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Elm House Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2024)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Elm House, Childwall Abbey Road, LIVERPOOL, L16 5EY · Liverpool
Number of places
77 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2024
Local authority
Liverpool

About this day nursery

Elm House Day Nursery is a family-owned childcare provider in Liverpool, catering to children between 3 months and 5 years old. With three branches located in Childwall, West Derby, and Gateacre, the nursery focuses on creating a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment.

Children are encouraged to engage in diverse activities that align with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, fostering confidence, independence, and social skills. The nursery prides itself on providing innovative care, where exploration and new experiences are central to each child's development.

Elm House offers healthy, varied, and nutritious meals prepared with fresh local produce, accommodating special dietary needs. The dedicated staff ensures each child's well-being by assigning them to a small group with a designated staff member, facilitating a smooth transition and a sense of security.

Our ethos

Elm House Day Nursery's approach is grounded in the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, fostering confidence, independence, and social skills. They emphasise providing a safe, stimulating, and nurturing environment where exploration and new experiences are central to each child's development. Child-led engagement is encouraged through diverse activities.

What it's like

Staff create close bonds with children, providing reassurance and fostering a safe, secure environment where children quickly settle and display good manners. They implement a broad curriculum with activities like science experiments and planting, encouraging curiosity and developing positive attitudes to learning in the children.

Family-ownedThree Liverpool locationsHealthy mealsFocus on Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

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 nutritious meals provided, accommodating 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

Last inspected 25 April 2024 · Olivia Barnes

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

Staff create close bonds with children, providing reassurance and fostering a safe, secure environment where children quickly settle and display good manners. They implement a broad curriculum with activities like science experiments and planting, encouraging curiosity and developing positive attitudes to learning in the children.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are kind and helpful and are praised for positive behaviour.
  • Children have opportunities to plant a variety of flowers and learn about their parts.
  • Toddlers wash and dry their hands with support, and older children pour their own drinks.
  • Children show good control as they climb and balance during obstacle courses.
  • Parents are invited to read familiar stories in their home language.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen staff's understanding and practice about how to help children develop a wide and varied vocabulary.
Inspection #10339288 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) knows children's needs well. She makes timely referrals to outside agencies, who are invited into the nursery to support children and staff. The SENCo reviews individual support plans with staff to identify any further gaps in children's learning. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are well supported and make good progress from their starting points.

Outdoor space

Staff plan plentiful opportunities for outdoor play each day. Children show good control as they climb and balance during obstacle courses and practice rolling hoops to their friends. They run around smiling with glee together in the garden, which helps to develop children's physical dexterity and builds upon their awareness of space.

Parent Reviews of Elm House Day Nursery

5.0
(5)
Stephanie Gall
7 months ago

We're so pleased we picked this nursery, our daughter loves it here. I love that the little ones spend most of their time playing outside in the wonderful garden. I can't recommend it enough! Thank you to all the staff here!

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Claire Grindley
6 years ago

Absolutely fabulous nursery! Took my little one out of a nursery that I wasn't too happy with and put her into Elm House. Best decision I've ever made. Lovely staff and amazing outdoor play space. Also catered for my daughters special diet, no problems!

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Hollie Bradley
6 years ago

My little boy attends this nursery and I couldn’t be happier. The grounds are amazing and what they have done with the garden is fantastic. My oldest boy used to attend this nursery when it was the previous owners and the garden was little and bare, whereas the new owners have really made use of the grounds and created lots of different areas such as a dinosaur garden, sensory shed, man made wooden boat and tractor, as well as swings and climbing frame at the back. I’m really happy with the staff as well, they genuinely care about the children and my son gets so excited when he sees them (he is not like this with anyone other than me and his dad) so I know he is well loved and cared for by them! I’m really happy with my sons progression too as he is only 2 and recognises all of the shapes and letters from the alphabet (this is purely down to the nursery!) as they regularly do phonics so I am confident he will be ahead of his peers when starting school.

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Emma Perrin
6 years ago

Amazing. Can’t fault this nursery in any way. Amazing and very friendly staff to all children and parents not just the children in their room. Excellent variations of meals and snacks. Fantastic outdoor space with excellent play area including swings and slide. I will be very sad to see my son leave here

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Inspection history

Date: July 2018

  • April 2024Good
  • July 2018Good

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