AN ANDOVER nursery will expand later this year to welcome children as young as three-months-old.

Finkley Down Farm Nursery has announced the change following parents’ feedback and filling a gap in the local childcare offerings.

Currently the nursery is refurbishing the farmhouse located on Finkley Down Farm which will become the preschool location, and will include professionally designed sensory room, dining room, art room and general play and sleep areas.

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A nursery spokesperson added: “This expansion allows the nursery to offer the same exceptional care and nurturing environment to even more little ones, ensuring that children of all ages can thrive from their very first months.

“Based within the fantastic surroundings of the award-winning Finkley Down Farm, even the youngest of learners will be able to experience the rich, hands-on learning experiences that the farm has to offer.”

The current nursery which is known as the ‘bungalow’ will then be fully refurbished once the preschoolers have moved into the farmhouse, ready to welcome babies and toddlers from November.

It will provide a setting for the unique needs of the youngest learners, ‘ensuring they feel safe, secure, and stimulated when welcomed into the setting’.

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Director of Finkley Down Farm Nursery, Alison Dennis, expressed her excitement about the expansion of the current nursery. She said: “Since we opened back in 2017, we have continuously had parents enquiring for spaces for their baby, so I am incredibly excited and proud that we are now able to make these requests a reality.

“The expansion is an exciting new chapter here at Finkley Down Farm Nursery, enabling us to give even more children the very best start to their early years education in such a beautiful, unique and nurturing environment.”

Finkley Down Farm Nursery is now accepting registrations for their upcoming new baby room opening in November 2024.

The team will also be offering showarounds for parents who are looking for their baby to join.

For more information, go to finkleydownfarmnursery.co.uk.