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Cosy reading and small world play area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring cream walls, rustic wooden furniture, green shelving foliage, colourful storage baskets, children

Nature-inspired learning environment at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring green herb plants, rich dark soil, natural wooden resources, light wood furniture, colourful bunting and spacious play areas, encouraging hands-on exploration, sensory discovery and early years learning through gardening and nature play.

Bright and spacious playroom at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring natural wooden furniture, sensory play stations, neutral-toned resources, colourful bunting, cosy reading and role-play areas, and open learning spaces designed to support creativity, exploration and early years development.

Sensory exploration area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring natural wooden furniture, wicker baskets, textured learning materials, colourful sensory resources, educational displays and open-ended play equipment, supporting hands-on discovery, sensory development and early years learning.

Hands-on sensory learning station at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring natural wooden furniture, wicker baskets, textured fabrics, colourful tactile resources and educational displays, encouraging sensory exploration, independent discovery and early years development within a nurturing learning environment.

Sensory play tray at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring a blue and purple exploration table filled with natural sensory materials, wooden cups and utensils, surrounded by wooden play resources, wicker storage baskets and inviting learning spaces that encourage hands-on discovery, fine motor skills and early years development.

Wooden construction and small world play area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring natural wood blocks, colourful peg dolls in orange, yellow, green and purple, wooden vehicles, balance equipment and open-ended learning resources, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, imaginative play and early years development.

Healthy eating and role-play activity area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring yellow bananas, green apples, pears and oranges displayed in natural wooden bowls, alongside wooden utensils and play kitchen resources, encouraging imaginative play, healthy lifestyle awareness and early years learning.

Music and sensory exploration area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring natural wooden musical instruments, a black and white patterned play rug, wicker storage baskets, children

Role-play kitchen and sensory learning area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre‑School featuring stainless steel cooking utensils, metal colander, whisk, teapot and serving spoons arranged on a rustic wooden cable reel table, encouraging imaginative play, practical life skills and hands-on early years learning.

Open-plan learning environment at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring natural wood furniture, woven storage baskets, a silver mirrored construction area, bright yellow daffodils, green and yellow sensory materials, creative mark-making activities, and nature-inspired play spaces that encourage exploration, creativity and early years development.

Sensory and discovery area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring a natural wood sensory tray filled with colourful textured balls in bright green, blue, orange, pink and red, a mirrored construction cityscape, a soft grey and white patterned rug, woven storage baskets, cosy charcoal and silver reading nook seating, and nature-inspired learning resources that encourage sensory exploration, creativity and early years development.

Sensory sand play area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring soft beige play sand, sage green and pale grey scoops, sieves and moulds, a clear sensory tray, bright yellow daffodils, natural wood furniture and nature-inspired activities that encourage tactile exploration, fine motor skill development and hands-on learning through play.

Sensory and construction play area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring a natural wooden discovery tray filled with bright orange, green, blue, purple and pink textured sensory balls, a mirrored silver block cityscape, woven storage baskets and a soft grey and white patterned rug, encouraging sensory exploration, problem-solving, imaginative play and early years development.

Small-world and open-ended play area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring natural wooden toy lorries, buses and construction vehicles, woven wicker storage baskets, a wooden dolls house, woodland animal figures, soft neutral-toned play mats and nature-inspired learning resources that encourage imaginative play, storytelling, problem-solving and early years development.

Creative and sensory learning area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring natural wooden paintbrush pots, soft pastel-coloured loose parts, a spacious sand play station, light wood furniture, a wooden bridge structure and open-ended art resources, creating an inspiring environment for creativity, sensory exploration and early years development.

Small-world play and reading area at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring a soft light-grey rug, realistic dinosaur figures in earthy brown, green and blue tones, natural wooden play resources, woven wicker storage baskets, a colourful book display, and navy blue polka-dot armchairs, creating an engaging environment for imaginative play, storytelling and early years learning.

Role-play kitchen and home corner at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring natural wood tables and chairs, silver metal cookware, a white weighing scale, yellow bananas and green pears, woven wicker furniture, a blue polka-dot armchair and multicultural home-learning resources that encourage imaginative play, communication skills and real-world learning experiences.

Open-plan learning environment at Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School, featuring warm wood-effect flooring, natural wooden play resources, woven baskets, cosy neutral reading nooks, colourful children’s artwork displays, a carved wooden chair, nature-inspired discovery stations and child-height coat storage, creating a welcoming space for independent learning, exploration and early years development.

Why choose Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School in Whaddon?

Situated in a beautiful rural setting in the village of Whaddon, Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School provides Outstanding Ofsted-rated early years childcare and education for families across Royston, Bassingbourn, Meldreth and the surrounding Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire border. The nursery operates across two sites within the village, with our babies and two year olds based at our Bridge Street site and our pre-school children based a short walk away on Meldreth Road. Both sites have parking available, making drop-offs and pick-ups straightforward.

Having two separate sites means each age group benefits from an environment designed specifically for them. Our youngest children enjoy a calm learning and development space and our toddler room includes physical equipment designed to support gross motor development. They also have their own garden to explore and enjoy which supports them in building physical and social skills through early years outdoor learning. Meanwhile, our pre-school children have their own self-contained setting where the focus is firmly on building the confidence, independence and early years learning skills they need for school. Families regularly tell us how happy their children are, how quickly they settle and how much progress they make in speech, confidence and independence during their time with us.

The real standout at Partou Bumpkins is our forest school, Nature Rangers, which was shortlisted for Outdoor Learning Environment of the Year at the 2024 National NMT Nursery Awards. Pre-school children have free-flow access between the nursery and Nature Rangers throughout the day, which means outdoor learning isn’t a one-off session but a natural, everyday part of their experience. The space includes a cabin classroom, a large sandpit, firepit area, mud kitchen, bug houses, herb garden, mud mound, obstacle course and a bird lookout house. It covers all seven areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage and is designed to build confidence, creativity and a genuine connection with the natural world. Daily forest school sessions give every child the chance to explore, take managed risks and develop physically, socially and emotionally in ways that are hard to replicate indoors.

Food is taken seriously at Partou Bumpkins. Our chef has been with the nursery for 10 years and is currently assisting with the accreditation for Partou’s company-wide menus, which reflects the level of expertise and commitment she brings. Children enjoy healthy, nutritious meals freshly prepared on site from a seasonal rolling menu, and mealtimes are treated as an important part of the day where children develop social skills and learn about food together.

If you’re looking for a nursery near Royston with an Outstanding Ofsted rating, exceptional outdoor learning and a dedicated team rooted in the local community, we’d love to welcome you to Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School.

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Facilities

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Age-specific playrooms, creating the perfect environment for children to receive the care and attention they need

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A nursery team that boasts strong relationships with parents and children throughout the local community

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Healthy and delicious meals from our seasonal menu, freshly prepared at the nursery

Large outdoor facilities, fully equipped for children to enjoy come rain or shine

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An exciting experience that reflects the individual needs and interests of the children we care for

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Funded childcare places available

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Nursery fees

	Full-day (2 sessions)	Weekly rate	Early start session	Morning session	Afternoon session	School day session
Session time	8.00am – 6.00pm	8.00am – 6.00pm daily	7.30am – 8.00am	8.00am – 1.00pm	1.00pm – 6.00pm	8.30am – 3.30pm
Care	£77.50	£348.75	£5.75	£46.50	£46.50	£65.25
Meals & snacks	£9.85	£49.25		£7.55	£2.30	£7.55
Consumables	£3.15	£15.75		£2.40	£0.75	£2.40
Total	£90.50	£413.75		£56.45	£49.55	£75.20

Fee information updated July 2026.

Upon registration, you will be asked to pay a £75 registration fee (non-refundable) to reserve your child’s nursery place. This registration fee is payable by all families, unless taking up a Government funded only place (see terms and conditions for details).

What’s included in our fees?

Our full fees are clearly broken down into care, meals & snacks and consumables fees for full transparency.

Care fees include: trained, qualified team members taking care of your child, regular updates about your child and their progress at nursery, a wide range of indoor and outdoor activities tailored to the needs of your child, and use of the nursery building facilities.

Meals & snacks fees cover the cost of all food and drinks whilst your child is in our care. Meal and snack times are a very important part of Partou nursery life, learn more about how we make food and nutrition enjoyable and educational for children in our care.

Consumables include; important daily care items needed such as nappies, wet wipes and sun cream.

Discounts

Only one discount can be applied at any time:

5% discount for eldest child for siblings.
5% discount for Blue Light Card holders.

Terms & conditions apply

Other key information

We’re closed on Bank Holidays.
We’re closed between Christmas and New Year
Charges apply across 52 weeks of the year, including Bank Holidays.

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Funded childcare

Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School is proud to offer funded childcare places

Funded childcare is a government incentive fulfilled by Local Authorities which aims to provide financial support for eligible families accessing childcare at an OFSTED registered setting. Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-School work with Cambridgeshire Local Authority to apply childcare funding for eligible families.

Funding typically covers 15 or 30 hours per week for the 38 term weeks of the year across a maximum of 10 hours a day which will be applied in different ways depending how many weeks of the year your child is in childcare:

Children who are in year-round childcare will receive “stretched” funding. This means that their 15/30 hours over 38 weeks will be stretched over 51 weeks of the year so children accessing year round childcare at Partou Bumpkins will receive 11.17/22.35 hours of funded childcare per week.

Children who have term-time only childcare places will receive 15/30 hours funding per week over 38 weeks of the year. Term-time only places are limited and are subject to availability.

Government funding for childcare only applies to the care fee (as described above). Meals & snacks and consumables fees are fully chargeable for all sessions including funded.

Many families are eligible for government funded childcare, see our childcare funding guide for more information.

Term duration and dates

The 2026/2027 terms dates set by Cambridgeshire Local Authority for Partou Bumpkins Nursery & Pre-School are below so you can see which term dates funding is applicable for:

	Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Term Duration	14 Weeks	11 Weeks	13 Weeks
1st Half Term Dates	7th Sept – 23rd Oct	4th Jan – 12th Feb	12th April – 28th May
2nd Half Term Dates	2nd Nov – 18th Dec	22nd Feb – 26th March	7th June – 16th July

Please note that when you access funding in the term can impact the hours you are eligible for within that term period.

Our team will be able to assist you with any funding and term questions you may have.

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Bumpkins
Day Nursery
& Pre-school

Name: Partou Bumpkins Day Nursery & Pre-school
Address: 2 Bridge Street, Whaddon, Royston, SG8 5SQ, GB
Telephone: 01223 208777

01223 208777

Mon - Fri, 7.30am to 6.00pm (excl. bank holidays)

2 Bridge Street, Whaddon, Royston, SG8 5SQ

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Nick D

19 June 2026

Wonderful to spend time with my son and see the environment he plays in - clearly having so much fun! Thank you for setting up the stay and play for fathers!

Tom S

19 June 2026

Great outdoor space, lots of activities available for the children. Looks forward to coming and always seems to have a good day.

A M

19 June 2026

All satisfactory, pricing a tad high. Good to see agency staff levels down... might sort out the cost...

Herbert N

19 June 2026

Such a good experience walking in with Marley showing me all the play, friends and teachers. The BBQ and cup of tea was perfect. Thank you for the invite.

J M

19 June 2026

I have had two children who spent many years at both the nursery and preschool site. They have loved their time and always been excited to attend. They have a strong connection with staff over the years and have always been well looked after and cared for. My third child is about to start and we are ...

Peter F

11 June 2026

We have had an excellent experience with Partou Bumpkins Pre-School and would highly recommend it to any parent looking for a nurturing and supportive environment for their child. The quality of care is consistently outstanding, with friendly, professional staff who genuinely care about the children...

K C

15 May 2026

My daughter attends the pre school site and loves it. The range of activities available each day is fantastic. She especially loves being outside at Nature Rangers, learning about fire safety, Having lunch out side is another thing she likes. She loves asking questions and Vanessa is her go to f...

E S

07 April 2026

My child joined bumpkins from the age of 2 and has absolutely thrived since joining, he was at a different setting before and the difference in care, learning and facilities is just worlds apart. The team at bumpkins care so deeply about the children there, and will spend time and energy learning abo...

Stephanie M

01 April 2026

My little boy started in March 2026, I can't quite believe how well he has settled in. As a first time mum, it has been so reassuring to know that my boy is taken care of so well, and in a safe and clean environment. The staff have been so welcoming and communication is excellent, I always get full f...

Andrew W

31 March 2026

Bumpkins has been fantastic for our son since he joined in June 2025. The team are always finding new exciting activities for him and we've seen such a jump in his development. He's had a key worker throughout who provides daily feedback, works with you around your requirements for your child and wha...

M R

31 March 2026

My son has attended Bumpkins for a year now and we have been really happy with the care provided. Staff are always friendly and happy to give you a moment to talk about your child, even at busier times. I think all the staff come across as very caring but certain staff also offer a good understandi...

E T

31 March 2026

My daughter has attended Bumpkins from 11m old to 3yr old. She has loved every single day at this nursery! The staff are very caring and considerate of the child's needs. The activities are interesting and stimulating for the children. The food prepared is fresh and varied. Only minor negative is th...

Nina L

31 March 2026

My daughter has attended Bumpkins since August 2024 and has loved every minute. She has great relationships with staff and has formed some lovely friendships. They offer a safe, loving and nurturing setting and she is so happy there each day which is the best part. The teams have been wonderful in su...

V W

31 March 2026

Our son is so happy at Bumpkins and we couldn't recommend them more highly. The staff are really caring and kind and it's wonderful to see that our son has made strong, positive bonds with all staff members. Care is clearly very personalised and staff are dedicated to helping each child develop perso...

Why Partou?

For us at Partou, childcare isn’t just a job, it’s a journey – one where every child leads us in a unique new direction.

As part of the Netherlands’ largest childcare group, we’ve access to world-leading expertise in learning and development, so you can be confident your child will benefit from an experience as unique as they are.

Of course, care is as much about empathy as education, and ours is a child-led approach that emphasises building confidence and curiosity – so that every child in our care has the freedom to flourish.

Reassurance for you and your little one

Care

We’re more than just a team; we’re a close community driven by our passion for childcare, and our commitment to each individual child’s development. We know that by working together, we’re stronger.

Compassion

In our community, compassion isn’t just a word; it’s our way of life. By embracing our differences, we make our community more diverse and vibrant. We build strong, supportive relationships with the children and each other, based on trust and understanding.

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Continuous learning

We believe strongly in development, for the children in our care and for ourselves. Through continuous learning, we help our team and our children reach their full potential. Together, we make a positive impact, in our communities and across wider society.

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