Jesters Childcare

Jesters Childcare Jesters 4 settings help every child flourish & reach their full potential through a holistic approach

Our welcoming, fun approach and stimulating facilities across all Jesters settings, help create a strong foundation for all children. This enables smooth transitions through their early, formative and middle years to increase self-confidence, promote wellbeing, independence, socialisation and readiness for school and their future. Our 4 settings are:
Jesters Nursery & Pre-School Beaulieu - Ofsted GOOD
Jesters Nursery & Pre-School Bicknacre - Ofsted OUTSTANDING
Jesters Out of School Clubs Bicknacre - Ofsted GOOD
Jesters Montessori Inspired Nursery School Danbury - Ofsted GOOD

📢 BICKNACRE DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC MEETING THIS FRIDAYTo our Bicknacre families, please all do your best to attend the publi...
16/09/2026

📢 BICKNACRE DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC MEETING THIS FRIDAY

To our Bicknacre families, please all do your best to attend the public meeting taking place on:

📅 Friday 18 September
⏰ 7.00pm
📍 Bicknacre Memorial Village Hall

There are plans to build 99 new houses at the back of the nursery and Kids Club on what is currently an agricultural field. This is a huge opportunity for everyone to speak directly to those proposals.

Jesters' Managing Director Alison will be attending and will be putting our objections forward robustly. While there are many objections we will cite our prime concern is the children. We believe this proposal will have a negative impact on the nursery's rural ambience, while the extra traffic and emissions will represent a degrading of the children's environment and an increased safety concern.

Please attend if you can and make your views known.

Please also submit your written objections on planning application 26/00896/OUT, directly to Chelmsford City Council through its planning portal. The more written objections there are the more weight they carry.

We are also absolutely thrilled to announce that Jesters is in the TOP 11 NATIONAL FINALISTS for NURSERY TEAM OF THE YE...
14/09/2026

We are also absolutely thrilled to announce that Jesters is in the TOP 11 NATIONAL FINALISTS for NURSERY TEAM OF THE YEAR in the prestigious National NMT Nursery Awards! 🏆🎉

This is such an incredible achievement and a true testament to the passion, dedication and teamwork our Jesters Family brings every single day.

We really do have a phenomenal Jesters team that we are incredibly proud of. Spotlighting all the wonderful things they do within their practice for the entry was easy, the hard part was keeping to the word limit!

An interview with the Judges is the next phase and the winners will be announced on 7th November - wish us luck! 👊🌟

A Big Step!Moving from Bicknacre to Danbury and from Squirrels to Deer is a big milestone for our children. New surround...
09/09/2026

A Big Step!

Moving from Bicknacre to Danbury and from Squirrels to Deer is a big milestone for our children. New surroundings, routines, and faces can be a lot to take in, so we’ve supported the children with plenty of reassurance and encouragement.

We are incredibly proud of how well they have settled into Danbury! They are confidently exploring their new environment, adapting to routines, building new relationships, and becoming increasingly independent.

What a wonderful start to this exciting next chapter of their Jesters journey! 🐿️🦌✨

As part of our Enriched Curriculum at Jesters, Rachael visits all of the settings. She provides Fitness and Wellbeing se...
07/09/2026

As part of our Enriched Curriculum at Jesters, Rachael visits all of the settings. She provides Fitness and Wellbeing sessions to support both physical and emotional well being for our little ones. Her sessions give opportunities for the children to take turns, share resources and talk about the effects that exercise has on our body and how we should look after it. Rachael's sessions are fun, engaging and full of learning opportunities.

🍽 We are currently in week 3 menu choices, here's a reminder of the forthcoming 3 week cycle dates:WEEK 1 - Commencing ...
04/09/2026

🍽 We are currently in week 3 menu choices, here's a reminder of the forthcoming 3 week cycle dates:

WEEK 1 - Commencing next week, Monday 7th September
WEEK 2 - Commencing Monday 14th September
WEEK 3 - Commencing Monday 21st September

Jesters Early Years Alliance Nutrition ACCREDITED MENUS and RECIPES can be found on our website:
👉 https://jesterskids.org/food-nutrition/

Jesters approach to food is always to incorporate seasonal and local produce wherever practical. We are developing our o...
03/09/2026

Jesters approach to food is always to incorporate seasonal and local produce wherever practical. We are developing our own garden to plate ethos. It's a small acorn at the moment but we are hoping for an Oak. Local hedgerows are currently bursting with ripe blackberries, and there are plenty for humans and birds. A seasonal option is apple and blackberry crumble. This recipe from Waitrose can be made nut free or for a healthier topping add oats and seeds to the topping mix.
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/recipe/apple-and-blackberry-crumble?srsltid=AfmBOooMq9ZF9SYklFKQJV3dRe-dy9uyz03IDqwUypSj7I9Ti4w5xRlz

At our Danbury setting, we have recently added planters to the children's playground. The children are helping to look a...
26/08/2026

At our Danbury setting, we have recently added planters to the children's playground.

The children are helping to look after the new plants, watering them each morning and checking to see if there are any new developments. This supports teaching the children how to respect our environment, as well as the life cycle of a plant.

We are currently growing redcurrants, blackcurrants and blackberries. We can't wait for them to be ready, so we can bake some delicious recipes! 🪴👩🏼‍🍳

The Fawns and Hedgehogs children have been helping to refill our bird feeders, ready for Autumn maintaining our value of...
24/08/2026

The Fawns and Hedgehogs children have been helping to refill our bird feeders, ready for Autumn maintaining our value of being conscientious, teaching the children about caring for nature and meeting our eco goals.

The children either scooped with a spoon or their hands to transport the bird seed from the jug into the bird feeder. The children waited for their turn to scoop. The children then chose where they wanted to hang the feeders.

The seed feeders will be ready to put out again in November, whilst suet and fat balls are ok to hang now. The RSPB has guidance on feeding wild birds safely, whilst the threat of disease is still prevalent: https://www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happening/news/how-to-help-garden-birds

🎓 Beaulieu Graduation 2026! 🎓Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Beaulieu graduation on Saturday! It was lovely ...
21/08/2026

🎓 Beaulieu Graduation 2026! 🎓

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Beaulieu graduation on Saturday! It was lovely to celebrate and say a very special goodbye to our preschool children. 💛

We loved spending the morning together enjoying our picnic brunch, celebrating lots of wonderful memories and recognising just how much our children have grown.

We are so proud of each and every one of them and so excited to see them begin the next chapter of their educational journey. We wish them all the very best as they head off to school! 🌟📚

Address

Horseshoe Farm, Main Road
Chelmsford
CM34EX

Opening Hours

Monday 7:15am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 7:15am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 7:15am - 6:30pm
Thursday 7:15am - 6:30pm
Friday 7:15am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+441245943333

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