Li'l Champs
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Preston for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 2015, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours a week funded childcare for 2 year olds (up to a maximum of 570 hours per year); 15 hours a week funded early years childcare and education for 3-4 year olds; 30 hours funded childcare per week for eligible working families (up to a maximum of 1140 hours per year).
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
PR1 1QLWhat 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, 25 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome from staff as they arrive at the nursery. This helps them to settle quickly. Children follow the familiar daily routine with ease, demonstrating that they feel safe and secure. Children talk proudly about their family photos that are displayed in the role-play area. This creates a sense of belonging. Children confidently access resources during free play and seek help from adults when they need it. Staff are good role models and have high expectations for children. They gently remind children about positive behaviour.
Staff promote independence as they encourage children to pour their own drinks at snack time and to fasten their own coats when playing outside. Many children who attend the nursery speak English as an additional language. Staff speak a range of languages and use their skills to communicate effectively with children and their families. They provide good support to help develop children's understanding and use of spoken English.
Children benefit from lots of opportunities to develop their physical skills. They take part in daily exercise sessions with enthusiasm. They climb, balance, run and jump in the outdoor area, developing their gross-motor skills. Children squeal with delight as they use the small muscles in their fingers and hands to pop bubble wrap in the sensory room.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- adapt planning to provide activities that support the development levels and participation of all children, particularly younger children n support staff to continue to develop and embed the use of different opportunities to enhance children's imaginative skills.
- 25 May 2022Good
- 6 February 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Li'l Champs
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
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.
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