Little Gems Nursery and After School Club
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Liverpool for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2007, with 36 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 Knowsley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Knowsley 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
L33 1XTWhat 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, 8 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff build good relationships with children in order to support their emotional wellbeing. In the baby room, staff create a nurturing area where staff and children can look at pictures of members of their family. Older children learn about their emotions and why they might feel a particular way. This helps children to feel safe and secure in the nursery. Staff observe the things that children are interested in and incorporate this into children's play. Young children take great pleasure in singing nursery rhymes independently. Staff provide children with lots of praise and encouragement. Children are keen to join in with the experiences available to them.
Children who speak English as an additional language are supported well. Staff find out key words in children's first languages and use these for familiarity with children. Staff assess children's communication and language stage of development and focus carefully on the areas they require further support in. Children make good progress in their understanding, listening and speaking. Staff identify children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and provide appropriate support so that all children can achieve good outcomes. They provide all children with a breadth of experiences. This helps all children to make good progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- arrange daily routines and environments more effectively to help all children know what is expected of them at all times n strengthen staff's skills to engage children more and enhance their learning further.
- 8 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 14 March 2019Good
- 21 August 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Gems Nursery and After School Club
- 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.
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