OFSTED
Our nursery is registered with Ofsted on the Early Years register. You can download our registration certificate here. Our setting was inspected for the first time in September 2025 and we were graded Good in All Areas, with the inspector noting "areas of exceptional practice". Please click on the link below to read and download our inspection report.
The Hive Ofsted Inspection Report
Policies
Ensuring that all the children who attend our nursery are always safe and well cared for by qualified staff attentive to their needs even in unlikely or emergency situations is very important to us. We have the following policies in place to ensure that both parents and staff know what what our procedures are. All our policies are covered in our in-house training with staff and are dynamically reviewed and updated throughout the year. Please click on the link below to read and download the policies.
The Hive Policies
Risk Assessments
Working with nursery children in the outdoors safely involves a deep awareness of potential risks, as well as a strict process for all activities. We carry out regular generic risk assessments as well as a daily safety sweep at the beginning of each day and each activity. Our up-to-date generic risk assessment is below. Please click on the link to read and download the document.
The Hive Generic Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
The Hive has a £5m ‘Forest School’ Public Liability + £5m Product Liability Insurance from Birnbeck Insurance. Our policy number is SALSALIA/K150300/0332/19. Our insurance policy is available to view and download below.
The Hive Insurance Policy
MEMBERSHIPS
We are members of the Forest School Association, as well as the Institute of Outdoor Learning and Early Years Alliance. We adhere to their code of conduct. We are also a Living Wage Employer and a B Corp certified organisation (pending).
