Little Explorers
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Liverpool for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2008, with 60 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Liverpool
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Liverpool 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
L3 5TLWhat 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, 26 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Since the last inspection, the setting has worked with the local authority to meet the previous actions raised. These improvements have impacted positively on children's care, learning and development. Leaders gather feedback from the families who attend and other agencies to support them in maintaining a clear view of the setting's strengths and areas of development. Leaders have designed an aspirational curriculum and have good oversight of the progress that children make. Staff use opportunities as they arise to extend children's learning. For example, when children use their imaginations to make ice cream for each other, staff provide suggestions and join in to extend their play. Children queue up and pay for the ice cream. Staff encourage them to consider how much the ice cream costs. Children have fun and make good progress in their learning.
Staff welcome children enthusiastically on their arrival at the nursery. They take the time to get to know each child and family. Staff value children's individual personalities and family backgrounds. They are good role models as they model respect, such as seeking permission from children before changing their nappies and using good manners. Children have formed good bonds with the staff and their peers. They play well together and show great care and kindness to living things.
As they dig, they carefully look for 'wriggly worms'. As they play with dolls, they gently wrap them up and rock them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to provide staff with support, training and coaching to address the minor inconsistencies in practice n provide children with learning opportunities that enable them to use, and make links with, what they have learned, in different contexts.
- 26 November 2024Good
- 7 December 2023Needs improvement
- 15 December 2022Needs improvement
- 28 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Explorers
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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