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First Chapter Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
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4.0(21 parent reviews) ·Toll Bar Cottage, High Lane, ORMSKIRK, L40 7SN · Lancashire
Number of places
80 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

First Chapter Day Nursery, located in Burscough, Lancashire, provides a top-tier childcare service for children aged 0-5 years. The nursery prides itself on fostering a warm and inclusive environment, supported by a dedicated staff team committed to the holistic development of each child.

With a focus on strengthening children with strong values and offering a solid foundation for their future, First Chapter provides a wide array of activities designed for learning through play. The nursery features state-of-the-art facilities, including dedicated areas for babies, toddlers, and pre-schoolers, ensuring a stimulating and safe environment for all age groups.

They offer flexible session options, including full days, morning, and afternoon sessions, with additional services like before-and-after-school clubs, short-stay day care, and holiday clubs. Parents consistently praise the nursery for its supportive staff, commitment to child development, and excellent communication.

Our ethos

Nursery aims to develop children with strong values and offer a solid foundation for their future, achieved through a wide array of learning through play activities. They are committed to the holistic development of each child in a warm and inclusive environment.

What it's like

Children are excited to arrive and settle quickly into nursery routines due to the warm welcome from staff and secure attachments they form. Leaders have taken swift action to address previous weaknesses, ensuring staff training in safeguarding and strengthening the curriculum. All children, including those with SEND, enjoy a wide range of well-planned learning activities.

Reputed, top-class nurserySolid staff teamTop-End FacilitiesWide Range of ActivitiesWarm, All Inclusive Culture

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around full day, morning, and afternoon sessions for children aged 3 months to 5 years, with term-time options also available. Charges vary based on the session type, with additional fees applying for meals and early starts.

  • Full Day (07:30 – 18:00)£71.50 / day
  • Morning Session (07:30 – 12:00)£41.50 / session
  • Afternoon Session (13:00 – 18:00)£44.50 / session
  • Early start (07:30 – 08:00)£7 / session
  • Meals (breakfast, lunch & afternoon snack)£12 / day

Good to know

  • Offers full-day, morning, afternoon, and term-time session options.
  • Early start option is available between 07:30 and 08:00.
  • Meals option covers breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack.
  • Funded-only childcare hours are available.

Key facts

Session types

Full Day, Morning Session, Afternoon Session, Term-time options, Before-and-after-school-club, Short-Stay Daycare, Holiday Club

Opening hours

Mon - Fri : 07.30 AM - 06.00 PM

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for First Chapter Day Nursery

Last inspected 7 June 2024

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 are excited to arrive and settle quickly into nursery routines due to the warm welcome from staff and secure attachments they form. Leaders have taken swift action to address previous weaknesses, ensuring staff training in safeguarding and strengthening the curriculum. All children, including those with SEND, enjoy a wide range of well-planned learning activities.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders have taken swift action to address the weaknesses raised at the last inspection.
  • All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy a wide range of well-planned learning activities that ignite their curiosity and imagination.
  • Staff provide many opportunities for children to be physically active.
  • Parents speak highly of this setting and feel well informed about their child's learning and development.
  • Staff promote children's knowledge of mathematics well.

Areas to develop

  • 1precisely sequence the curriculum to build on what children know and can do.
Inspection #10331646 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

"Parents are enjoying the new stay-and-play sessions provided by the staff. They comment on how the sessions have helped them to understand their child's day at the nursery and in building closer relationships with the staff team."

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), enjoy a wide range of well-planned learning activities that ignite their curiosity and imagination. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with SEND.

Outdoor space

When outside, staff encourage children to be physically active through team games and using fixed apparatus, such as swings and slides. Children independently choose where they take their learning as they move freely between different learning environments, both indoors and outdoors. When outside, babies and toddlers make marks on the floor with large chalks and water spray bottles.

Parent Reviews of First Chapter Day Nursery

4.0
(21)
Rachel Perry
2 months ago

Absolutely amazing nursery! My little boy attends and has been since roughly 17 months old. He started in the baby room and his confidence grew since attending, now currently in toddler room and the staff can’t help enough. He’s come out of his shell massively since joining this nursery. The girls are amazing with him and have really helped with his development. He loves going into nursery which is lovely to see knowing he has so much fun there! The staff are not only caring but they’re great at what they do and have the children’s best interests their top priority. Would highly recommend this nursery to little ones, I’m so glad my child attends here.

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Sophie Howard
2 months ago

Absolutely fantastic nursery! My daughter has a disability and they have been so accommodating and welcoming since she started. My son joined shortly thereafter and he has been equally well cared for and has learned so much. All the staff are highly trained, kind, caring and attentive with both the children and parents needs. The ladies treat the children like their own and the owners are hands on with the day to day running of the nursery. I cannot recommend First Chapter enough.

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Amy Claridge
2 months ago

Absolutely fantastic nursery - my son attended from age 1 right through to almost 5 and was cared for exceptionally well in all rooms (Baby, Toddler and Preschool). The staff are all phenomenal and so caring, the children are well fed with a lovely variety of foods each week and the activities that the children get up to each day are so well thought out and engaging. My son breezed into Primary School following a wonderful nearly 4 years here. Our daughter now attends the nursery and the level of care, support and attention is still amazing, we couldn't be happier!

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Taylor Fairclough
2 months ago

The staff at this nursery have been incredibly supportive to not only my son but also myself! My son is being assessed for autism and they have helped in so many ways. Getting the right connections in place, helping put an early education plan in place to support my son in the next few years of his life. The staff are so welcoming and so lovely have the time of day for everyone. My son has a lot of sensory needs and even the owner has supported me and my son by providing nursery meals to try and make my son feel more included. These ladies have really been my rock through a very unsteady time when dealing with my son. They are all so respectful, supportive, they love and treat each child as if they are their own! I’ve had many meeting with the ladies for my son’s needs, they have met every single one and exceeded!! They have a very well established business and again amazing ladies all round! I wouldn’t have my son anywhere else! My son did go to another nursery before here and it broke my heart to see how my son was made to feel as he sobbed every time he came out. Whilst here at chapter he loves every single day here. His speech is coming along so lovely, this week for example it’s colour themed and he came home yesterday saying red and yellow! My son is very delayed with speech so these little things make a whole difference especially to one little boy who feels so much love in nursery and out of nursery! I couldn’t ask for better ladies to care and support my son and they are friends and family for life in my eyes! Love you ladies so much and thank you for everything you do for us all ❤️

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Joanna L
2 months ago

The most amazing nursery. They have nurtured my son and helped so much with his development. Each key worker he has had in the 3 rooms (baby, toddler and preschool) has been so caring and so good and information sharing The nursery owner is a fantastic communicator, as is the manager, deputy manager and acting maternity leave manager. Would recommend

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024

Date: November 2011

  • June 2024Good
  • January 2024Inadequate
  • November 2019Good
  • July 2016Good
  • February 2016Inadequate
  • November 2011Outstanding

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