Little Foxes (Wigan) Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Wigan for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2004, with 116 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 & 30 hours funding for 9 month+.
What childcare usually costs in Wigan
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wigan 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
WN3 6BLWhat 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.
- 7 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 19 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and welcome at the nursery. They settle well because staff give much care and attention to their individual needs. Children become calm, happy and able to manage their emotions because of staff's skilful, gentle help. They develop a sense of pride and belonging to their special group with their key person.
Children feel a sense of achievement, such as when staff notice that they have put the toys away carefully or been kind to someone else. Children become responsible, thoughtful and keen learners.
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make a positive start to their learning. This begins well in the baby room and continues throughout their time at the nursery. Children learn well because of the high aspirations that the provider has for their early education. Children keenly explore the nursery's many interesting toys and resources. They benefit from the well-thought-out activities that staff provide to develop their knowledge of important concepts and ideas.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum to identify the literacy knowledge that staff should teach to children
- improve the organisation of the routines in the preschool room so that children are consistently engaged and benefit from the intended learning.
- 19 November 2024Good
- 24 November 2022Good
- 30 March 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Foxes (Wigan) Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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