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Elm House Day Nursery Gateacre

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2023)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·St. Stephens Parish Centre, Belle Vale Road, LIVERPOOL, L25 2PQ · Liverpool
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2023
Local authority
Liverpool

About this day nursery

Elm House Day Nursery is a family-operated childcare provider with three establishments across Liverpool, catering to children ranging from 3 months to 5 years of age. The nursery is dedicated to fostering a safe, secure, and stimulating environment where children can thrive, developing confidence, independence, and crucial social skills.

They offer a diverse array of activities tailored to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, ensuring a comprehensive developmental experience. With a strong emphasis on healthy eating, Elm House provides nutritious meals prepared with fresh, local produce, accommodating various dietary needs.

The nursery prides itself on its dedicated staff, who ensure each child receives personalised attention within a small group setting, promoting a sense of security and smooth transitions into nursery life. They also support families by accepting government-funded childcare hours.

What it's like

Children interact positively with staff and their peers in a calm and well-resourced environment. Staff plan exciting and stimulating activities and children are highly engaged and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. Children recall information and demonstrate a deeper comprehension of what they have learned.

Family-OwnedHealthy MealsStimulating EnvironmentGovernment Funded Childcare

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on extra hours exceeding funded allocations, alongside a voluntary consumable fee covering food, resources, and activities. A non-refundable registration fee is also required to secure a child's place.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Non-refundable registration fee required to hold a child's place.
  • Voluntary consumable fee covers food, resources, and activities.
  • Extra hours beyond funded allocation are subject to additional charges.

Key facts

Staff

Each child joins a small group of friends with a member of staff designated with special responsibility for their wellbeing

Food

Healthy, varied, and nutritional menus using fresh local produce; caters to special dietary needs.

Opening hours

Mon to Fri: 7:30am - 6:00pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Elm House Day Nursery Gateacre

Last inspected 24 January 2023 · Angela Hayward

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children interact positively with staff and their peers in a calm and well-resourced environment. Staff plan exciting and stimulating activities and children are highly engaged and demonstrate a positive attitude to learning. Children recall information and demonstrate a deeper comprehension of what they have learned.

Inspector highlights

  • Children interact positively with staff and peers.
  • Staff are excellent role models and plan exciting activities.
  • Children are confident and highly engaged in learning.
  • Communication and language are well supported.
  • Staff skilfully engage children with stories and encourage independent exploration of books.

Areas to develop

  • 1create an environment where children who speak English as an additional language are given time to process and practise new English vocabulary and concepts.
Inspection #10265353 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff work in partnership with parents and other professionals to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This ensures that individual needs are identified, and bespoke 'play plans' are swiftly implemented to close gaps in learning.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, children develop their core strength as they run and ride bikes and cars. They increase their understanding of nature and the world around them as they use small trowels to dig for worms.

EAL / language support

However, staff do not consistently give children who speak English as an additional language the time that they need to process and express new vocabulary and concepts.

Parent Reviews of Elm House Day Nursery Gateacre

5.0
(5)
Alan john
8 months ago

My child has been attending Elm House Day Nursery in Gateacre and I couldn’t be happier with the care and attention they receive. The staff are warm, patient, and genuinely dedicated to the children’s wellbeing. The nursery also has a great routine, nutritious meals, and regular updates for parents, which is so reassuring. The environment is safe, welcoming, and filled with plenty of activities from creative play and outdoor fun to early learning opportunities and I’ve noticed real progress in my child’s social skills, communication, and confidence since starting here.

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Stephanie Saunderson
4 years ago

My son has been attending this nursery for only a few months now on a Wednesday morning. We looked around for a nursery for a while and couldn’t find anything suitable but as soon as we viewed elm house I got a lovely warm welcoming feeling. The staff are absolutely amazing so helpful and professional, the manager is absolutely lovely and will do anything to help and put you at ease. The nursery is spotless and so much for the kids to do, along with great outdoor space. I am trying to get extra days for my son as I don’t want to have to go anywhere else.

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Jade Clegg
3 years ago

My little girl has been going here now since the start of November. This nursery is such a gorgeous little setting with loads to do each week for the kids,she's only 8 months but already iv seen her come on since joining. All the girls are so polite and make you feel welcome. Just extra lucky that she got Charlotte as her keyworker she was my eldest daughters keyworker and I couldn't find fault at all. Would also highly recommend Elm House Childwall if no space here the girls there are also one in a million 🤩

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neil fong
3 years ago

Fabulous place staff are tremendous really interact with the children makes the children more at ease that way I think the children enjoy going there because they associate it with having fun.

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Ayosunkanmi Adekunle
a month ago

My son has been going to this nursery for six months and I must say, they are professional at what they do and supportive as well. My son is very happy going to nursery now to see his favourite teacher💕💕

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

24 January 2023

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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