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Honey Pot Childcare

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Dec 2022)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Bridge Chapel Centre, Heath Road, Liverpool, L19 4XR · Liverpool
Number of places
32 places
Age range
1–3 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
Liverpool

About this day nursery

Honey Pot Day Nurseries is a group of childcare settings located across Liverpool, providing early education and care for children from birth to five years old. The nurseries aim to foster imagination and critical thinking, encouraging children to become self-reliant and inquisitive learners.

The curriculum focuses on holistic development, using open-ended resources and daily activity schedules, including forest school activities. The group operates multiple nurseries, each housed in distinct premises, ranging from purpose-built spaces to renovated detached houses.

They are committed to being active members of their local communities, taking children to parks, beaches, and other natural environments. Honey Pot Nurseries also uses the Famly app to facilitate communication with parents, providing updates on children's activities, meals, and sleep, and offering a secure platform for sharing learning journeys and payment options.

Our ethos

Honey Pot Childcare Ltd aims to foster imagination and critical thinking, encouraging children to become self-reliant and inquisitive learners. Their curriculum focuses on holistic development, using open-ended resources and including forest school activities. They are committed to engaging children with natural environments through community-based outings.

What it's like

Children are extremely engaged in their play, with exceptionally positive attitudes to learning. They are highly competent at discovering and observing cause and effect. The exceptionally motivating environment is planned around the interests and needs of children, allowing learning to start immediately. Children exhibit advanced concentration and perseverance skills that far exceed expectations for their age.

Holistic Child DevelopmentBespoke CurriculumForest School ActivitiesCommunity Engagement

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around stretched government funding for eligible children. An optional enhanced provision charge is applied per block of funded hours to cover meals, activities, and consumables. Parents can choose to opt out of this charge by contacting the manager.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Enhanced provision covers meals, snacks, activities, trips, and consumables like wipes and sun cream.
  • Charge is typically applied when funding is allocated to invoices.
  • Parents can opt out of the enhanced provision charge by speaking with the nursery manager.
  • Funding is stretched across the year to provide weekly support.

Key facts

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Honey Pot Childcare

Last inspected 13 December 2022

Safeguarding effective
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 are extremely engaged in their play, with exceptionally positive attitudes to learning. They are highly competent at discovering and observing cause and effect. The exceptionally motivating environment is planned around the interests and needs of children, allowing learning to start immediately. Children exhibit advanced concentration and perseverance skills that far exceed expectations for their age.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership team and staff are inspiring, continually evaluating the impact of teaching and practice on children.
  • Children, including those with SEND, thrive in all aspects of their development, with staff liaising closely with parents and professionals to ensure precise support.
  • Staff fully embed a love of books into every part of the setting, creating inviting reading dens and using stories to engage children in play.
  • Teaching is exceptional, with staff having in-depth knowledge of the curriculum and skilfully planning activities based on children's interests.
  • Children learn about the world around them through a rich variety of experiences, such as participating in an "eco-school" beach clean and making donations to a food bank.
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Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff know all children extremely well, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Children, including children with SEND, thrive in all aspects of their development. Staff liaise very closely with parents and other professionals when completing required assessments, which helps to ensure that each child receives precisely the support they need. Managers use additional funding superbly to target specific areas of development for individual children and swiftly reduce any gaps in their learning.

Outdoor space

Staff fully embed a love of books into every part of the setting. They create inviting and cosy reading dens, which encourage children to explore the wide range of books on offer, both inside and outside. Risk assessments are robust and daily checks ensure that both the indoor and outdoor learning environments are safe. Staff support children to take supervised risks and recognise danger.

Parent Reviews of Honey Pot Childcare

5.0
(2)
Mark Graham
a year ago

I visit Honeypots Allerton once a week delivering Phonics sessions to preschool children. The staff have created a safe and stimulating environment that children thrive in. The children are always engaged, eager to learn and progressing beautifully. Well done everyone! It's always a pleasure visiting.

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cara chew
2 years ago

Amazing staff and one of the best nursery! So many lovely moments are shared to keep me close with my son's daily progress. I am also amazed by great activities the nursery has provided. Highly recommend!

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

13 December 2022

Outstanding

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

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