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Lark Lane Family Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2024)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·The Old Police Station, 80 Lark Lane, LIVERPOOL, L17 8UU · Liverpool
Number of places
24 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Liverpool

About this day nursery

Lark Lane Family Pre-School, situated in Liverpool, provides a nurturing environment focused on holistic early childhood education. This pre-school is committed to fostering the emotional, intellectual, and physical development of young children through stimulating activities and hands-on play.

They aim to build a strong foundation for future learning, emphasising language, literacy, social skills, and creative expression. The pre-school encourages children to form close relationships with their peers and thrive in a supportive setting, always building on individual strengths and interests.

It operates as part of the wider Lark Lane Community Centre, a charity which prides itself on being not-for-profit and relying on charitable trusts, contracts, donations, and dedicated volunteers to deliver essential community services. Established in 1976, the association is dedicated to assisting vulnerable individuals and aims to inspire and improve lives, also offering debt and benefits advice.

Our ethos

Lark Lane Family Pre-School is committed to fostering the emotional, intellectual, and physical development of young children through stimulating activities and hands-on play, aiming to build a strong foundation for future learning by emphasising language, literacy, social skills, and creative expression. They encourage children to form close relationships and thrive in a supportive setting, building on individual strengths and interests.

What it's like

Children are happy and well settled, separating from parents easily thanks to the lovely staff team who know their interests and provide engaging activities. The well-thought-out curriculum includes unique opportunities like a gardening club, ensuring all children make progress across the seven areas of learning.

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Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around sessions, full days, and weekly bookings. The daily rate includes lunch and snacks. Breakfast and after school care options are also available.

Good to know

  • Daily rate is inclusive of lunch and snacks.
  • Breakfast and after school care are available.
  • Prices may vary.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 9am to 4pm

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Established

2002

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lark Lane Family Pre-School

Last inspected 30 January 2024 · Kayte Farrell

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 happy and well settled, separating from parents easily thanks to the lovely staff team who know their interests and provide engaging activities. The well-thought-out curriculum includes unique opportunities like a gardening club, ensuring all children make progress across the seven areas of learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders plan a broad and balanced curriculum, using children's next steps and interests to plan fun and enjoyable experiences.
  • Leaders use additional funding wisely to support children, helping to close attainment gaps.
  • Staff help children learn about a healthy lifestyle, providing healthy meals, snacks, daily exercise, and good hygiene procedures.
  • Children have a lovely attitude to learning, eagerly joining in songs and games, demonstrating patience and concentration.
  • Staff promote mathematical development through everyday play, exploring measurement, capacity, size, and positional language.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance the curriculum for older and most-able children to extend their skills and knowledge further
  • 2help all parents to understand their child's next steps and how they can extend these at home in an ongoing way
  • 3provide staff with more accurate feedback on their practice to help them implement leaders' curriculum intentions more precisely.
Inspection #10312021 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders use additional funding, such as early years pupil premium, wisely to support the children it is intended for. Staff consider any gaps in children's learning and purchase additional resources to help them catch up. This helps to ensure that the attainment gaps between different groups of children are beginning to close.

Outdoor space

Leaders consider children's experiences and provide opportunities that children would not otherwise get, such as gardening club. Staff help children to learn about the things that contribute to a healthy lifestyle. They provide healthy meals, snacks and daily exercise.

Parent Reviews of Lark Lane Family Pre-School

5.0
(6)
Keeley Brown
2 years ago

The best nursery ever, we feel like we’re leaving our daughter with family, there’s just a special atmosphere in the nursery, im absolutely dreading our daughter starting in primary in September, we will miss the nursery & all the staff so much.

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SY C
2 months ago

Best nursery ever. I have three children and moved around. And this is the best nursery among all the ones my children went to. My little one went there and made friends with all the other kids. And the staff are like family: they are so kind and care about the kids so much! It was a shame we moved and had to transfer my youngest child to a new nursery. I contacted quite a few nurseries in the new area and found nothing like Lark Lane Preschool. When my little one was in this nursery, he always came out with a happy face and fresh dry nappy(compared to his current nursery 😂). He enjoyed the food there as well. Highly recommended. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Inspection history

Date: June 2014

  • January 2024Good
  • April 2018Outstanding
  • June 2014Good

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