Opening hours
Monday to Friday all year round from 7:30am until 6pm.
The Squirrels Childcare Centre
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
Number of places
54 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Blackpool
About this day nursery
The Squirrels Childcare Centre Ltd, registered with Ofsted in 2016, provides a stimulating environment for children aged 0 to 4 years. The day nursery operates all year round, from Monday to Friday, 7:30am until 6pm.
Achieving a Good rating from Ofsted on its latest inspection in August 2024, the day nursery is described by inspectors as bright and busy, where children are happy and feel safe and secure. Babies benefit from nurturing relationships with their key staff, fostering strong attachments that boost confidence and self-esteem across all age groups.
The dedicated staff act as good role models, ensuring children understand expectations and learn about daily routines and key life skills through engaging activities like mealtimes. The Squirrels Childcare Centre Ltd has high aspirations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
The staff's commitment to supporting children with specific needs ensures all children make good progress in their learning and development. They collaborate closely with outside agencies for timely and appropriate support, using thorough monitoring and assessment to identify and address any developmental gaps early.
The nursery also excels in its outdoor provision, having enhanced outdoor areas and enabling free-flow play between indoor and outdoor spaces, catering to children who thrive in outdoor learning. Children's physical development is well promoted, with activities tailored to support both fine and gross motor skills, from babies crawling and climbing to older children operating water pumps.
This ensures a well-rounded curriculum that sparks a love for learning and supports excellent progress across all areas.
What it's like
Children are happy and feel safe and secure at the bright and busy nursery. Babies benefit from nurturing and warm relationships with their key staff. Children form strong attachments with staff, boosting their confidence and self-esteem. Staff are good role models and children understand their expectations.
Good Ofsted ratingEnhanced outdoor areasStrong SEND supportPromotes physical developmentFocus on early maths skillsNurturing environment
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Registered with Ofsted
2016
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for The Squirrels Childcare Centre
Last inspected 13 August 2024 · Amy Johnson
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 and feel safe and secure at the bright and busy nursery. Babies benefit from nurturing and warm relationships with their key staff. Children form strong attachments with staff, boosting their confidence and self-esteem. Staff are good role models and children understand their expectations.
Inspector highlights
- The provider has a vision for the nursery and is committed to enhancing the environment and training staff to provide high-quality care and education for children.
- Children's physical development is well promoted.
- Staff understand how to sequence children's skill development.
- Staff promote children's mathematics skill well.
- Staff support children with SEND and those in receipt of additional funding particularly well.
Areas to develop
- 1build on staff's confidence in their interactions with children to raise the quality of education even further.
Inspection #10351032 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff have high aspirations for all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff's dedication to supporting children with specific needs means that all children make good progress in their learning and development. Staff work closely with outside agencies to access timely and appropriate support. Staff's thorough monitoring and assessment of children's progress supports early intervention to narrow any gaps in children's learning and development.
Outdoor space
Staff plan the environment well, with children's needs and learning styles in mind. For instance, staff have enhanced outdoor areas and enabled more free-flow play between indoor and outside to support children who favour outdoor learning.
Google Reviews of The Squirrels Childcare Centre
3.0
(10 Google reviews)
liz hurst
7 years ago
Caring and hard working staff who worked tirelessly to help my son come out of his shell. Cannot praise them enough.
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Catherine Dawson
a year ago
Samantha Holmes
a year ago
Naomi Jones
a year ago
Yasmin Cox
a year ago
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
13 August 2024
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
View full Ofsted reportFrequently asked about The Squirrels Childcare Centre
About the setting
The Squirrels Childcare Centre Ltd registered in 2016 and is located in Bispham, Blackpool. The nursery employs 13 members of childcare staff. Of these, the manager holds an early years qualification at level 6, the deputy manager at level 5, six members of staff at level 3 and one at level 2. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.
- URN
- EY498819
- Registered person
- The Squirrels Childcare Centre Limited
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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