Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.45am to 5.45pm
Asmall Nursery
Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jun 2022)
Number of places
32 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Lancashire
About this day nursery
Asmall Nursery, part of Asmall Primary School in Ormskirk, provides early years education within a broader primary school setting. The school offers a comprehensive curriculum, including specific EYFS programmes for its youngest learners, focusing on key developmental areas such as Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED), communication, and both gross and fine motor skills.
The curriculum pages detail a variety of subjects like literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts and design, with specific learning objectives tailored for the early years. The school also integrates diverse themes throughout the year, celebrating different festivals and exploring topics from animals and transport to traditional tales and superheroes.
This approach aims to create a rich and stimulating environment for young children, helping them to develop across a wide range of learning experiences. The nursery is integrated within the primary school structure, benefiting from its resources and wider school community.
Our ethos
Asmall Nursery provides early years education within a broader primary school setting, offering EYFS programmes focused on key developmental areas including PSED, communication, and motor skills. The curriculum covers diverse subjects and themes, aiming to create a rich and stimulating environment for children to develop across a wide range of learning experiences.
What it's like
Children thrive in this stimulating, child-orientated nursery, feeling safe and secure due to the nurturing provision. Children are confident, resilient, and settle quickly, displaying exemplary behaviour. Staff provide emotional support to the whole family, communicating frequently with parents and providing photos to ease their anxieties about leaving their children.
Integrated within a primary schoolComprehensive EYFS curriculumFocus on holistic development
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Age range
Reception (Early Years)
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Established
1992
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Asmall Nursery
Last inspected 9 June 2022 · Suzy Marsh
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
What it's like to attend
Children thrive in this stimulating, child-orientated nursery, feeling safe and secure due to the nurturing provision. Children are confident, resilient, and settle quickly, displaying exemplary behaviour. Staff provide emotional support to the whole family, communicating frequently with parents and providing photos to ease their anxieties about leaving their children.
Inspector highlights
- Children thrive in a stimulating, child-orientated nursery, exhibiting exemplary behaviour.
- Leadership and management are extremely strong, with staff reporting high levels of support and shared values.
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive excellent support and make significant progress.
- Staff place a sharp emphasis on supporting children's communication and language skills, leading to competent communicators.
- Children thrive in the stimulating outdoor environment, developing strength, coordination, and early writing skills.
Inspection #10129244 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"Parents are delighted at the high levels of progress their child has made since starting at the nursery and comment on the really secure bonds they have with staff."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive excellent support. They are extremely well included, feel safe, and make significant progress in their learning and development. Staff work with a range of professionals to offer targeted support to children and extend these experiences to children in receipt of additional funding.
Outdoor space
Children relish the freedom they have to explore the outdoor environment. They thrive in the stimulating outdoor environment that supports all areas of learning. They develop strength and coordination as they climb the wall, pedal on trikes and balance on beams.
Inspection history
Date: November 2009
- June 2022Outstanding
- January 2016Outstanding
- November 2009Good
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