Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8:45am to 3:15pm
The Learning Tree Children's Nursery and Pre-School
Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
Number of places
32 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Lancashire
About this day nursery
The Learning Tree Children's Nursery and Pre-School, established in 2010, is a term-time childcare setting in Halsall, near Ormskirk, offering a warm and nurturing environment for children aged 2 to 4 years. Open Monday to Friday from 8:45 am to 3:15 pm, the nursery received a "Good" rating in its latest Ofsted inspection on 10th September 2025.
Children at The Learning Tree thrive in a setting where staff greet them with warm smiles, helping them to settle quickly and form strong bonds. The curriculum focuses on igniting curiosity, with children actively engaging in their learning.
A particular highlight is the outdoor curriculum, where children explore plants and wildlife, respecting the natural world, and even care for the nursery's horse, Dobbin. For children requiring additional assistance, staff implement interventions and utilise extra funding to provide one-to-one support, ensuring disadvantaged children can catch up in their learning.
The setting effectively supports children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by following advice from outside professionals. The emphasis on fostering independence is evident, though staff are continually encouraged to allow children more opportunities for self-care.
The nursery also promotes a love of books and thoughtfully integrates mathematics into daily activities, developing positive attitudes towards early learning concepts.
What it's like
Children demonstrate that they feel happy and secure at this nurturing setting. They settle well and show they have strong and loving bonds with staff. Staff greet children with a warm and friendly smile, which helps them to settle quickly.
Nurturing environmentStrong staff bondsOutdoor learningCare for DobbinSEND supportCuriosity-led curriculum
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
Term Time
Established
2010
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Learning Tree Children's Nursery and Pre-School
Last inspected 10 September 2025 · Mehvish Arif
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 demonstrate that they feel happy and secure at this nurturing setting. They settle well and show they have strong and loving bonds with staff. Staff greet children with a warm and friendly smile, which helps them to settle quickly.
Inspector highlights
- Children actively engage in their learning and concentrate as they choose what they would like to do.
- Children learn about plants and wildlife, respecting the world around them, and care for the setting's horse, 'Dobbin'.
- Staff teach children how to respect living things and care for the world around them.
- Staff help children develop a secure understanding of how to keep themselves safe.
- Staff support children's behaviour consistently and positively.
Areas to develop
- 1monitor staff's teaching practice and offer support so that all staff confidently extend children's learning further
- 2support staff to consistently promote children's independence and extend opportunities for developing their self-care skills.
Inspection #10399808 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff put in place interventions to help children who need additional support such as following the advice from outside professionals. Leaders use additional funding well to support disadvantaged children so that they benefit from one-to-one support to help them catch up in their learning.
Outdoor space
Children thoroughly enjoy exploring the outdoors through an outdoor curriculum that ignites their curiosity. They learn about plants and wildlife, respecting the world around them, and care for the setting's horse, 'Dobbin'.
Inspection history
Date: April 2012
- September 2025Good
- December 2019Good
- June 2015Outstanding
- April 2012Outstanding
Frequently asked about The Learning Tree Children's Nursery and Pre-School
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