A Nursery for Ruyton-XI-Towns Families
Five minutes down the road, on the Walford Campus
Ruyton-XI-Towns is one of our closest neighbouring villages, and Bojangles is the nearest registered day nursery offering full daycare for under-2s. This page sets out the journey, why families from the village come to us, and what their week looks like.
The journey from Ruyton-XI-Towns
We're about three miles from Ruyton-XI-Towns — typically a 6 to 8 minute drive via the B4397 into Baschurch, then onto the Walford Campus on the edge of the village. There's no main road to negotiate and the route is straightforward whichever direction you're heading next.
For families heading on toward Oswestry, the A5, or Wales for work, the drop-off is essentially on your way. For families staying in or returning to the village, the round trip is short enough not to disrupt anyone's morning.
Why Ruyton-XI-Towns families come to Bojangles
Ruyton itself doesn't have a registered day nursery taking children from a few months old, so families needing full daycare for babies and young toddlers look just outside the village. The closest options are Bojangles in Baschurch and other settings further afield in Oswestry or Shrewsbury — we're by far the shortest drive of those, and we're open year-round which most school-linked nurseries aren't.
Specific reasons Ruyton families tell us they choose us:
- Baby Room from a few months old — for parents returning to work after maternity leave
- Open 48 weeks a year with full daycare 8am to 6pm — matches working patterns most term-time-only settings can't
- Outdoor space on the Walford Campus grounds, which feels familiar to children growing up in a rural village
- School transition support with the local primary schools, including Ruyton-XI-Towns Primary
About Ruyton-XI-Towns and the families we know
Ruyton-XI-Towns gets its name from the eleven medieval townships that historically made up the parish — an unusual local quirk that older children still notice on the village sign. The village sits on the River Perry with the sandstone tower of St John the Baptist church looking out across the bowl of farmland that stretches toward Baschurch. It's a quiet place to grow up, with the kind of road network that lets young children walk to the shop with a parent without crossing anything they shouldn't.
The families we know from Ruyton tend to share a few traits. Many work in or via Oswestry — the A5 west takes them past us. A handful work the rural healthcare or land-management circuits across north Shropshire and Mid-Wales. Increasingly we're seeing remote-working couples who've moved out of Shrewsbury for the village and keep one home day per week per parent. The 6 to 8 minute drive sits inside the “short enough to feel local” threshold — closer to a school run than a commute.
Practically, that means children come from Ruyton to Bojangles young (often Baby Room from around 9 months, when the new funded entitlement kicks in), stay through three rooms, and most then move on to Ruyton-XI-Towns CofE Primary when they turn four — a transition we've helped many Ruyton families through.
School transitions in the Ruyton area
When children move on from our Pre-School Room to reception, they head to a range of local schools. For Ruyton families, the most common move is to Ruyton-XI-Towns CofE Primary or Baschurch CofE Primary, with some families choosing schools further afield. Wherever your child goes, we share their learning record with the receiving school and run pre-school routines that mirror reception class so the move feels familiar rather than new.
Practical information
- Ofsted: Good across all areas — URN EY370743, most recent inspection January 2022
- Address: Walford Campus, Walford & North Shropshire College, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, SY4 2HL
- Phone: 01939 260006
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
- Open weeks: 48 weeks a year
- Funded hours: all government-funded entitlements accepted, including 30 hours from 9 months
- Parking: on-site, no permit needed
Current availability
Availability changes week by week across our Baby, Toddler, and Pre-School Rooms. Please call 01939 260006 or message through the site to confirm what's currently open in the room you need before booking a visit. Our most up-to-date place-by-place position is on the main Baschurch page.
Frequently asked questions
About 3 miles, typically a 6 to 8 minute drive via the B4397 to Baschurch and onto the Walford Campus. It's one of the shortest journeys of any of our catchment villages.
Yes. Ruyton-XI-Towns is one of our nearest neighbouring villages and we've had families travelling in from there consistently since the nursery opened in 1994. The journey is short enough that drop-off and pick-up don't extend the working day in any meaningful way.
Most children at Bojangles move on to primary schools across the area, including Ruyton-XI-Towns, Baschurch, Nesscliffe, and West Felton primaries. So even though our setting is in Baschurch, your child's nursery friendships often carry over to whichever local school they go on to.
Availability shifts week by week as families confirm starts and as children move between rooms. Please call 01939 260006 or message through the website to confirm what's currently open in the room you need before booking a visit.