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Little Owls Day Nursery in Wigan

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2023)
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5.0(31 parent reviews) ·Swimsmart House, Bradley Lane, Wigan, WN6 0XQ · Wigan
Number of places
61 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2023
Local authority
Wigan

About this day nursery

Little Owls Day Nursery, located in Standish, Wigan, offers a stimulating and secure environment where children are encouraged to explore and develop their potential. The nursery prides itself on its 'In The Moment' planning approach, allowing educators to tailor learning experiences to each child's individual interests and needs, fostering independence, confidence, and respect for others.

The curriculum is a collaborative effort, incorporating input from staff, families, and children, ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to developing interests. Emotional intelligence is a key focus, with children encouraged to express their feelings and develop self-regulation skills.

The nursery emphasises creativity, imagination, and play-based learning, aiming to provide a fun and exciting experience where children can thrive. Little Owls has received a 'GOOD' rating from Ofsted and offers various extracurricular activities, including swimming and dance.

They utilise the 'eyLog' mobile app for parents to track their child's learning journey and communicate with staff. The nursery also provides a 'Reception Ready' programme and ongoing professional development for its practitioners.

Our ethos

Little Owls Day Nursery focuses on an 'In The Moment' planning approach, tailoring experiences to individual children's interests to foster independence, confidence, and respect. They believe in a collaborative curriculum, emotional intelligence, self-regulation, creativity, imagination, and play-based learning to ensure children thrive.

What it's like

Children form strong bonds with staff and learn new skills, growing in confidence. They enjoy exploring the well-resourced environment and demonstrate a love of books, supporting early literacy and oracy skills.

Ofsted Good ratedIn The Moment planningeyLog app for parentsExtracurricular activitiesReception Ready programme

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Age range

Babies & Tinies (Under 2s), Toddlers (2-3 years), Pre-school

Food

Meals provided, with a good selection of meals

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Owls Day Nursery

Last inspected 28 April 2023

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 form strong bonds with staff and learn new skills, growing in confidence. They enjoy exploring the well-resourced environment and demonstrate a love of books, supporting early literacy and oracy skills.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager is a reflective and enthusiastic professional who leads a dedicated team.
  • Staff use a range of strategies, including "first and then" picture cards, to engage children, especially those with SEND.
  • Residents from a local care home visit the nursery, boosting children's social skills and building special relationships.
  • The manager ensures staff wellbeing, an acceptable workload, and high morale, creating a happy environment.
  • Parents have formed a forum and meet with staff to discuss improvements, building strong partnerships and appreciating extra activities like rugby and swimming.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen support for children to build on the range of words they know to help develop correct letter sounds
  • 2support new staff to develop their curriculum knowledge.
Inspection #10280529 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff have high expectations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They acknowledge that some children did not gain the communication and language skills they needed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and model language well to help children develop these skills. Visual prompts, such as "first and then" picture cards, are used to help children with SEND understand routines.

Outdoor space

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 Owls Day Nursery

5.0
(31)
Sammi House
a year ago

I would highly recommend this nursery. I am not from the area and as soon as we entered Little Owls I felt at ease, everyone you come into contact with smiles at you and is helpful. All of the staff are lovely and it shines through, this was really evident even at the first meeting. The nursery are committed to the children they care for and assisting with their learning but also making sure they have fun. I also love how the nursery send me updates of my son in the day if they can, we always love to see the photos and videos they share. I can really tell everyone at this nursery are so engaged with my son and have his best interests at heart all the time. On more than one occasion staff have gone above and beyond to make a situation easier for us. When my son first started nursery and would get upset going in, it was never a problem how many times I called, staff were always really helpful and happy to update me. Thank you for everything, everyone at Little Owl’s.

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Lucy Seddon
a year ago

My little boy joined Little Owls when he turned one, which was 11 months ago now! Since joining he has thrived so much in so many different ways. He is so much more confident around people and his talking has improved so much. What started out as a shy little boy has now blossomed into a smart and happy little toddler and I believe so much of this has come from nursery. Thank you to the lovely ladies in under 2’s - we can’t wait to continue our journey into the toddler room in January! I would 100% recommend Little Owls!

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Sadman Jaoad
a year ago

My son loves it here. All the staffs are really welcoming and friendly. Very easy to communicate with them, getting regular updates with photos, able to go inside when picking him up- all these lets us be a small part of his time in nursery. Staff really put an effort to engage with the children and all the children seem to love them as well. Although a bit far from my home, I wouldn't pick any other nursery over this.

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Rachel Cunniffe
4 years ago

My daughter has been going to little owls for 7 months now and I have nothing but praise for this nursery. My child is always happy and content when she is picked up and looks like she’s had a good day. The staff are very friendly and I feel they have really taken the time to get to know my daughter. I receive updates on my phone regarding my child’s nappy changes, food and sleep times, and occasionally get pictures. I would recommend Little Owls to anyone!

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Debbi Wallis
2 years ago

My little girl joined Little Owls from another nursery in January 2022. From day 1 she has happily run in and out of nursery completely giddy with excitement and it has been so refreshing to see how much she has developed and how much she enjoys being there! There are always a whole range of new activities to try, the staff are all fabulous and it's so reassuring that she has settled so well! The app and daily diary ensure we don't miss a thing! We are so pleased we moved her there and look forward to many more happy memories to come for her and our 2nd who joined in April 2023. Thank you!

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Inspection history

Date: September 2012

  • April 2023Good
  • August 2017Good
  • January 2017Good
  • September 2013Good
  • September 2012Good

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