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Little Twinkles Childcare

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Feb 2025)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·44a Gloucester Avenue, GRIMSBY, DN34 5BW · North East Lincolnshire
Number of places
18 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2025
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire

About this day nursery

Little Twinkles Childcare, situated in Grimsby, offers a unique home-style nursery environment for children from 0 to 4 years old. The nursery operates Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, providing a nurturing space where children are encouraged to develop and thrive.

They offer both hourly care and holiday club services. Little Twinkles is committed to creating a supportive community where every child feels valued and inspired to reach their full potential.

They accept various funding options, including for two-year-olds and nine-month-olds, and also offer sibling discounts. The nursery provides breakfast and healthy snacks, though children are required to bring their own packed lunches.

While they maintain a waiting list for prospective children, there is a current minimum requirement of three days per week for childcare. Little Twinkles Childcare aims to be a safe and enriching setting, fostering growth and learning in a comfortable, home-like atmosphere.

Our ethos

At Little Twinkles Childcare, our mission is to provide a safe, home-style environment where every child can twinkle and shine. We are committed to creating a community where children feel valued, supported, and inspired to reach their full potential.

What it's like

Children arrive with a smile, excited for the day ahead. They confidently greet practitioners and explore their environment, developing skills for school. Babies form strong attachments with passionate and enthusiastic practitioners.

Home-style nurserySibling discountHoliday club

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged at a flat hourly rate per child. A minimum booking of three days is required. Fees include breakfast and morning and afternoon snacks, but parents must provide a packed lunch.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds

Good to know

  • Minimum booking requirement of 3 days.
  • Fees must be paid one week in advance.
  • Includes breakfast and healthy morning and afternoon snacks.
  • Parents must provide a packed lunch.
  • Sibling discount of 10% for two children (does not apply to funded hours).
  • Parent holidays charged at half fee; child sickness charged at full fee.

Key facts

Food

Packed lunch required, breakfast and healthy snacks provided

Waitlist

Waiting list for January - April 2027. No available space for children 2+ years for 2026/27.

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 5:00pm

Age range

0-4 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Twinkles Childcare

Last inspected 3 February 2025 · Jackie Ward

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding

What it's like to attend

Children arrive with a smile, excited for the day ahead. They confidently greet practitioners and explore their environment, developing skills for school. Babies form strong attachments with passionate and enthusiastic practitioners.

Inspector highlights

  • Practitioners use all opportunities to develop and extend children's communication and language. They complete thorough speech and language assessments and provide targeted intervention.
  • Practitioners teach with passion, energy and purpose. Their interactions are of a very high quality, and they actively listen to children and observe their non-verbal communication.
  • Children have exciting opportunities for physical play. Practitioners support babies to walk and teach children skills to climb, developing their core muscle strength.
  • Practitioners consistently plan a curriculum that builds precisely on children's knowledge and skills. They plan activities that are enticing to children and adapt them to children's age and stage of development.
  • Managers provide extensive training to support practitioners' knowledge and enhance their practice, helping them to understand children's play better and to provide appropriately for each individual child.
Inspection #10376595 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Practitioners complete thorough speech and language assessments on every child when they start and provide targeted intervention. Practitioners spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children have exciting opportunities for physical play. They excitedly arrange planks, crates and tyres to make bridges, and practitioners teach children about risk as they walk across them. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Little Twinkles Childcare

5.0
(1)

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2025

Date: May 2019

  • February 2025Outstanding
  • May 2019Good

Frequently asked about Little Twinkles Childcare

About the setting

Little Twinkles Childcare registered in 2017 and is located in Grimsby. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 5pm. It employs seven members of childcare staff, with six holding early years qualifications at level 3 or higher, including two at level 5 and two at level 6. The nursery provides government funded childcare.

URN
EY544783
Registered person
Braithwaite, Victoria
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises
Previous rating
Good

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