Little Achievers Day Nursery

Chatburn Road, Ribbleton, Preston PR2 6BJ
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Little Achievers Day Nursery is a Rosy Apple Childcare facility that has built up a strong reputation within the local community for quality early years learning and childcare in which parents can feel confident and secure.

Little Achievers Day Nursery uses the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Years Childcare and Education, a philosophy that uses four key principles to focus on a child's natural development. The approach is both child-centred and directed, taking the philosophy that learning must make sense to the child in order to be effective and meaningful.

Little Achievers Day Nursery is registered for eighty-two children in total and has purposely designed outdoor spaces. Each child has their own key carer who looks to ensure early years’ potential is achieved. The nursery is split into 3 age ranges however the rooms can flow easily to aid transition for children when moving to new groups.

The nursery was awarded the E-quality Counts award by the National Day Nurseries Association in August 2015.

Learning journeys for all children are offered both to see the progress their child is making at nursery via photographs, written comments and communication, along with being a beautiful portfolio of memories for the future.

All nursery pre-school children are able to access forest school at Little Achievers Urban Forest School Nursery, within their timetable of nursery attendance.

Little Achievers Day nursery is situated in Ribbleton Preston, with close links to the M6. The nursery is open from 7.30 to 6pm daily for 51 weeks per year and take children from birth. The nursery accepts funded places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds; this includes 30 hours. These hours can be used either term time or spread over 51 weeks whilst the nursery is open. The nursery is situated in a single storey building with wheelchair access.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Emma Burnside (Lead Professional)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 20

Total Places for Children

  • 83

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Please contact the Nursery Lead for their pricing structure.

Opening Times

  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Parking

  • Lots of parking available on site and street parking too

Little Achievers Day Nursery Reviews (110)

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Little Achievers Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.1 (9.142) out of 10, based on 11 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Little Achievers Day Nursery has 110 reviews.

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Review from Caz H (Foster Parent of Child) published on 22 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very accommodating in all aspects, helpful, friendly and supportive. Brilliant day nursery.
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Review from Kayleigh H (Mother of Child) published on 22 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter really enjoys coming to nursery in the holidays. The staff are always friendly and welcoming. I always feel comfortable knowing my child is well looked after at nursery, the flexibility at nursery is brilliant for the school holidays which is really helpful with working.
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Review from Timothy S (Father of Child) published on 22 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
A loving, friendly, warm environment in which my daughter is nurtured and lovingly cared for. There are lots of great activities which are provided for the children and my daughter loves to come to nursery. The staff have amazing bonds with the children and key carers have strong bonds with their children
also, and plan to their individual needs to ensure they are on target with their development. This nursery is second to none - I would recommend to anyone.
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Review from Simona P (Mother of Child) published on 22 June 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am very satisfied. Very lovely staff, friendly team which take care of all kids.
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Review from Jill P (Mother of Child) published on 15 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I think that the nursery is amazing throughout the whole time that my son has been here, he absolutely loves it here he has made a lot of good friends and thoroughly enjoys all the activities that are on offer sometimes it is hard to drag him away. All the staff here are very friendly and are always
there to talk to both as a parent of a child or a friend.my little boy has progressed so much in the time that he has been here and I’m sure that he will continue to progress even more as he is here for another year I would recommend the nursery to all my friends and family.
Reply from Sharon Alexander, ceo/founder/owner at Little Achievers Day Nursery
Thank you for your review , I will ensure the team receive the feedback. Recommend away........................... :)
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Review from Emma B (Mother of Child) published on 15 June 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My child currently attends Little Achievers and is due to go to school this time, I also work at the nursery and can quite honestly say that the staff have been amazing with my son, he loves his time at nursery and has very good relationships with the staff and he is going to be sad to leave, they have
worked very hard to get my son school ready so I know my son is going to school having had such a great start at nursery.
Reply from Sharon Alexander, ceo/founder/owner at Little Achievers Day Nursery
Thank you for your Fantastic comments - it has been a pleasure to care for both of your beautiful children ! :)
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Review from A S (Uncle of Child) published on 18 April 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My niece loves this place - she is always talking about it. She loves going and looks forward to it every day.
Reply from Sharon Alexander, CEO/Founder/Owner at Little Achievers Day Nursery
Thank you for your recommendation - we are delighted that you are happy with the care your niece receives.
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Review from M C (Father of Child) published on 17 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery accepted my twins with open arms and helped them develop to their full potential. Parents are value as are the children. Care and commitment is key for this establishment, very friendly and welcoming.
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Review from F M (Mother of Child) published on 17 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff here are excellent, caring, considerate, compassionate. Myself as a parent receives second to none warmth. We feel very valued and so does our child.
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Review from Z S (Cousin of Child) published on 4 February 2016 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little cousin is always talking about the nursery, she is always excited to go, gets on very well with the staff and children. We are always welcomed with smiles and warmth. Excellent nursery.
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Current Review Score: 9.1 (9.142)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.1 (9.142) out of 10 for Little Achievers Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 4.5 out of 5 from 11 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.6 out of 5 from 10 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 4.540 for Little Achievers Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (99 Excellents x 5) + (15 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) + (1 Poors x 2) + (9 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 126 Ratings = 4.54
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.602 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Little Achievers Day Nursery is based on 10 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 83 number of registered child places is 16.6. 10 Positive Reviews ÷ 16.6 = 0.602
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Emma

Emma Burnside

Job Title: Nursery Lead Joined: 2001

Emma Burnside is the Lead Professional of Little Achievers Day nursery, at the age of 17 Emma started her childcare training at college, going on to do an apprenticeship in the private day nursery sector, following this Emma went on to complete her level 3 and 5, her H certificate and her Early Years Professional Status. Emma has worked in childcare for almost 20 years 10 of which she has spent managing Little Achievers Day Nursery. Emma loves to help children develop in to amazing young people, loves her role as manager and being able to support parents and children in their everyday lives, Emma has a keen interest in children’s mental health.

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