Little Learners Pre School & Happy Holidays Hub

About this day nursery

Little Learners Preschool provides high-quality care and education for children aged 2-11 years in West Horndon, Brentwood. The preschool focuses on creating a happy and secure environment where children can thrive, learn, and develop crucial skills such as independence, resilience, and self-regulation.

Their curriculum is designed to nurture confident and curious learners ready for school, with an emphasis on individual needs and early intervention strategies to address learning gaps. The setting integrates rich, play-based experiences across all seven areas of learning, both indoors and outdoors.

They maintain strong communication with families through the online tool 'Blossom Educational' and an open-door policy, recognising the importance of parental involvement. The curriculum is culturally rich, providing exciting and ambitious learning experiences that broaden children's understanding of the world.

The aim is to ensure every child knows, understands, and remembers more, while developing into resourceful, reflective, resilient, and reciprocal individuals.

Our ethos

Little Learners Preschool's ethos is to create a happy, secure environment that nurtures confident, curious, and resilient learners. They focus on individual needs, integrating play-based experiences and aiming for children to "know, understand, and remember more", while developing into resourceful and reflective individuals ready for school.

What it's like

Children are confident, happy and independent, showing a willingness to learn and engage in a wide range of experiences. Staff provide a supportive and inclusive environment, offering fun, meaningful, and real-life activities that encourage children's development, social skills, and critical thinking. They foster a love for reading and support children in leading their own learning.

Pricing & funding

The nursery charges hourly rates for hours taken outside of funded entitlements, with different rates for two-year-olds and three-to-four-year-olds. Funded hours are free, but additional services and consumables are charged at an hourly rate per funded hour.