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Little Skippers Nursery in London

Ofsted: Expected standard·
5.0(4 parent reviews) ·140 Falkland Road, London, N8 0NP · Haringey
Number of places
104 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2026
Local authority
Haringey

About this day nursery

Little Skippers Nursery, located in the Harringay Ladder area of London N8 0NP, offers full day care for children aged 0-4 years. Established in 2023, the nursery operates all year round, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday.

The setting has 18 staff members, 16 of whom hold childcare qualifications ranging from Level 2 to Level 7. The manager ensures a safe and welcoming environment where children develop affectionate bonds with staff and confidently choose their play activities, fostering their interest and curiosity.

This commitment extends to providing resources like a sensory room, which helps calm and stimulate children. The nursery prides itself on promoting healthy lifestyles through nutritious meals, hydration, and regular exercise, including action rhymes, balancing, and catching games indoors and outdoors.

While the overall effectiveness requires improvement, leaders are dedicated to securing positive outcomes for children, aiming for a clear curriculum and effective support, particularly for those with special educational needs. The nursery also offers government-funded childcare for children from nine months to four years.

Our ethos

Little Skippers Nursery emphasises a play-based learning approach within a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment. They focus on fostering children's emotional and intellectual growth, preparing them for academic success and instilling a lifelong love of learning through comprehensive, research-based curriculum and tailored activities.

What it's like

Staff provide a safe environment and are kind and attentive to children's needs, fostering a sense of security and helping them to develop affectionate bonds. Children enjoy their time and confidently make choices about their play, engaging with activities that spark their interest and curiosity. However, the quality of education is variable, with some staff lacking understanding of children's development and planning, particularly for older children and those with SEND.

Safe environmentCommitted leadersSensory roomHealthy lifestylesGood communication

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Mon - Fri: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Expected standard

Last inspected Apr 2026

Headline: Expected standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Skippers Nursery

Last inspected 9 April 2026

What it's like to attend

Staff provide a safe environment and are kind and attentive to children's needs, fostering a sense of security and helping them to develop affectionate bonds. Children enjoy their time and confidently make choices about their play, engaging with activities that spark their interest and curiosity. However, the quality of education is variable, with some staff lacking understanding of children's development and planning, particularly for older children and those with SEND.

Inspector highlights

  • Leaders are committed to securing positive outcomes for children and have a clear idea of what they want children to learn.
  • Leaders provide some effective training for staff, including regular mandatory training to ensure all staff know how to keep children safe.
  • The nursery is inclusive and welcoming, and leaders are committed to supporting children with SEND, thoughtfully spending additional funding.
  • Staff promote children's communication and language development well through stories, rhymes, songs, and regular conversations.
  • Staff encourage children to develop healthy lifestyles by providing healthy meals, ensuring hydration, and offering regular opportunities for exercise.

Areas to develop

  • 1Support staff to plan and implement an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, to help all children to make the best possible progress.
  • 2Provide effective supervision and coaching for staff, to ensure good-quality teaching and assessment across the provision.
  • 3Improve arrangements for children with SEND, to effectively share learning plans with parents and key staff, and provide consistently good support for children's learning.
  • 4Develop the partnerships with parents further, to ensure that all parents know about their child's key person and how to continue children's learning at home.
Inspection #10400067 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders are committed to supporting children with SEND and thoughtfully use additional funding to provide equipment and experiences, including a sensory room. However, key staff do not always understand how to implement children's learning plans effectively, and information about learning is not always shared with parents, which can affect children with SEND in making progress.

Outdoor space

Staff ensure that children have regular opportunities to exercise indoors and outdoors. Children enjoy action rhymes, balancing and catching games. These activities help children to develop their large muscles, spatial awareness and coordination.

EAL / language support

Staff promote children

Parent Reviews of Little Skippers Nursery

5.0
(4)
Sid Ness
a year ago

My son is 3 years old and autistic and finding the right nursery was a real challenge, but myself and mum are over the moon and very relieved to find such a gem of a nursery that caters for all our son's needs. The staff are really friendly and helpful and the nursery has a family feel to it, which helped my son settle in quite quickly and I could see his joy in the mornings when he knew he was going there. This is a boy who would kick and scream every time we took him outside unless he realised we were going to the park or soft play centres. Due to autism he doesn't speak much but now he's coming back home singing songs and saying actual words. He even picks up food at times and eats it, which was a challenge throughout the last couple of years. We are overjoyed that our son is receiving all the care, love and attention he needs from a very talented and special team of carers, especially Mirea and Janine. Isabella, Tedessa and Kamara are just a breath of fresh air to deal with.

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Inspection history

Date: April 2025

The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Requires improvement). We're re-checking it against the original report.

  • May 2025Requires improvement
  • April 2025Requires improvement

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