Yarrow Valley Nursery And Out Of School Club
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Chorley for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2017, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
30 hours of funded childcare (previously 15 hours), from the term after their child turns 9 months old until they reach school age.
Worth knowing. Term-time sessions (38 weeks per year); flexible options — top up funded hours with additional care at competitive rates.
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
PR7 6NSWhat 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, 30 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy spending time at this friendly and welcoming nursery. Staff have created secure bonds with children. They greet children with warm smiles and hugs. Children are excited to see staff and their peers as they arrive. They demonstrate that they feel safe here. Staff are positive role models and they have high expectations of all children. They remind children to use good manners and to share the toys and resources. Staff praise children for their caring behaviour to other children. This helps to build up their self-esteem.
Staff create an ambitious curriculum for children. Children learn about the cultures of those children that attend the nursery. They celebrate festivals and learn words from the languages that children speak at home. Children learn about the dynamics of other families. This helps children learn about diversity and the similarities and differences between themselves and others. Staff plan activities using children's interests. For example, children are highly engaged as staff help them learn the names and features of a range of dinosaurs. Children are excited to take part in activities and they gain a thirst for learning from a young age. They make good levels of progress in their development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed supervision arrangements, so that staff receive support, coaching and appropriate training in order to further develop their personal effectiveness n support staff with planning learning experiences that help children build on their prior knowledge and skills.
- 30 November 2023Good
- 20 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Yarrow Valley Nursery And Out Of School Club
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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