Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7am until 6pm
Little Learners Nursery School in Chester
Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2024)
Number of places
76 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2024
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
About this day nursery
Little Learners Nursery School, located in Chester, provides a wonderfully supportive environment for children aged 0-4 years, operating year-round from Monday to Friday, 7am until 6pm. The nursery received a 'Good' rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 06/06/2024.
Staff are dedicated to creating engaging learning experiences, both indoors and outdoors. Their curriculum is carefully sequenced based on observations and assessments, ensuring all children make good progress from their individual starting points.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive tailored support, with leaders committed to removing barriers to learning through strong links with external professionals and effective interventions. The nursery encourages outdoor learning, with a highlight being the children's vegetable patch where they actively participate in planting and anticipate harvesting.
Children are described as confident, motivated, and happy learners who develop strong relationships with staff, feeling safe and secure. The setting excels in its partnerships with parents, offering valuable support, guidance, and opportunities for involvement through stay-and-play sessions, workshops, and information evenings.
Parents frequently describe the nursery as feeling like an "extended family," and particularly appreciate the supportive approach to breastfeeding. Care practices are exceptional, fostering children's independence from an early age, including bonding with babies through massages and enabling older children to develop responsible attitudes by helping with daily tasks.
What it's like
Staff at Little Learners Nursery School create a wonderfully supportive environment, planning engaging learning experiences both inside and outside, and expertly using children's emerging interests to motivate them. Children are confident, motivated, and happy learners who develop extremely close relationships with staff, feeling safe at nursery. Staff visit children's homes to gather detailed information, tailoring transitions to individual needs and developing a sequenced curriculum based on observations and assessments, ensuring all children make good progress from their starting points.
Supportive environmentEngaging learningSEND supportOutdoor playLiteracy focusStrong parent partnerships
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Little Learners Nursery School
Last inspected 6 June 2024 · Deborah Magee
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff at Little Learners Nursery School create a wonderfully supportive environment, planning engaging learning experiences both inside and outside, and expertly using children's emerging interests to motivate them. Children are confident, motivated, and happy learners who develop extremely close relationships with staff, feeling safe at nursery. Staff visit children's homes to gather detailed information, tailoring transitions to individual needs and developing a sequenced curriculum based on observations and assessments, ensuring all children make good progress from their starting points.
Inspector highlights
- Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) get the support they need to thrive.
- Staff have developed a movement area for two-year-olds, helping them regulate emotions and develop physical skills, coordination, and dexterity.
- Staff are committed to helping children develop a real love of reading, bringing books alive with props, songs, and actions, and sending books home with tips for parents.
- Partnerships with parents are a strength, with staff offering support, guidance, stay-and-play sessions, workshops, and regular information evenings.
- Care practices are exceptional, promoting children's independence, bonding with babies through massages, and supporting older children to develop responsible attitudes.
Areas to develop
- 1provide precise guidance to staff about areas of practice to develop in order to further improve the outcomes for children.
Inspection #10347061 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak highly of the staff and particularly appreciate the supportive approach to breastfeeding.
They state that the nursery is like an 'extended family'.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) get the support they need to thrive. Leaders are committed to removing barriers to learning and have robust links in place with external professionals. Staff work closely with parents and put interventions in place to ensure that all children make good progress.
Outdoor space
Staff plan an array of engaging learning experiences for children, both inside and outside. Children's interest in planting and growing resulted in staff creating a garden vegetable patch where children have planted vegetables and are excited to harvest them. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Little Learners Nursery School
4.6
(8)
Katarina Strapcova
5 years ago
Girls in nursery are absolutely amazing. My 8 months daughter having always lovely time with them. They helped her to settle very well and I love a new app. Thru the day I can see when and what she ate, when she had nap, changed nappy and girls are sending pictures. My daughter love her key worker Becky. Thank you! Xxx
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Jusna Begum
2 years ago
Absolutely love this place! The staff are so amazing and friendly. My little boy settled in quite soon. Love all the staff there always helpful and they always greet you. Best nursery (idrism mum)
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Christopher Clifford
3 months ago
Fantastic nursery with great staff definitely recommend
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Carla Byrne
10 years ago
My baby boy loves the nursery and staff, staff are soo friendly and make you as a parent know your child is being rightly cared for and go the extra mile for them. I can chat to them about anything (example-my boys food concerns) And they always put me at ease. He has been going the nursery since january now and he really enjoys it. Currently in the babies room but they are easing him in doing visits to the next class and he is now ready to be moved on the 18th 😊 Thankyou girls 👍 Thumbs up from me and kian xx
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Tess Patrol
7 years ago
Staff are amazing and my boys have learned so much since starting here Wouldn't have my kids anywhere else .. fantastic setting
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Frequently asked about Little Learners Nursery School
About the setting
Little Learners Nursery School registered in 2015 and employs 25 childcare staff, 22 of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and above. The nursery operates all year round, Monday to Friday, from 7am to 6pm, and provides funded early education for two-, three-, and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY490294
- Registered person
- Nursery Schools Europe Ltd
- 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
- Good
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