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Little Workshop Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2023)
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5.0(7 parent reviews) ·Olive House, Kings Square, High Wycombe, HP11 1RX · Buckinghamshire
Number of places
35 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2023
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

About this day nursery

Little Workshop Day Nursery, located in High Wycombe, provides a nurturing environment for children aged 2 months to 5 years. They strive to offer flexible sessions to meet diverse family needs, actively supporting government funding schemes to help parents with childcare costs.

The nursery boasts thoughtfully designed indoor spaces, including a spacious home corner for imaginative play and a dedicated sensory room featuring various stimuli like lights, sounds, and aromas, all within a secure setting for exploration. Outdoors, children can enjoy a well-equipped play area with bike tracks and musical instruments.

The team comprises qualified Early Years Educators who are deeply committed to children's development. The nursery’s core values, known as "The three R's," focus on fostering responsible, resilient, and respectful learners.

Their mission is to create a stimulating, welcoming, and safe environment where children can flourish and acquire essential skills for their future educational journey. Upon enrolment, children participate in settling-in sessions to ensure staff understand their individual needs and interests.

Practitioners continuously monitor each child's progress through observations and termly reports, aligning with the EYFS framework and Development Matters to guide their developmental next steps.

Our ethos

Little Workshop Day Nursery's ethos is based on "The three R's": fostering responsible, resilient, and respectful learners. They are committed to creating a stimulating, welcoming, and safe environment that aligns with the EYFS framework and Development Matters, aiming to help children flourish and acquire essential skills for their future.

What it's like

Children are happy and confident to enter the nursery and are warmly welcomed by staff. Staff know the children well and use this knowledge to provide engaging and exciting activities. Children quickly become engaged in their learning and demonstrate positive attitudes.

Flexible sessionsGovernment funding supportSensory roomOutdoor play areaEYFS curriculum

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on daily rates or morning/afternoon sessions, billed monthly in advance. Term-time bookings are invoiced over 11 months. Funded sessions for children aged 9 months to 5 years incur a consumable charge, which covers all food and additional services. A discount is available for full-week bookings.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)

Good to know

  • Fees are invoiced and payable monthly in advance.
  • Term-time fees are calculated and applied over 11 months of the year.
  • Funded session charges include all food, consumables, and additional services.
  • A 5% discount is applied to five full days on the unspecified funding level monthly fee.

Key facts

Session types

Full day (8am-6pm), Morning (8am-1pm), Afternoon (1pm-6pm)

Age range

2 months-5 years

Term time / All Year

Term Time

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Workshop Day Nursery

Last inspected 14 June 2023 · Lisa Robinson

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 are happy and confident to enter the nursery and are warmly welcomed by staff. Staff know the children well and use this knowledge to provide engaging and exciting activities. Children quickly become engaged in their learning and demonstrate positive attitudes.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership team has the same ambitions for all children.
  • Children benefit from meaningful learning across the early years foundation stage (EYFS) curriculum.
  • Staff share information with parents about their child's progress in relation to the EYFS.
  • Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and conduct.
  • Children demonstrate positive attitudes to learning and have high levels of curiosity and enjoyment.

Areas to develop

  • 1provide more opportunities to develop children's learning and understanding of mathematical concepts, such as counting and number, during their play and daily routines.
Inspection #10291784 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

For children with particular needs, such as special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the curriculum is still ambitious and meets their needs. The members of the leadership team act with integrity to ensure that all children, particularly children with SEND, have full access to their entitlement to early education.

Outdoor space

The provider has effective care practices and promotes children's confidence, resilience and independence. Staff teach children about sun safety and support them in applying their own sun cream before going outside to play.

Parent Reviews of Little Workshop Day Nursery

5.0
(7)
Lucy Foot
10 months ago

We are so grateful to have found Little Workshop Day Nursery — the team is incredibly warm, caring, and dedicated. The activities, nurturing environment, and special bonds formed have helped our little one grow with confidence and joy. We truly couldn’t have asked for a better start for Clayton. Thank you for everything — we’ll always carry such fond memories!

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Lauren Prema-Dale
2 years ago

The Little Workshop has been the perfect setting for my son. He started just after turning one and it very quickly became like a second home for him. The staff are the most kind and caring individuals and nothing is too much to ask. His learning and development has progressed rapidly over the last four months and he’s becoming a confident, social, little boy amongst his peers and other adults. He has a big appetite and the variety of food certainly caters for it. He’s constantly trying new meals and much to our surprise, eats almost everything (not like at home!) On a daily basis, he does different activities and we’re sent regular updates and pictures throughout the week. We made the best decision in choosing The Little Workshop and we look forward to seeing him grow in the months and years to come. Would highly recommend it to anyone in search of a friendly, supportive, local nursery.

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Steph Low
2 years ago

We joined little workshop day nursery in November, my son was 2 years 4 months. We had a very turbulent time at a local childminder with various changes, most without notice. This nursery has been incredible! The manager/owner was very sensitive to our families needs and was able to support a settling in plan that support not only our son but us as a family. 4 months later, we have the most happiest, spritely and talkative little boy and I cannot thank this team enough. They provide delicious and healthy meals, all of which he eats! They have been supportive of his transition into the pre-school room as well as dropping his sleep. He takes part in all activities that are provided and we as parents are well informed of these either by pick up feedback or photos posted on the app. Thank you to Lauren, Afsana, Lucie, Yaz & the rest of the team for supporting not only him but us too! I feel much less guilt going to work knowing how happy he is!

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Andrea Eyles
11 months ago

My son started here when he just turnt 2, and now he’s almost 4 and leaving for big boy school, I’m soo emotional that he’s leaving, they treat your children so amazingly and go above and beyond everyday for your children, they’ve supported me through so much, my other children unfortunately didn’t go here as it’s not very old but I wish they had, highly recommend this place

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JadeM Geo
2 years ago

Most perfect nursery! Couldn't ask for better. My daughter loves going in and loves the staff there. Asset to the community. Anyone looking for a nursery must go here, you will NOT be disappointed in the least :)

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

14 June 2023

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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