New Beginnings Nursery Loughton


Open 8:00am - 6.00pm

Outdoor learning

Open 51 weeks of the year

Meals and Snacks

Childcare funding available

Pram shelter

Ofsted Outstanding

Parent apps

A Gem Amongst the Trees

Located within the grounds of Alderton Infant and Junior School, the nursery is set within a purpose-built building, designed with large rooms and high ceilings that bring in an abundance of light. There is a variety of indoor and outdoor spaces for children to take their first steps into education through exploration and discovery.


The nursery has four light, open-plan rooms carefully designed for the children to become independent learners, supported with plenty of natural resources and furniture to encourage children to manage their own learning and development.


We have optimised our outdoor area to foster an inviting and stimulating learning environment. Children can engage with water, a sandpit, plants, and a mud kitchen, while we supply a variety of resources that support all aspects of learning through our holistic approach. Our spacious gardens are utilised daily, where children enjoy exploring our growing area, construction site, and campsite. Regardless of the weather we venture outside, benefiting from ample shelter and space. This allows children to learn about seasonal changes and their surrounding environment.


We welcome the opportunity to show you our "gem amongst the trees" 

Alderton Hall Lane, Loughton, Essex, IG10 3HE

Drop off and collection parking available

Nursery Manager: Laura Westmoreland

Ofsted URN: EY366582

New Beginnings is proud to be independently reviewed and graded by daynurseries.co.uk


Meet our Nursery Manager

Laura Westmoreland

Laura is the Nursery Manager at New Beginnings Loughton. She began her journey with the organisation at the Rainham branch in July 2007 as a Level 3 Nursery Practitioner.


Over the following years, she progressed in her career and in May 2022, Laura became the Nursery Manager at New Beginnings Loughton. Laura supports and manages the staff team to ensure they deliver the best possible care for the children in the most stimulating and safe environment.


She loves to watch the children grow in confidence, develop new skills, overcome challenges, and show pride in their achievements. It is such a rewarding feeling for her to see the children grow at New Beginnings.

A room for every stage of your child’s development


  • Seahorse Classroom 0-18 months

    This room is full of a wide variety of educational toys, books, puzzles, construction resources and sensory materials to stimulate the children’s senses and challenge their minds. For new children starting with us, we focus on building consistency and stability between home and nursery to ensure a smooth transition for the whole family, and a solid foundation for a wonderful relationship to begin between our family and yours.


    Every child is allocated a key person who supports them between drop off to pick up. Your child’s key person will be responsible for their individual weekly planning, next steps, as well as helping parents to continue building on what the children have learnt at home.

    Welcome Booklet

  • Jellyfish Classroom 18 months - 2 years

    In the Jellyfish room, we have a particular focus on allowing the children to lead their learning using construction, role play, small world play, musical instruments and natural resources. We also introduce numbers, colours and letters to the children in a fun and engaging way. Your child’s key person will be responsible for carrying out carefully planned activities to help them further their learning, as well as build on their social and emotional development.


    Of primary importance is a strong partnership with parents to ensure a smooth transition, either as a new starter or in moving up from the Seahorse room. We know that parents are a child’s first educator so we strive to provide you with ideas for home, alongside advice and guidance around toilet training and behaviour management.

    Welcome Booklet

  • Turtle Classroom 2-3 years

    We take advantage of the children’s ever-growing knowledge to prepare them for their next adventure in school. We fulfil this by instilling confidence, and independence and encouraging curiosity and exploration through their play. We work alongside parents to get their children school-ready by suggesting activities to help with letter and number recognition, phonics and early reading and writing. We are also able to provide advice on choosing the right school for your child.

    Welcome Booklet

  • Dolphin Classroom 3-4 years

    We take advantage of the children’s ever-growing knowledge to prepare them for their next adventure in school. We fulfil this by instilling confidence, and independence and encouraging curiosity and exploration through their play. We work alongside parents to get their child school-ready by suggesting activities to help with letter and number recognition, phonics and early reading and writing. We are also able to provide advice on choosing the right school for your child.

    Welcome Booklet

  • Starfish Sensory Room

    What's a sensory room? The starfish sensory room is a special room designed to develop a person's sense, usually through special lighting, music, and objects. It can also be used as a therapy for children with limited communication skills.



Parent Communication

New Beginnings nurseries are passionate about the link between nursery and home. We want parents to have the same enjoyable experience with the nursery as the children. We use our online Tapestry platform to record and upload observations of your child's experiences at nursery. We also encourage our families to upload observations on what they have been getting up to while not at nursery. We have daily updates via our care diaries on this app for children 2 and under, parents can see their child's food/bottle consumption, and toileting/sleeping information. 


We also use our private Twitter page to post each day what the children have been learning and exploring that day and week. 

Safety & Security

It is very important for all our families to know that your child is safe while at New Beginnings. We have several robust policies and procedures in place, all available to view on our nursery website. These are followed to meet the exacting standards of Ofsted, building and fire regulations, food safety standards and staff DBS background checks and references. 


Our staff are given training during their induction and throughout their time with us at New Beginnings. If staff also wish to further their training in a particular area we can support them with this. We are also part of the Millie’s Mark Accreditation and ensure 100% of our staff are first aid trained. 


Nutritious Mealtimes

All of the food we provide our children is prepared on-site by our nursery chefs. Breakfast, morning snacks, lunch and tea are provided and menus are rotated every 3 weeks. 


We have been awarded the Soil Association early years food accreditation for our menus. We have also taken part in the Healthy Early Years London accreditation and have been awarded bronze, silver and gold. 


We pride ourselves on ensuring children eat well-balanced, healthy and nutritious meals whilst at New Beginnings. 


Key person approach

Every child has an allocated key person. The key person's role is to build relationships with your child and observe them to identify how they play, their next aspects of development, and what they are interested in. This enables them to support their learning and development and discover whether there is any extra support we can provide. 


Although all children are assigned a key person, all staff within the room take care of them and build strong relationships with them. 

Watch us grow

Our 'Watch Us Grow' curriculum and its delivery ensures that children make good progress. Their individual identity is valued and our children are kind and caring, while also aspiring to be the best that they can be.