Opening hours
7:30am – 6:30pm
Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Rose Hill.
Ofsted: Good
(Oct 2024)
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2024
Local authority
Oxfordshire
About this day nursery
Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School in Rose Hill, Oxford, is designed with both parents and children in mind, providing a nurturing and stimulating environment from the moment families step inside. The nursery boasts bright indoor spaces, an engaging adventure garden, and a team of carefully selected early years educators dedicated to fostering a love for learning.
They offer wholesome meals and convenient opening hours, ensuring all aspects of a child's development and parental needs are met. The facility features four specialized rooms for different age groups, alongside a spacious communal area for collaborative activities, encouraging interaction, creativity, and confidence daily.
Little Pioneers follows a "Pioneering Pathway" curriculum, encompassing a "Head Start" settling-in program, a "Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies" approach integrating fun and learning, and a focus on developing socially responsible, safety-conscious individuals. Children are encouraged to become independent and resilient learners through play, fostering curiosity and communication.
The nursery celebrates diversity, promotes kindness and cooperation, and empowers children to find their voice and make choices. The entire team is first aid trained with Millie's Mark, prioritizing the safety and well-being of all children.
Our ethos
Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School's "Pioneering Pathway" curriculum integrates fun and learning to foster a love for learning, independence, resilience, curiosity, and communication. They emphasize developing socially responsible, safety-conscious individuals, celebrating diversity, promoting kindness and cooperation, and empowering children to find their voice and make choices.
What it's like
Staff create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and secure. They are helped to understand and manage their emotions, leading to good behaviour and consideration for others' feelings. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that ensures children, including those needing extra support, make good progress in social, communication, physical, and imaginative play skills.
Nurturing EnvironmentAdventure GardenMillie's Mark Accredited StaffPioneering Pathway CurriculumSocial Responsibility
Pricing & funding
Fees are charged year-round including during bank holidays, sickness, and holidays. Meals are billed separately per session, with voluntary charges for children on fully funded places.
Funding accepted
30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-oldsTax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)
Good to know
- Open Monday to Friday all year round.
- Full charges apply for bank holidays, training days, sickness, and family holidays.
- Meal charges are voluntary for fully funded places.
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2004
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Rose Hill.
Last inspected 30 October 2024 · Sarah Holley
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff create a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and secure. They are helped to understand and manage their emotions, leading to good behaviour and consideration for others' feelings. Leaders have developed an ambitious curriculum that ensures children, including those needing extra support, make good progress in social, communication, physical, and imaginative play skills.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders have successfully developed staff's skills in supporting children's language development.
- Many of the learning experiences staff offer children are well-matched to their stage of development.
- Staff teach children to do things for themselves very well, fostering independence.
- Staff welcome children warmly to activities and interact in ways that maintain children's interest well.
- Staff are attentive to children's care needs, especially for babies and young children.
Areas to develop
- 1identify more precisely what children most need to learn next to ensure that activities and resources are more closely matched to children's current stage of development
- 2support staff to recognise and respond when children are showing they would benefit from more adult interactions to extend their learning
- 3build on warm partnerships with parents to help them develop a secure understanding of what their children are learning to enable them to further support learning at home.
Inspection #10366882 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents find leaders approachable and staff helpful.
They appreciate the thorough handovers and feel that staff know their children well.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders quickly identify children who may need extra support to make the progress of which they are capable, enabling support to be put in place as needed to ensure that these children progress well in their learning.
Parent Reviews of Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Rose Hill.
5.0
(17)
Cat Bailey
3 years ago
The staff are really lovely, our kids have formed strong attachments to all of their keyworkers. We get timely feedback on what they've been up to each day via the parents' app and in person at the end of the day. It's really nice that sometimes they go on little trips to the park next door sometimes too. The atmosphere at the nursery is very warm and friendly.
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Mum T
8 years ago
My daughter use to go to this nursery (aged 8 months to 3 years old) and she loooved it here. The staff are great with the children and very kind, caring, smiling, polite, and communicate well to me about my child. My daughter built lots of confidence while at the nursery inside and outside while safely doing so with staff not far away. My daughter learnt a lot and all the staff there made the transitions between the current and next class with such ease. For my daughter she was very happy to go to the next class. My daughter made so many friends and looked forward to going into nursery each day, she actually was sad to leave there to go to first school. I definitely recommend this nursery to anyone who is looking for a nursery for their children.
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Anna
5 years ago
This nursery is the best nursery in Oxford in my humble opinion. Oxford is a vibrant busy city to live in as a parent. Finding the right childcare for us wasn't as easy as it might appear in such an overpopulated town. After much searching and enquiring we found this lovely nursery. The staff are dedicated and focused on the children's happiness and development at all times. The mojority of staff members particularly the management have stayed in their positions for a long time. Stability is prominent here showing it is a good place to work. Most importantly my daughters were very happy here. My youngest in particular thrived in this nurturing and loving environment. Every detail is carefully thought of and implemented for the good of the children down to the lovely healthy food they provide here.
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Annie Leyman
3 years ago
Great nursery, the staff are all extremely welcoming and helpful. Our son has settled in really well so far and I'm sure he is going to thrive here.
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Jenny McGugan
3 years ago
Our son has had a wonderful experience at this nursery. The staff are so friendly and caring and there’s a really warm atmosphere.
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Inspection history
- October 2024Good
- August 2021Outstanding
- April 2018Outstanding
- January 2014Good
- June 2013Good
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