caring.
Our Philosophy & Mission
With over ten years experience as one of the best day nurseries in the Cambridge region, we have developed a distinct philosophy and mission for the way we provide our childcare services.
Our philosophy focuses our attention primarily on the children we look after, but also on developing close, valued and trusted relationships with their parents. We aim to respect, celebrate and nurture individuality in every child that spends time at the nursery, taking care to meet their day-to-day needs and educational requirements, ensuring each has every opportunity to reach their own potential.
As part of that we work hard to form strong bonds and relationships with parents as well, aiming to be a support to them and the wider family helping their child develop positive knowledge, skills and experiences that will stay with them throughout life.
Our open week and annual fun days are real testament to this work, when all the children, parents and carers come together socially to reinforce those bonds and a wider community feel to the nursery. There is already a wonderful community feel throughout the local area and we make sure it is reflected in every part of our business and the hands on work with the children.
Experienced, well qualified staff, a beautiful location and a safe, supportive, community atmosphere all combine to help us provide a really exceptional day nursery service where parents are always welcome to come and talk to us about anything, and children build confidence, experience and social skills amongst others.
Growing vegetables and plants can really help children engage with learning activities....
Every one of our childcare practitioner comes with a range of qualifications suitable for child carers and nursery school teachers and we expect considerably more than the basics! Perhaps most importantly, we only employ staff that understand our childcare philosophy, believe in it themselves and love working with children and supporting them in developing individual personalities and interests.
Childcare methods change all the time and new techniques of teaching and encouraging are always being developed so we invest in ongoing training for all of our team to guarantee parents that their children are getting the very best nursery care possible. This investment in our staff also helps team motivation and allows our carers to develop a true career path with numerous opportunities for advancement and self-improvement.
Whatever your day nursery requirements get an exceptional service from the dedicated team of professionals at Childrens Ark Day Nursery; contact us today to learn more or arrange a visit with one of our friendly team to see our nursery for yourself.
We're very proud of...
All staff at Children’s Ark are proud of their constant training and development this ensure we stay up to date with all educational and care changes; Taking on board current research reveals alternative teaching methods or ways of engaging with young children, which we are happy to implement.
We make sure our team provide the best day nursery service in Cambridgeshire through ongoing training and development designed to motivate and challenge the staff as well as continually expanding on and improving all aspects of their childcare skills.
All of our team also receive constant training and development of Tiny Talk sign language; designed for babies from 6 months and up this remarkable technique allows effective communication long before children have learned to talk helping us really understand their needs.
Expert staff creating a friendly, community atmosphere We look for the very best staff and provide them with the very best training to create an environment where the social, psychological and educational needs of up to 39 children are delivered in a perfect balance.
