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Little Rascals Day Nursery in Maldon

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2024)
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5.0(7 parent reviews) ·Unit 7-8 Howells Farm, Maypole Road, maldon, CM9 4SY · Essex
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2024
Local authority
Essex

About this day nursery

Little Rascals Day Nursery, located in Maldon, prioritises providing exceptional childcare within a nurturing and homely atmosphere. The dedicated staff are committed to fostering an environment where every child can grow and flourish, with a strong emphasis on individual valuation and celebrating each child's learning journey.

The nursery offers flexible session options, catering to diverse family needs. They uphold a standard of safety and security for all children, ensuring a well-resourced setting that supports their development from the very start.

The nursery also provides engaging spaces with a variety of resources, tools, and toys designed to encourage investigative, exploratory, and imaginative play. Furthermore, Little Rascals Day Nursery focuses on cultivating positive personal and social skills, promoting kindness, concern, and respect among children through activities like sharing and turn-taking.

The facility is divided into age-specific rooms: 0-2 years, providing ample space for babies and toddlers; 2-3 years, a bright and spacious room accommodating up to 12 children; and 3-4 years, where the curriculum emphasises social skills, cooperation, and fostering independence.

Our ethos

Little Rascals Day Nursery Ltd focuses on celebrating each child's learning journey, emphasising individual valuation, and encouraging investigative, exploratory, and imaginative play. They are committed to fostering children's personal and social skills, promoting kindness, concern, and respect through activities that encourage sharing and turn-taking. The nursery's approach supports children's development from the start in age-specific rooms.

What it's like

The management and team of nurturing staff ensure that children are warmly welcomed into an inviting, homely and fun environment in which to learn. Along with children's interests, the nursery's five core values influence the flexible and ambitious curriculum. Children demonstrate that they are confident, feel safe and secure and are eager learners.

High-quality childcareChild-centred play and educationAge-specific rooms

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 51 weeks of the year, from 7.30am until 6pm

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Rascals Day Nursery

Last inspected 17 December 2024

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

The management and team of nurturing staff ensure that children are warmly welcomed into an inviting, homely and fun environment in which to learn. Along with children's interests, the nursery's five core values influence the flexible and ambitious curriculum. Children demonstrate that they are confident, feel safe and secure and are eager learners.

Inspector highlights

  • The management and team of staff ensure that the curriculum is relevant and well planned.
  • A good settling-in process ensures that staff know the children well.
  • Parents speak positively of all aspects of the nursery.
  • Babies have immense fun participating in messy play.
  • Staff talk about their role at nursery with enthusiasm.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen partnerships even further with parents to consistently share information about their child's progress and help them extend and support learning at home
  • 2provide younger children with cosy spaces to relax and provide a broader range of role-play resources to enable all children to explore and develop their own play and ideas.
Inspection #10368347 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents comment that they feel completely reassured their children are in safe hands.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Knowledgeable staff fully understand how to plan in the moment to support children's ideas and lead their learning both indoors and outdoors. The inspector observed the quality of teaching during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Little Rascals Day Nursery

5.0
(7)
Jordan Marshall
2 years ago

My son has been attending nursery at Little Rascals since June 2023 and I can’t believe how far he has come. He has learnt so much! He goes in happy and comes home happy. The nursery staff keep you regularly updated via Famly and are always happy to take phone calls. In particular Kate and Montana are outstanding with my son and he is always happy to see them. I found the nursery manager Jade is always available when needed with any questions or queries. Would highly recommend this nursery to anyone who is looking for a safe, fun, educational practice for your little one to grow and develop new skills.

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Paula Downes
a year ago

My son has attended Little Rascals for nearly 3 and a half years, shortly to leave to start school, and I cannot speak highly enough of them. The care and support he and we have had with his development, to the thought and fun that goes into everything they do with the children, to the incredible relationships he has built with staff; we couldn’t have asked for more. Highly, highly recommend.

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Sarah Williams
10 years ago

My son has been going to Little Rascals for 6 months now and he, and I, absolutely love it. He has so much fun all day and I know he is safe and extremely well cared for. The nursery were brilliant as he settled in and really took the trouble to find out our preferences for him and to stick to them and they continue to do so. The arts, crafts and sensory activities they do are great and the soft play is ideal for an energetic 18 month old to go crazy and burn off some steam in a safe environment. I can not rate or recommend this nursery more highly.

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ljm2403
10 years ago

My daughter has been attending Little Rascals Nursery since December 2015 and throughly enjoys it. She settled in very quickly and come home happy after each visit. They have also been very helpful and understanding of a food allergy she has and ensured she gets modified versions of what the other children are having at meal times.

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Natalie Moore
10 years ago

Brilliant nursery! My son loves it and the staff are fantastic, very friendly and positive (one of my son's first words was his keyworker's name). The open plan space makes it feel very light and spacious, the soft play equipment is supervised but great fun for the kids. The children are always doing activities and crafts as well as plenty of outdoor play and seem to thoroughly enjoy the day. My son's dietary requirements and intolerances have always been taken in to account here and he really seems to enjoy the food. As parents we feel involved and staff make a good effort to keep in contact with what our son's been up to. We've also found that feedback through questionnaires is taken on board by the management. We don't have anything negative to say about this place!

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Inspection history

Date: December 2024

  • January 2025Good
  • December 2024Good

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