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Wellies

Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
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3.7(3 Google reviews) ·2 Langton Hill, HORNCASTLE, LN9 5AH · Lincolnshire
Number of places
100 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Lincolnshire

About this day nursery

Wellies, registered with Ofsted in 2007, is a childcare setting located in Horncastle, offering care for children aged 0-4 years. Open all year round from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, the day nursery provides a welcoming environment where children are eager to explore and participate in activities.

Staff at Wellies know the children well, creating learning invitations that cater to their individual interests. The curriculum places a strong emphasis on communication and language development, with staff engaging babies in songs and stories, and older children in two-way conversations to model new vocabulary.

Physical development is also a priority, with children encouraged to manage risks through activities such as climbing ladders and navigating slopes in the garden. Older children show kindness and offer support to younger ones facing challenges, reflecting the positive role modelling of the staff.

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support; the staff are proactive in collaborating with parents and other professionals to implement targeted interventions and utilise additional funding effectively. Parents have praised the day nursery, with one commenting that staff go "above and beyond" in providing support and daily updates, contributing to the nursery's overall "Good" Ofsted rating from its inspection on 23 July 2025.

What it's like

Staff are welcoming and children are eager to explore and take part in activities. Staff know children well and provide invitations to learn that follow children's interests.

Welcoming environmentChild-centred learningStrong communication focusGood SEND supportPhysical developmentParent praised

Key facts

Opening hours

8am until 6pm, Monday to Friday

Term time / All Year

All Year

Registered with Ofsted

2007

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Wellies

Last inspected 23 July 2025 · Emma Curry

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 are welcoming and children are eager to explore and take part in activities. Staff know children well and provide invitations to learn that follow children's interests.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff offer children ideas and suggestions about how to move their bodies in different ways, encouraging them to take and manage their own risks in play.
  • Staff gather information from parents when children first start about their care needs, routines and interests.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well.
  • Staff provide a curriculum to support communication and language well.
  • Staff promote children's personal development well.

Areas to develop

  • 1gather information from parents about what children already know and can do when they first start to help plan more precisely for their learning from the outset
  • 2support staff to apply behaviour expectations consistently, so children receive consistent messages supporting their ability to follow instructions.
Inspection #10398396 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported well. Staff are proactive in working with parents and other professionals to implement targeted support to build on children's development. Furthermore, the nursery makes good use of additional funding to meet children's individual needs.

Outdoor space

Children's physical development is supported well. Children climb ladders and confidently walk down slopes in the garden. Older children recognise when younger children find obstacle courses challenging and respond with kindness, offering encouragement and help.

Google Reviews of Wellies

3.7
(3 Google reviews)
Kerry Marsh
8 months ago

We’ve used Wellies Nursery over a stretch of approximately 12 years (between 3 children). I’m fussy about leaving my children but we couldn’t have chosen a better nursery for our children. Our little girl loves it so much that she asks to go on her day off. She is in her last year and we will miss Wellies so much. We highly recommend this nursery. Thank you wellies for being so fab x

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • July 2025Good
  • October 2019Good
  • January 2016Good
  • May 2011Good

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