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Tower Tots

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.0(25 Google reviews) ·Tower College, Mill Lane, PRESCOT, L35 6NE · St Helens
Number of places
115 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2026
Local authority
St Helens

About this day nursery

Tower Tots in Prescot, L35 6NE, is a childcare setting on non-domestic premises, registered with Ofsted on 29 August 2024. The day nursery provides a warm, calm, and purposeful day where staff nurture children and families, understanding individual needs.

A thoughtfully planned settling-in process helps even the youngest children form secure attachments, fostering confidence to separate happily and develop a strong sense of belonging. The environment is rich in language, offering diverse experiences like stories, singing, and music and movement sessions.

Babies and children engage well, enjoying learning planned around their interests. The setting places a strong emphasis on outdoor learning, with children enjoying activities like bug hunts and trips to the zoo, demonstrating enthusiasm for exploring their expansive grounds which feature a wellbeing caravan for sensory activities.

Leaders embed a deeply inclusive culture, recognising each child's uniqueness and needs, and supporting those with special educational needs and/or disabilities or other barriers to learning through personalised approaches and collaboration with external agencies. Staff skilfully model language, extend vocabulary, and integrate mathematical ideas into play, ensuring all children make sustained progress across all areas of learning.

The day nursery also has a specific parents' room where carers can speak directly to experienced staff for support, and communication with parents is positive and proactive, ensuring continuity between home and the setting.

Our ethos

Tower Tots' curriculum is rooted in child-initiated play, fostering development in communication, motor skills, independence, creativity, and problem-solving. They pride themselves on a strong partnership with parents, integrating their insights into learning plans.

What it's like

Children experience a warm, calm, and purposeful day in this bright and caring provision. Nurturing staff know children and families well and understand individual needs. The thoughtfully planned settling-in process helps babies and children form secure attachments. This helps even the youngest children to quickly develop the confidence to separate happily from their parents and carers and feel a clear sense of belonging. Children are excited to explore the learning opportunities available and effectively develop communication skills.

Warm environmentInclusive cultureStrong communicationOutdoor learningPersonalised supportPositive relationships

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 6:00pm, 50 weeks a year (closed on bank holidays)

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All_year

Registered with Ofsted

2024

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Jun 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
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Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
0 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted report for Tower Tots

Last inspected 16 June 2026

What it's like to attend

Children experience a warm, calm, and purposeful day in this bright and caring provision. Nurturing staff know children and families well and understand individual needs. The thoughtfully planned settling-in process helps babies and children form secure attachments. This helps even the youngest children to quickly develop the confidence to separate happily from their parents and carers and feel a clear sense of belonging. Children are excited to explore the learning opportunities available and effectively develop communication skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Children's communication and language develop extremely well, with an increasingly rich vocabulary and meaningful conversations.
  • Staff quickly identify and support needs through tailored interventions, adapted routines, and personalised teaching for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • Nurturing and trusting relationships help children grow in confidence, independence, and resilience, preparing them well for school.
  • Leaders and staff create a nurturing and inclusive environment with firmly embedded and consistent boundaries.
  • Staff model emotional language, enabling children to recognise their feelings and self-regulate their behaviour, leading to excellent behaviour.
  • Staff promote children's welfare and wellbeing consistently through thoughtful, sensitive, and tailored care routines.
  • Leaders embed a deeply inclusive culture across the setting, fully supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those facing other barriers to learning.
  • Leadership is child-centred, driven by the values in the setting and highly effective, with a clear understanding of strengths and areas for development.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well alongside their peers from their individual starting points because staff quickly identify and support their needs through tailored interventions. Leaders ensure that children access any additional support they need, reducing any barriers to learning, and they receive timely support to make steady progress.

Outdoor space

Staff place a strong emphasis on outdoor learning. Children exude enthusiasm as they get ready for a bug hunt or trip to the zoo. Older children benefit from enrichment opportunities such as access to a new wellbeing caravan, designed to provide sensory activities in the provision's expansive grounds.

Google Reviews of Tower Tots

4.0
(25 Google reviews)
Charlotte Cookson
6 months ago

My son has flourished at Tower College thanks to its genuinely nurturing environment and small class sizes. Teachers know him extremely well and tailor his learning so that he can move at the pace that suits him best. He has never been held back, and this approach has helped him grow academically and personally. The behaviour of the pupils is consistently impressive. The school has a calm, respectful atmosphere that you can feel the moment you walk in, and it makes a huge difference to how settled and confident my son feels. Communication from the school is outstanding. Information is clear, regular and thoughtfully delivered, and I always feel informed and included in his education. The emphasis on the hidden curriculum has had an enormous impact on him. He has developed fantastic manners, confidence when speaking to adults, and strong, genuine friendships. These skills are just as important as academics, and Tower College understands that completely. My son enjoys his lessons because they’re interactive and engaging, with lots of collaboration rather than endless worksheets. He also loves the school meals and the variety on offer. The school provides an impressive number of trips, activities and extra-curricular opportunities, and its links with the community are a wonderful bonus. He feels comfortable with the staff, enjoys going to school every day, and has made friendships that mean a great deal to him. Tower College is a beautiful place to learn, and it has been the perfect environment for him to grow. We as parents are excited for Alfie’s future endeavours thanks to the foundations laid by this wonderful school!

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Roy Craven
7 months ago

I feel compelled to right a few wrongs on some of (what I believe to be) very tarnished views on here. Reviews are vital but they should be based on genuine facts and not just personal opinions given by disgruntled people. The negative reviews could not be further from the truth. My Son has been at Tower College since he was 4 years old, today he is nearly 11 yrs. Tower College consistently scores highly by independent assessors for being very well managed. Here are the facts…the report from 2024 outlined children are well cared for with a rich and varied programme of leaning. The school was praised for behaviour in lessons being of a high standard, with teacher/pupil interactions being highly positive. I have had several close interactions with school management and they could not be any more positive. The school staff are both caring and responsive, consistently making the right decisions. The independent report found the leaders and management are highly successful. Senior leaders excel at planning. I was very proud to be elected as a governor last year which gave me a unique insight into the finer working of the school, and being a very successful CEO, I can confirm the management team are amazing. I am particularly saddened by the clear untruths made in these reviews regarding pupil bad behaviour, this is just not true. Yes some pupils have sadly been expelled, but only after all remedial avenues were exhausted, thus demonstrating the clear stance the managers have on producing outstanding citizens, who are well prepared for British society. Tower College (rubber stamped by its independent inspection results) remain as a beacon of exactly how an independent school should be run, I think that is why in 2021, The Sunday Times Top Schools league tables ranked Tower College as the top independent secondary school in Merseyside! This ranking recognised the schools excellent GCSE results, which were attributed to the teachers, and their innovative teaching methods.

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John
7 months ago

Wonderful School. Our Daughter thrives in her academic environment and has always spoke positively about her teachers and learning. A school where she will keep forever friends and gain all the experiences she will need in the big world.

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Lexi 987
a year ago

A few years ago, we transferred our children from a local state school to Tower College, and it has been the best decision we have ever made. They are much happier now and thriving, which is all any parent could ask for. The teachers are caring and invested in the children's well-being. I would highly recommend this school!

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Emma Cumberbatch
a year ago

My son has been at the school for over 6 years and we are extremely happy with our decision. The small classes allow the teachers to work through the syllabus swiftly and efficiently - I am amazed at the knowledge they bring home even at age 4! On my visits to the school I always notice that security is taken very seriously which reassures me greatly. I am struck by how every teacher seems to know virtually every child by name even though the school has children 3-16years. The other thing I absolutely love is how supportive and friendly the other parents are. It’s like having a huge extended family. We even help each other out with childcare from time to time. The fees are less than I was paying his nursery so definitely brilliant value for all the benefit it brings to his life. He is definitely living his best life at Tower College and we feel it’s the best gift we could have given him.❤️

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

16 June 2026

Strong standard

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

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