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Mini Me's Beach Nursery

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Oct 2022)
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5.0(2 parent reviews) ·55 Carr Gate, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 1LB · Lancashire
Number of places
50 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Oct 2022
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Mini Me's Beach Nursery, which opened in June 2020, is situated on Carr Gate in Thornton-Cleveleys, directly opposite the promenade. This unique waterfront setting allows the nursery to fully embrace a 'beach school' approach to early years education.

Children engage in hands-on learning experiences, exploring the natural environment of the seaside, participating in activities such as litter picking, and fostering an understanding of ecological responsibility. These beach school sessions, led by qualified professionals, are designed to build self-esteem and independence as children discover and interact with the natural world.

The ever-changing beach environment offers memorable and stimulating learning opportunities that encourage curiosity, creativity, and a strong sense of wellbeing in every child.

Our ethos

Mini Me's Beach Nursery embraces a 'beach school' approach, utilising its seaside location for hands-on learning. Children explore the natural environment, engage in activities like litter picking to foster ecological responsibility, and build self-esteem and independence. The approach aims to stimulate curiosity, creativity, and wellbeing through memorable experiences in the natural world.

What it's like

Children are exceptionally well settled at this awe-inspiring and unique nursery, mesmerised by experiences like beach school, ferry trips, and exploring local woods. They learn to follow rules and keep themselves safe within an incredible environment that fosters immersion in play and learning. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, managers implemented a thorough settling-in procedure, including home visits, which parents highly value as staff gain exceptional understanding of children's individual and emotional needs.

Beach School ConceptWaterfront LocationQualified Beach School Leader

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8am until 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2020

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Mini Me's Beach Nursery

Last inspected 3 October 2022

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 are exceptionally well settled at this awe-inspiring and unique nursery, mesmerised by experiences like beach school, ferry trips, and exploring local woods. They learn to follow rules and keep themselves safe within an incredible environment that fosters immersion in play and learning. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, managers implemented a thorough settling-in procedure, including home visits, which parents highly value as staff gain exceptional understanding of children's individual and emotional needs.

Inspector highlights

  • The leaders of this nursery are inspirational, and their ambition to prepare children for school is consistently embedded across the nursery.
  • All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress, and the curriculum is inspiring.
  • Huge consideration is given by staff to developing children's communication skills, including learning sign language and using effective questioning techniques.
  • Staff expertly promote children's physical development through various activities catering to different age groups, building strength, balance, coordination, and dexterity.
  • Children access an abundance of quality books, love visits to the local library, and parents eagerly borrow books from the nursery library to share at home, fostering a tremendous love of reading.
Inspection #10249153 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress. The curriculum is inspiring. It progressively builds on the knowledge and skills that children already have, and what they need to learn next. Leaders create strong links with local schools and staff work astoundingly well with external professionals and parents so that children get the support that they need to truly thrive.

Outdoor space

Children attend regular beach school sessions, take trips on the ferry and explore the local woods. Older children show remarkable strength as they dig holes in wet sand on the beach to search for water beneath. Children also relish in the sheer delight of sitting together quietly in a cosy tent reading in the garden.

Parent Reviews of Mini Me's Beach Nursery

5.0
(2)
richard taylor
8 years ago

A fantastic nursery with great staff who are amazing with the children.

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Inspection history

Date: October 2022

  • November 2022Outstanding
  • October 2022Outstanding

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