Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 7.30am to 6.30pm
Little Me Day Nursery in Basingstoke
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
Number of places
96 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Hampshire
About this day nursery
Little Me Day Nursery cultivates a nurturing and stimulating environment where children can thrive and families feel supported. The nursery prioritises individual needs, striving to make the settling-in process smooth and comfortable for every child.
A key person is assigned to each child to foster a secure attachment and build strong relationships with parents. The nursery actively involves parents in their child's journey and offers flexibility in settling-in visits.
The ethos centres around providing a high-quality early learning experience, encouraging children to be happy and confident while ensuring parents have peace of mind. Little Me Day Nursery is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment, adhering to stringent health and safety regulations, and continuously investing in staff training to deliver exceptional care and education.
Our ethos
The nursery's ethos centres around providing a high-quality early learning experience, encouraging children to be happy and confident. They prioritise individual needs and foster secure attachments through key persons, while actively involving parents in their child's journey. Nightingale Day Nursery is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy environment and continuously investing in staff training.
What it's like
Children of all ages are happy, settled and show good levels of emotional well-being. Effective care practices, including robust settling-in processes, help children to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Following the last inspection, leaders have improved the planning and implementation of the curriculum to ensure that it is ambitious, sequenced and builds on what children know and can do.
Working family funding acceptedMeals charged separately on funded daysDaily consumables chargeFull daycare setting (47 weeks/year)Key person approach
Pricing & funding
Charges are based on hourly or half-hourly rates for additional hours outside of funded times. Funded days incur daily meal contributions and consumables charges. During non-funded weeks of the 47-week opening period, a standard daily rate applies which includes all meals and consumables.
Funding accepted
15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Good to know
- Additional hours are billed on the next invoice.
- Funding is available for 38 weeks of the year, aligned with school terms.
- The nursery is open 47 weeks of the year; 9 weeks are unfunded.
- Unfunded daily rates include all meals and consumables.
- Funded days require contributions for meals (snack, lunch, tea) and daily consumables.
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2011
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Little Me Day Nursery
Last inspected 14 August 2024
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 of all ages are happy, settled and show good levels of emotional well-being. Effective care practices, including robust settling-in processes, help children to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. Following the last inspection, leaders have improved the planning and implementation of the curriculum to ensure that it is ambitious, sequenced and builds on what children know and can do.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders and staff have worked hard to improve practice and provision significantly since the last inspection.
- Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for providing high-quality inclusive care for all children.
- Staff provide a good range of resources to support children's physical well-being.
- Partnerships with parents are good.
- The management team shows the highest regard for staff, ensuring they feel appreciated.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to focus more on encouraging all children to join in with activities where appropriate
- 2improve staff's understanding of how to build further on what individual children know and can do.
Inspection #10320191 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents speak highly about the kind and caring staff and comment on how much their children enjoy attending the nursery.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language, develop the knowledge and skills they need for the next stage of learning. Staff complete regular assessments to enable them to provide targeted support when needed.
Outdoor space
Children enjoy the time they spend outdoors and are physically active during their play. They ride bikes with confidence, balance on beams and manoeuvre around obstacles with ease.
Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024
- August 2024Good
- October 2023Requires improvement
- February 2019Good
- May 2018Good
- October 2016Good
- March 2013Good
- January 2012Good
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