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Partou Stonehouse Day Nursery & Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2021)
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3.6(17 parent reviews) ·90 School Lane, Leyland, PR25 2TU · Lancashire
Number of places
94 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2021
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

Partou Stonehouse Day Nursery & Pre-School, located in Leyland, offers a nurturing environment within a former school building, featuring expansive playrooms and one of the largest outdoor areas in the North West. Strategically situated on School Lane, it provides convenient access to major transport links, serving families across the local community.

The nursery prides itself on a highly experienced and stable team, with many members having served for over a decade, ensuring a consistent and reliable early years experience. The staff includes individuals with SEN support backgrounds, catering to diverse needs and fostering confident development.

Facilities like spacious play areas, dedicated outdoor spaces, a physical activity room, sensory room, and library are designed to boost confidence and ignite curiosity. The nursery embraces a nature-inspired philosophy, aiming to replicate a home-like atmosphere that supports child development through fun and exploration.

Strong partnerships with families are central to their approach, with interactive family days and coffee mornings facilitating engagement between parents and staff, ultimately supporting children's holistic growth.

Our ethos

Partou Stonehouse Day Nursery & Pre-School embraces a nature-inspired philosophy, aiming to replicate a home-like atmosphere that supports child development through fun and exploration. They prioritise strong partnerships with families, viewing them as central to their approach to support children's holistic growth.

What it's like

Children are happy to say goodbye to parents at the nursery door as they are met with a warm welcome by their key person. They demonstrate how they feel safe and emotionally secure in their eagerness to play. Children are delighted to see their friends and explore the environment enthusiastically. The environment is arranged to promote independence and children choose toys easily.

Large outdoor play areaExperienced staffNature-inspired approachFamily partnerships

Pricing & funding

Fees are split into care, meals and snacks, and consumables. Charges are billed across 51 weeks of the year, including bank holidays when the nursery is closed.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Registration fee or deposit is required upon registration.
  • Charges apply across 51 weeks of the year, including bank holidays.
  • Offers a 5% discount for the eldest sibling.
  • Offers a 5% discount for Blue Light Card holders (discounts cannot be combined).
  • Fees cover care, meals, snacks, nappies, wet wipes, and sun cream.

Key facts

Opening hours

Mon - Fri, 8.00am to 6.00pm (excl. bank holidays)

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Partou Stonehouse Day Nursery & Pre-School

Last inspected 19 August 2021 · Donna Thorpe

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 to say goodbye to parents at the nursery door as they are met with a warm welcome by their key person. They demonstrate how they feel safe and emotionally secure in their eagerness to play. Children are delighted to see their friends and explore the environment enthusiastically. The environment is arranged to promote independence and children choose toys easily.

Inspector highlights

  • The manager and staff have worked hard following the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic lockdowns to help children to feel secure at the nursery.
  • The curriculum is well designed and ambitious. Staff support physical development particularly well.
  • Staff make effective use of their observations and assessments to support children's next steps in learning.
  • The manager and staff share a clear vision for improvement. Promoting language development is a key focus across the nursery and staff introduce new vocabulary to children of all ages.
  • Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents are very happy with the support their children receive and comment on how staff keep them informed about their progress.

Areas to develop

  • 1review staff practice to ensure that they use every learning opportunity to promote children's communication and language development effectively
  • 2give quieter and less confident children the support they need to always engage fully in their learning.
Inspection #10194553 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are proactive at accessing support for children who need it. They use additional funding to purchase resources or access training to support individual children's needs. As a result, all children make good progress from their different starting points.

Outdoor space

Children have access to a large outdoor area, where they run and search for bugs. They learn about where food comes from as staff talk to them about the apples, pears and beans that are growing in the garden.

Parent Reviews of Partou Stonehouse Day Nursery & Pre-School

3.6
(17)
shawna hill
2 years ago

My daughter attends Stonehouse and absolutely loves it, she has thrived since joining this nursery and I have to say a huge part of this is down to the staff. They treat the children as if they are their own; they are caring, friendly, attentive, and we’re always kept in the loop on what our daughters been up to and how she is developing. The setting itself is lovely, a real “home from home”. My daughter attends full time, and I totally trust the team at Stonehouse to care for her while we’re at work. I’ll always 100% recommend Stonehouse Nursery!

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Danny Armson
9 years ago

My little boy currently attends Stonehouse Childcare and has done from the age of 9 months, when starting Stonehouse we found the nursery staff to be very friendly and approachable and made us feel totally at ease making it easier to leave him for the day. The nursery is very clean and spacious and has lots of resources for the children to play with. One of our favourite aspects of Stonehouse is the large outdoor area including a maze which my son loves! The home to nursery links are brilliant, we are told daily information and feel we are included every step of the way with our sons progress including being able to view his development file when we require. Overall we are very happy with all aspects of Stonehouse Childcare and my son loves attending the nursery, we would not hesitate to recommend this nursery to anyone.

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flora bowe
5 years ago

My eldest has just left to begin school in September. I can’t recommend Stonehouse enough they have been amazing with my son he has flourished in many ways since starting as a baby! The staff are caring, patient and always looking for new ways to entertain the children.

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Sarah Nelson
8 years ago

Both of my girls go here. Every single member of staff (past & present) are brilliant with the children, you can tell that they all love their job and love working with children. Karen in the baby room is super special, she has looked after both my children and they both love her so much. My oldest struggles with me leaving in the morning but all staff are aware of this and they are happy to give her the extra attention when needed to ensure it's not a dramatic experience for both me and her. The pre-school team are amazing and they have helped get my daughter ready for school. The nursery has lots of different rooms which all children (even the babies) get to go in and do different activities which I particularly love! The outdoor space is amazing, love they have alittle maze! The nursery is always doing something new for the children to learn, and my oldest has loved the opportunity to learn swimming (even excited about the bus getting there) and she enjoys when the football and netball coach comes in. Thank you again to every single worker you are all amazing, even the chef knows the childrens name 😁

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Paula Bibby
a year ago

I would give zero stars if I could. Stonehouse HAD always been brilliant which is why I chose to send my twins there a few months ago. Now I wouldn't trust them to look after my worst enemy after one of my girls was dragged across the floor, ditched between 2 cushions and left to scream and writhe in pain and then dragged up from standing height up in the air by one arm by one of the staff members while the other 2 looked on and did nothing! wasn't even reported for 24 hours and wasn't even reported by them in full! GDPR sent me the footage to show me the full extent of the abuse to my then 9 month old daughter and the manager tried to play down the situation and talk to me with a smile on her knowing full well what had happened. PLEASE DO NOT TRUST THIS NURSERY TO LOOK AFTER YOUR CHILDREN.

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Inspection history

Date: August 2021

  • September 2021Good
  • August 2021Good

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