Term time / All Year
All Year
Innisfree Child Care
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2025)
Number of places
74 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2025
Local authority
Lancashire
About this day nursery
Innisfree Child Care Limited, established in 1992, provides a happy, home-from-home environment for children aged 0-4 years, where they feel confident and relaxed. 45pm.
Relationships between staff and children are warm and positive, fostering an atmosphere of laughter, fun, and cuddles. The curriculum places a particular focus on communication and language development, with staff carefully assessing and tracking children's skills to provide tailored support.
They skilfully engage children in conversations, introducing new vocabulary and concepts during play. The day nursery has an overall "Good" Ofsted rating, following its inspection on 17th June 2025.
Leaders and staff have worked diligently since the previous inspection to strengthen their practice and ensure all children make good progress. Independence is encouraged through daily routines, and physical skills are well supported in the outdoor space, where children enjoy building with blocks, playing with cars, and engaging in sand play.
Key persons gather comprehensive information about their key children, including communication and language development, next steps, and emotional well-being, which is then shared with other staff to ensure individual needs are met. Parents value the warm, approachable staff and the guidance they receive to support their children's progress at home.
What it's like
Staff create a happy, home-from-home environment where children feel confident and relaxed. Relationships between staff and children are warm and positive, and there is lots of laughter, fun and cuddles. Communication and language is a particular focus, with great care taken to assess and track children's skills to provide the best possible support.
Good Ofsted ratingHappy, home-from-homeStrong communication focusWarm relationshipsIndependence encouragedOutdoor physical play
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)
Pricing on request
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Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Innisfree Child Care
Last inspected 17 June 2025
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 a happy, home-from-home environment where children feel confident and relaxed. Relationships between staff and children are warm and positive, and there is lots of laughter, fun and cuddles. Communication and language is a particular focus, with great care taken to assess and track children's skills to provide the best possible support.
Inspector highlights
- Since the last inspection, leaders and staff have worked extremely hard to address the actions raised and strengthen practice.
- Staff are keen for all children to do well and make good progress, planning a well-sequenced curriculum and assessing children on an ongoing basis.
- Staff encourage children to develop independence skills through daily routines, such as pouring their own drinks and putting on their own coats.
- Children's physical skills are well supported in the outdoor space, where they enjoy building and playing with blocks, cars, and sand.
- Staff feel well supported by leaders and enjoy working at the nursery, with a strong sense of teamwork and a focus on continuous development and improvement.
Areas to develop
- 1review the organisation of routines so that all children are supported to become fully involved
- 2enhance learning opportunities in the outdoor environment so children who prefer to learn outdoors can fully extend their learning in their preferred environment
- 3support staff to understand how to implement all aspects of the curriculum consistently
Inspection #10358051 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents report that staff and leaders are warm, approachable and helpful.
They value the guidance they receive from staff to help support children's progress at home, such as with toilet training.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Key persons gather lots of information about their key children, including their communication and language development, next steps, and emotional well-being. This information is shared with other staff to provide tailored care and meet children's individual needs.
Outdoor space
Children's physical skills are well supported in the outdoor space. Children enjoy working together with huge blocks to build a giant house, supported and encouraged by the enthusiastic staff. They roll cars down a ramp and develop their fine motor skills when playing in a tray of sand.
Google Reviews of Innisfree Child Care
5.0
(2 Google reviews)
Tez and gaz A
4 years ago
Both my children have been to this nursery very lovely and supportive staff just want to say thank u for always being there for me and my children u are all amazing and is reassuring for me because I am a very anxious mum when I drop them off in a morning can not praise u enough highly recommended nursery xx
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Caroline Stephenson
5 years ago
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2025
Date: January 2012
- June 2025Good
- June 2024Requires improvement
- August 2018Good
- August 2015Good
- January 2012Good
Frequently asked about Innisfree Child Care
About the setting
Innisfree Child Care Limited registered in 1992. The nursery employs 17 members of childcare staff, 15 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications to at least level 2, including one at level 6. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, all year round, from 8am until 5.45pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three-, and four-year-old children.
- URN
- 309345
- Registered person
- Innisfree Child Care Limited
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Requires improvement
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