Total Tots Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Morecambe for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 July 2023. Open since 2008, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15/30 hours for 9 months to 3 years, 15 hours for 2 year olds, 15/30 hours for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Non-Core charges applied to funded sessions: £5.00 AM/PM, £10.00 full day.
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
LA3 1HHWhat 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, 13 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely happy at this welcoming nursery. The bonds between children and their key person are evident. These are built up from the initial settling-in sessions when children first start attending the nursery. Children quickly settle when they arrive as they are greeted by friendly and caring staff. They follow the routines within their room with ease because they are familiar with them. For example, when it is time to go outside, children get their sun hats and line up. As a result, children behave well and develop good self-care skills and independence.
Communication and language are supported particularly well at the nursery.
Children have opportunities indoors and outdoors to look at books and listen to stories. Staff sing nursery rhymes with children throughout their play. At snack time, staff say the names of fruit and encourage children to repeat them when they select which fruit they would like. This helps children to develop their speech and language skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- devise even better teaching methods to provide children with appropriate levels of challenge in order for them to achieve their full potential.
- 13 July 2023Good
- 7 December 2017Outstanding
- 13 August 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Total Tots Ltd
- What it costs
- 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
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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