Greenhouse Farm Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Haslingden for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 1992, with 102 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept funded places from 9months old.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BB4 5UBWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 18 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children succeed in their learning at this unique farm nursery. Leaders have carefully considered the layout and impressive environments to give children a variety of learning experiences. Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, experience a safe and settled start to their education.
This is because leaders and staff want the very best for children. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Children learn how to take turns, for example, when serving their own vegetables. Children become excited as they use homegrown vegetables to feed the nursery horse and rabbits. This supports children's understanding of learning to care for animals.
Staff are extremely mindful of younger babies' personal and emotional development. They notice when children become anxious if they move away and provide reassurance to the children. This helps to support children to understand that they are safe and well cared for. Children are encouraged to understand how they are unique. Staff talk to children about their different hair during a creative activity. Staff provide opportunities for children to learn and understand risks. For example, children in the forest school learn how to remain safe around fire. Staff sequence this from an early age, where children firstly learn boundaries and how to use tools and equipment safely. Through these tasks, children are developing a growing sense of responsibility.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- increase staff's knowledge and understanding of how children learn language to increase their vocabulary n strengthen snack time and mealtime routines so that all children become fully engaged in the experience.
- 18 September 2024Good
- 14 November 2018Good
- 17 August 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Greenhouse Farm Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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