Open All Year Round
We are open 48 weeks per year, from 8:00am to 6:00pm, providing flexibility for busy families.
Age Groups
Maple — Babies (1–2 years)
A calm, nurturing space designed to support early development, exploration, and secure relationships.
Chestnut — Toddlers (2–3 years)
A stimulating environment where independence grows and curiosity is encouraged through play.
Willow — Pre-Reception (3–4 years)
Preparing children for school with a focus on confidence, communication, and early learning skills.
A Personalised Start
Our small groups and experienced staff ensure every child is known, valued and supported. Children learn through play, exploration and first-hand experiences, building confidence, independence and a love of learning.
Freedom to Explore Outdoors
Our large, walled back garden is the perfect place for your child’s imagination to take flight, with the space to discover a more natural, cooperative way of playing. Our outdoor play equipment is the perfect stage for performances, den building, discovering hidden treasure in the sand, keeping an eye on the residents of our bug hotel and taking off to faraway places- whether as pirates on boats or astronauts in a spacecraft.
Our Forest School is home to many an invention and creation. It gives children the opportunity to explore and understand the outdoors using natural resources. Forest school seeks to encourage, motivate, engage and inspire children through positive outdoor experiences, and we offer this as part of their overall education.
Our avid bird watchers encourage birds with their feeders, budding chefs cook up mud pies, musicians fashion wooden violins and bongos from tree stumps, and those with green fingers tend to their peas.
Our youngest children have plenty to explore on their own exclusive, large decking area, complete with a sand pit and wooden den.
Early Years Expertise
Sancton Wood is part of the Dukes Education group with a specific Early Years group (Little Dukes) and we are proud to state our children receive “a first-class education” where they are “welcomed into a second family, with the love and care you expect”. Little Dukes are the only organisation in the world to be offering Early Years specific conferences, drawing in inspiring speakers from across the country to enhance staff performance and thus outcomes for pupils. This is something we are particularly proud of and is reflected in our great end of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) results.
Why Families Choose Sancton Wood Nursery
- Small, nurturing environment
- Highly qualified Early Years staff
- Forest School and outdoor learning
- Central Cambridge location
- Smooth transition into Reception
- Part of Dukes Education (Little Dukes)
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Book a Visit
The best way to experience Sancton Wood Nursery is to visit us.
Come and see our nurturing environment, meet our team, and discover how your child will thrive.
