Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 6pm
Nanny Plums Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
Number of places
36 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Lancashire
About this day nursery
Nanny Plums Nursery, located in Thornton Cleveleys, FY5 3NG, offers a nurturing and engaging environment for children. The nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, which is designed to foster confidence and prepare children for primary school.
Emphasising a mission to provide a happy, fun, and safe space, Nanny Plums Nursery is dedicated to ensuring children feel valued and cared for while they learn and grow. The nursery prides itself on its dedicated and caring staff, maintaining an "open door" policy for parents to visit and inquire.
They have received an Ofsted rating of "Good" as of August 2025. Nanny Plums Nursery also keeps parents informed through regular news and events, and provides access to all its policies and procedures on its website.
The nursery offers various sessions with transparent pricing structures, inviting prospective parents to find detailed information on their website or by contacting them directly via email or phone. They also maintain an active social media presence on platforms like Instagram and Facebook, providing another avenue for engagement and updates.
Our ethos
“To provide a happy, fun and safe place for children to learn, grow and feel valued and cared for”. Nanny Plums Mission Statement
What it's like
The nursery is a small, friendly and community focused environment where staff create a lively and nurturing provision. They provide a variety of interesting resources and equipment to support children's development, with clear aims for the curriculum incorporated into activity plans to build on children's existing knowledge. Staff build positive relationships and create individual learning plans, helping children to develop confidence and prepare for the next stage in their learning.
EYFS CurriculumOfsted Good RatingOpen Door Policy
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2016
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Nanny Plums Nursery
Last inspected 7 August 2025
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 nursery is a small, friendly and community focused environment where staff create a lively and nurturing provision. They provide a variety of interesting resources and equipment to support children's development, with clear aims for the curriculum incorporated into activity plans to build on children's existing knowledge. Staff build positive relationships and create individual learning plans, helping children to develop confidence and prepare for the next stage in their learning.
Inspector highlights
- Children relish the opportunity to set up an obstacle course with car tyres, promoting their self-resilience skills.
- Staff organise the day to allow lots of opportunities for children to practise taking turns and sharing, resulting in good behaviour and harmonious play.
- Managers know what they want staff to focus their teaching on, especially for mathematical knowledge and skills in toddlers and pre-school children.
- Staff offer children opportunities to learn about people and families beyond their own, with a rich environment of images and experiences to understand different celebrations.
- Staff benefit from training and ongoing professional development opportunities, such as understanding why children may bite and using strategies to prevent incidents.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to build on ways to ask children more purposeful questions and enhance children's thinking skills
- 2help staff in the baby room to provide an environment which promotes and extends babies' physical development.
Inspection #10411795 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
extremely happy with the service they receive.
impressed by the progress their children make.
value the daily feedback they receive about their child's day and achievements.
enjoy using the electronic communication system.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
Outdoor space
Children relish the opportunity to set up an obstacle course with car tyres. Staff closely supervise, but do not interrupt, allowing children to explore their own ideas, promoting their self-resilience skills.
Parent Reviews of Nanny Plums Nursery
4.7
(12)
wozmillar
8 years ago
The staff and nursery it self I would rate as the best by far in the Cleveleys area. My son first went when the nursery first opened and was in the baby unit upstairs. He is now downstairs with the older kids and has loved and enjoyed every day he has been there. With a great a variety of activities for the children to take part in everyday he always has good fun there, he is learning French at the minute and loves all the staff there. Nanny plums is more like a extended family to us, as all the staff are really welcoming with the way they manage the care of the children with a great team skill set between them. I would recommend this nursery .
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emma hall
6 years ago
Nanny Plums is a wonderful calm and nurturing environment for our little boy. He loves going every morning. Not only is the setting fabulous,the staff are warm and welcoming. They regularly keep us up to date and support our parenting decisons (the dreaded potty training!). Our son loves the staff so much, he has even made up a little song for one of the team! They also offer culturally rich activities to broaden his knowledge of the wider world as well as football, dancing and a variety of other activities. He never has a dull moment. I would recommend Nanny Plums without hesitation.
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Matt H
6 years ago
My little boy has been attending nanny plums for over 18m full time and he has developed into a social, happy and clever little boy. The nursery is small, creating a loving, warm nurturing environment for all the children who attend. I can honestly say that all the children look happy in the setting and my little one runs into the doors every morning with a smile on his face. The staff are all warm and approachable telling me all about my little ones day which is then evidenced through pictures on a private journal that they set up for all the children showing development and achievements. The owner and manager are hands on and will talk to me every time I see them. The setting is always clean, full of age appropiate resources and has an incredible out door area.
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George Corwell
6 years ago
Nanny plums nursery is a lovely home from home setting, with kind, caring and experienced staff. My son has attended for almond 2 years, starting in baby unit at 9 months old and now in his element in the main pre-school room! The nursery is flexible and accommodating of the children as individuals and offers a good range of activities such as football, french, cooking and community engagement/visits and trips out and about, along with free access to outdoor play space. I could not have picked a better setting for my son, and feel sure he will thrive on the transition to primary school when the time comes, thanks to the solid foundations built during his time at Nanny Plums-highly recommended!
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Sarah Hetherington
6 years ago
Nanny Plums is a fantastic nursery with brilliant staff. It has a real homely feel and my little girl loves going in on her days. I couldn't recommend it more highly. I was so worried about sending my daughter to nursery that she would be unhappy. She has never been so happy and therefore neither have I.
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Inspection history
Date: March 2020
- August 2025Good
- March 2020Good
Frequently asked about Nanny Plums Nursery
About the setting
Nanny Plums Nursery registered in 2016 and is located in Lancashire. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff, with 10 holding appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including one with qualified teacher status. It opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for bank holidays and over the Christmas period, with sessions from 7.30am to 6pm, and offers government funded childcare.
- URN
- EY500809
- Registered person
- Nanny Plums Nursery Ltd
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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