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Little Hens Childcare

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·Town Hall, 75 High Street, Over, CB24 5NB · Cambridgeshire
Number of places
12 places
Age range
1–2 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

About this day nursery

Little Hens Childcare Ltd is a private nursery established by Jeanette Fenn and Hannah Underwood, providing care for infants from birth up to two and a half years old. The nursery operates with a strong emphasis on fostering a family-like atmosphere, where every child, parent, and staff member feels a sense of belonging.

They strive to build meaningful relationships, ensuring each individual is recognised and celebrated for their unique interests. The nursery aims for excellence in all aspects of its operations, constantly seeking to improve and provide the best possible environment.

All staff members undergo thorough DBS checks and safeguarding training, with ongoing professional development to ensure high-quality care and learning opportunities designed to give children the best possible start in life. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, offering both full and half-day sessions.

Our ethos

Our vision for the Nursery is Family. Family can mean many different things to people, for us it’s belonging, building relationships and having fun together. We work hard to create a Nursery where every child, parent and team member feel like they belong to a family-from-family. This includes building strong relationships where everyone is known and celebrate them as an individual, with all their interests. We start each day with excitement and leave with a huge smile on our face! We firmly believe in aspiring to be better and aiming for excellence in everything we do, constantly seeking to do the very best with what we have.

What it's like

Children are very happy and receive a warm welcome in this setting. Staff build strong bonds with children and provide individual support, ensuring children feel safe and secure. Children are excited to learn and demonstrate good levels of persistence, while also learning kindness and good manners.

Family-focused environmentCare for babies 0-2.5 years

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on session types including full days, morning sessions, school days, and extended school days. Extra hours are billed at an hourly rate. Fees are fully payable during absences, holidays, and bank holidays, with payments managed via invoice.

Good to know

  • One full calendar month written notice is required to withdraw a child.
  • Full fees are payable during all absences, including sickness, holidays, bank holidays, and Christmas closure.
  • Fees must be paid by the date stated on the invoice.
  • Late payments incur an administration charge and may lead to temporary suspension of the nursery place.
  • Cash and cheques are not accepted as payment methods.

Key facts

Session types

Full day, Morning session, School Day, Extended School Day

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 5:30pm

Age range

0 months to 2 1/2 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Hens Childcare

Last inspected 15 August 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 very happy and receive a warm welcome in this setting. Staff build strong bonds with children and provide individual support, ensuring children feel safe and secure. Children are excited to learn and demonstrate good levels of persistence, while also learning kindness and good manners.

Inspector highlights

  • Children benefit from frequently hearing well-read stories, encouraging participation and vocabulary development.
  • Staff are extremely supportive in helping children manage their emotions with kindness and understanding.
  • Staff utilise the local community particularly well, providing children with new experiences through trips to a farm and community café, and daily physical activity in local play areas.
  • All children, including those requiring additional support, make good progress.
  • Parents speak very highly about the setting, praising staff for stimulating experiences, rapid progress, and "amazing" daily communication.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide staff with more accurate performance feedback to raise the quality of education to an even higher level.
Inspection #10344370 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including children requiring additional support, make good progress. Staff have excellent knowledge of their key children and are able to identify their current stage of learning and planned next steps. They work with outside agencies to ensure children receive the individual care and support they need to help them make the best possible progress.

Outdoor space

Staff take children to local play areas daily for physical activity in the fresh air. The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Little Hens Childcare

5.0
(2)
Jonathan Bradford
2 years ago

We are so very lucky to have come across Little Hens. We viewed many nurseries in the area and knew instantly this was right for our 18 month year old. Martha thrived at the nursery and loved every minute of the wonderful care supplied by Hannah, Lauren and the team. Can't recommend highly enough and thanks again for everything.

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Nikita Partington
2 years ago

My son attends Little Hens and absolutely loves it. The staff are excellent with him and they ensure the children have fun experiences indoors and outdoors. They keep us updated and send photos so we can see what our little one is up to during the day. I am very happy to have found such a lovely setting for my son.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

15 August 2024

Good

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

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