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Little Minnows | Ofsted Reports, Fees, Reviews (2025)
Little Minnows
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Little Minnows
- Nursery
- Truro TR1 2PE
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children of all ages enjoy lots of time to explore outdoors. Older children develop core strength and agility, as they balance on low beams or play on a tyre swing hanging from a tree.
Activities: Children make good friends, play together well and happily share and take turns.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: The curriculum is ambitious for all children, and supports children to progress across all areas of learning.
Community Building: Parents are happy with the good progress their children make in their learning and development and recommend the nursery to others.
Communication: Leaders and managers have developed positive relationships with parents. They communicate with parents in a variety of ways and welcome them into the nursery for meetings and special events.
Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) make good progress.
Staff Training: Staff are well supported by the special educational needs and/or disabilities coordinator, who implements successful strategies for children's learning and development.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Leaders and managers have built a team of staff who are confident in their roles and enjoy coming to work.
Safeguarding Training: Staff know how to recognise the signs of possible abuse. They are knowledgeable in safeguarding procedures and know how to put safeguarding arrangements into practice.
Play and Learning Integration: Children enjoy pretending to be teachers and read a book to others in the group.
Diversity Management: Staff provide good support for children who speak English as an additional language. They use effective strategies to guide children to develop language and communication skills.
Child Safety Management: Managers conduct regular risk assessments of the premises and equipment to ensure children are safe.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are happy and confident in this nursery. They are secure in their strong relationships with staff, and eagerly enter the nursery after they say goodbye to their parents.
Happiness and Settling: Children look happy and settled
Nutritional Menu: Staff guide pre-school children to enjoy outdoor sessions, where they make a fire and cook sausages to eat. Children are confident in the rules and routine and enjoy this experience.
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About Us
Little Minnows is a Nursery, Nursery located in Cornwall County, South West.
This nursery accepts children from 0.3-5 years old.
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Tom and Hayley have been wed for 24 years.
In 1993, Hayley earned her NNEB certification.
Since then, she has worked in Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall in the fields of childcare and education.
Tom enlisted in the Royal Marines in 1991, and he left the service in 2020.
They have four kids: two are in secondary school, one is a student nurse, and one is in the Army.
In 1993, Hayley graduated from Weymouth College with a Nursery Nurse Examining Board (NNEB) certificate.
When she was qualified, her first job was as a private nanny at Bryanston School, close to Blandford Forum, for a family of teachers.
Hayley had a passion, and Sandra and Michael assured her she would one day own her own nursery.
With the launch of Little Minnows in Truro, that ambition has been fulfilled after 25 years.
Please stop by Little Minnows Nursery on Lemon Street, fill out the inquiry form on the home page, give us a call at 01872 307788, or send an email to Hayley and Tom at [email protected] to express your interest.
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In 1993, Hayley earned her NNEB certification.
Since then, she has worked in Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall in the fields of childcare and education.
Tom enlisted in the Royal Marines in 1991, and he left the service in 2020.
They have four kids: two are in secondary school, one is a student nurse, and one is in the Army.
In 1993, Hayley graduated from Weymouth College with a Nursery Nurse Examining Board (NNEB) certificate.
When she was qualified, her first job was as a private nanny at Bryanston School, close to Blandford Forum, for a family of teachers.
Hayley had a passion, and Sandra and Michael assured her she would one day own her own nursery.
With the launch of Little Minnows in Truro, that ambition has been fulfilled after 25 years.
Please stop by Little Minnows Nursery on Lemon Street, fill out the inquiry form on the home page, give us a call at 01872 307788, or send an email to Hayley and Tom at [email protected] to express your interest.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 24th Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 3rd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 23rd Jul 2025 |
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