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The Little Den Day Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2022)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·Midway Offices, 68 Stone Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6SP · Stoke-on-Trent
Number of places
40 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
Stoke-on-Trent

About this day nursery

The Little Den Day Nurseries offer a vibrant and nurturing 'home from home' atmosphere across their various locations. Emphasising a love for learning, the nurseries provide children with opportunities to develop confidence through exploration, experimentation, and investigation.

Highly qualified and enthusiastic staff engage alongside children, fostering their interests and building upon them. The curriculum focuses on developing curiosity and wonder, often utilising natural resources to spark imagination and creativity.

The nursery strives to create a supportive environment where every child feels valued and thrives.

Our ethos

The Little Den Day Nurseries aim to foster a love of learning, confidence, curiosity, and wonder in children by encouraging exploration, experimentation, and investigation. They utilise natural resources to spark imagination and creativity within a supportive, 'home from home' atmosphere.

What it's like

Staff plan exciting learning activities around children's interests. Babies explore reflective objects and enjoy watching toy cars zoom down guttering. Pre-school children learn about science and numbers, confidently answer questions, and are happy, confident and sociable.

Home from home environmentQualified staffFocus on exploration and creativity

Pricing & funding

Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

7:30am – 6:00pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2020

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Little Den Day Nursery

Last inspected 7 December 2022 · Linda Yates

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

Staff plan exciting learning activities around children's interests. Babies explore reflective objects and enjoy watching toy cars zoom down guttering. Pre-school children learn about science and numbers, confidently answer questions, and are happy, confident and sociable.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are emotionally secure and motivated to explore and learn.
  • Staff use successful strategies to effectively manage children's behaviour.
  • Pre-school staff implement daily small-group activities to develop speaking and listening skills.
  • All children have the opportunity to experience physical play that is challenging and tests their limits.
  • The special educational needs coordinator has a secure understanding of how to identify and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance the day-to-day organisation of the nursery so that the younger children are effectively engaged during the changeover of routines
  • 2encourage children who speak English as an additional language to use their home language during their play and learning even further.
Inspection #10251600 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents spoken to appreciate the positive relationship staff have developed with their child.

They feel that they are kept fully informed about their child's progress and how they can support their child's learning at home.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The special educational needs coordinator has a secure understanding of how to identify and support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). She liaises with the local authority advisers to coordinate extra support for children with SEND. This helps to ensure that these children make the best possible progress.

Outdoor space

All children have the opportunity to experience physical play that is challenging and tests their limits. For example, younger children climb over and manoeuvre car tyres and use low-level balancing and climbing equipment. Furthermore, staff take the older, most able children to the local outdoor playground, and all children enjoy regular walks where they can observe farmyard animals.

EAL / language support

However, staff do not always fully support children who speak English as an additional language to use their home language to enhance their speaking skills.

Parent Reviews of The Little Den Day Nursery

5.0
(5)
Chloe Oakley
11 months ago

My daughter attended here for a couple of years and now my little boy goes here. It is the most wonderful nursery. Kind, patient and caring practitioners who are very reassuring, and excellent with the children. The nursery is clean, has lots of lovely facilities and the activities they plan for the children are amazing. I’m so glad I found this nursery ❤️

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Amy Shutler
5 years ago

An excellent nursery and childcare setting. Staff are so attentive and caring. Children are constantly encouraged to learn, grow, develop and investigate. Outstanding!

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Inspection history

Date: December 2022

  • January 2023Good
  • December 2022Good

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