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TicTots Day Nursery & Creche in Preston (PR2)

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2021)
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3.5(2 parent reviews) ·Sure Start Preston West, Ainsdale Drive, PRESTON, PR2 1TU · Lancashire
Number of places
56 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2021
Local authority
Lancashire

About this day nursery

TicTots Day Nursery & Creche provides comprehensive childcare services across multiple locations in Preston and Bolton. The nursery focuses on supporting children's educational achievement, well-being, and safety through good attendance practices.

They offer various attendance options, including term-time only and 'spreading' of funded hours across 50 or 44 weeks to suit different family needs. TicTots actively supports government funding schemes such as the 15 hours for 9-23 month olds (from September 2024), 15 hours for eligible 2-year-olds, 15 universal hours for 3 and 4-year-olds, and the 30-hour extended entitlement.

Parents can choose from different ways to utilise their funded hours, including full days or spread sessions throughout the year. The nursery is closed on bank holidays and charges additional hours at a specified rate.

TicTots emphasises the importance of consistency for children and offers flexibility for parents.

What it's like

Children feel safe and secure in the calm and nurturing environment. They involve themselves in a good range of interesting and purposeful activities. Children are confident learners and behave well, proudly displaying their artwork and responding positively to continuous praise. Staff engage children in meaningful conversations, supporting early language and communication development.

Government Funding AcceptedFlexible Attendance OptionsMultiple Locations

Pricing & funding

The nursery charges an hourly rate for any additional hours booked. This rate is effective from 6th January 2025.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday for 50 weeks of the year. Sessions are from 7.30am until 5.30pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2011

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for TicTots Day Nursery & Creche

Last inspected 6 December 2021 · Carys Millican

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 feel safe and secure in the calm and nurturing environment. They involve themselves in a good range of interesting and purposeful activities. Children are confident learners and behave well, proudly displaying their artwork and responding positively to continuous praise. Staff engage children in meaningful conversations, supporting early language and communication development.

Inspector highlights

  • Children feel safe and secure in the calm and nurturing environment.
  • Children are confident learners and behave well, proudly displaying their artwork and responding to continuous praise.
  • Partnership with parents is good, with staff sharing information about children's learning and involving parents in home activities.
  • The manager and staff team focus well on making improvements, particularly in the toddler outdoor play area and safeguarding.
  • Staff foster children's independence well, encouraging them to complete tasks themselves and preparing them for school.

Areas to develop

  • 1strengthen the opportunities for children to develop and use their home language in their play and learning, and ensure that children have sufficient opportunities to learn and reach a good standard in English language.
Inspection #10199097 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children in receipt of additional funding have their needs met well.

Outdoor space

The manager and staff team have strengthened the implementation of the curriculum in the toddler outdoor play area, which now provides opportunities to help further engage and excite children. The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

EAL / language support

However, some children who speak English as an additional language are not developing a good grasp of English language. In addition to this, the opportunity to develop and use their home language in their play and learning is not further explored.

Parent Reviews of TicTots Day Nursery & Creche

3.5
(2)

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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2021

Date: October 2011

  • December 2021Good
  • June 2021Inadequate
  • October 2015Good
  • October 2011Good

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