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The Little Lane Nursery - Easton On The Hill

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2021)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·New Road, Easton on the Hill, Stamford, PE9 3NN · North Northamptonshire
Number of places
44 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2021
Local authority
North Northamptonshire

About this day nursery

The Little Lane Nursery, located in Easton On The Hill, PE9 3NN, and with another setting in Stamford, provides sessional day care, offering both full and half-day options for children. Their fees are all-inclusive, covering meals, formula milk, snacks, drinks, and a comprehensive care package that includes essential items like nappies, wipes, cream, and medication.

The nursery prioritises communication with parents through daily updates via the "Famly" app and online learning journals. They also celebrate special occasions with annual family fun days and graduation ceremonies.

Due to its intimate size, the nursery does not offer term-time-only places and operates on a 51-week-per-year basis, stretching funded hours accordingly. A voluntary Additional Service Charge helps maintain the high quality of care and services, covering items not typically funded by government schemes.

" The nursery actively supports families in accessing government funding for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds.

What it's like

Children thrive in this nurturing and welcoming environment, eagerly separating from parents and rushing to be with their friends. The environment is unique and awe-inspiring, offering a superb range of activities and resources that children explore with curiosity and wonder using all their senses. Children make good progress in their learning and development due to high staff expectations.

Sessional day careAll-inclusive feesGovernment funding acceptedForest School sessionsDaily digital updates

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured as a monthly package based on the number of days a child attends per week, from 2 to 5 days. Specific monthly rates are provided for children receiving either 15 or 30 hours of government funding. Additional fees apply for specialised offsite sessions.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • A registration fee and deposit are required.
  • Fees are billed on a monthly basis.
  • Monthly rates are adjusted for 15-hour and 30-hour government funding allocations.
  • Additional charges apply for offsite Forest School sessions.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 7.30am to 6.30pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Little Lane Nursery - Easton On The Hill

Last inspected 29 June 2021 · Sharon Alleary

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 thrive in this nurturing and welcoming environment, eagerly separating from parents and rushing to be with their friends. The environment is unique and awe-inspiring, offering a superb range of activities and resources that children explore with curiosity and wonder using all their senses. Children make good progress in their learning and development due to high staff expectations.

Inspector highlights

  • Children thrive and eagerly separate from parents, feeling safe and secure.
  • Children access a superb range of activities and resources, exploring with curiosity and wonder.
  • Pre-school children relish the opportunity to develop climbing and sliding skills in the forest school area and show respect for each other.
  • Staff have high expectations, ensuring children with SEND are fully included in all curriculum activities.
  • Partnerships with parents are exceptional, and parents offer the highest praise for the nursery.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the arrangements for the supervision, coaching and mentoring of staff to help raise the quality of teaching to a higher level.
Inspection #10174403 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents offer the highest praise for the nursery.

They comment on the excellent progress their children have made and the good feedback they receive from staff.

Parents comment that they genuinely feel they are very lucky to have found the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children make good progress in their learning and development, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This is because staff have high expectations of what they can achieve. One example of this is that children who have SEND are fully included in all curriculum activities.

Outdoor space

Pre-school children relish the opportunity and freedom to develop their climbing and sliding skills in the mud in the forest school area. The inspector observed the quality of education during activities indoors and outdoors and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of The Little Lane Nursery - Easton On The Hill

5.0
(1)
Kate Goss
3 years ago

What is there not to love about Little Lanes Nursery! We moved our boy there mid Covid. We moved from a bad experience into an exceptional one. Genuinely we cannot fault Little Lanes. The most important thing is you know you are dropping your most precious little person/people off and they are looked after amazingly. They make friends, learn and go for days to Ferry Meadows, Rutland water and animal parks when they are old enough. If there are any issues at home or across both home and nursery you can be open and chat about it. They keep you informed at every opportunity. The most important thing for us we pick up a happy boy at the end of the day, who has had a fabulous time and chats about it all the way home and beyond. Victoria and partner, their team have created a brilliant nursery we genuinely couldn’t rate higher. We are not fussy parent or over protective, but you really can’t go wrong choosing Little Lanes as a place to help you mind your babies whilst you have to work. Many of us would love to be stay at home parents, but realistically in this day and age it’s not feasible. So if you want the best people to help you and for your babies and know they will do it being mindful of what you want for them, Rhein this is the place for you.

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

29 June 2021

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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