Outstanding Childcare in a Natural, Home-Like Setting
Nestled in the heart of the Ribble Valley, Little Sparks Nursery & Pre-school has been proudly offering outstanding childcare and education since 2009. Registered for up to 50 children per day, we welcome little ones from 6 weeks to 5 years into our warm, natural, home-feel environment where they can thrive, learn, and grow.
Exceptional Outdoor Spaces
Our nursery boasts a fantastic outdoor area that’s a huge hit with the children, thoughtfully divided into three engaging spaces:
- Natural Investigation Area:
Complete with a mud kitchen, balancing bridge, wooden climbing frame, a magical big willow tree den, and a tyre swing, this space inspires adventure and curiosity. - Toddler and Baby Sensory Area:
Filled with plants and herbs for hands-on exploration, this area also features a large sandpit that’s always popular with our youngest learners. - Outdoor Classroom:
A large summer house serves as a daily learning hub for our pre-school children, bringing education and fresh air together beautifully.
Our Mission
At Little Sparks Nursery, we aim to:
Give each child their own individual voice, listening to their interests, experiences, and ideas about the world. Using them to create a personalised and creative journey of learning and development together.
Provide a happy, safe, warm, and stimulating environment through a holistic approach for all children to play, learn and develop freely.
Help children to develop responsibility for themselves and their actions and to become competent, confident, resilient, independent, and co-operative individuals.
Encourage children to have a positive attitude and respect themselves and other people.
Promote a positive relationship with parents, carers and multi-agency professionals and work in partnership with them to provide high quality teaching and learning, and care for their children.
Provide a professional team that is experienced, enthusiastic, and committed, well trained, and well supported.
Promote enthusiasm and eagerness to learn and confidence to celebrate achievements, persevere through challenge and learn together.
To share a love for reading and language – sharing stories and songs every day.
Provide a curriculum that embraces social, physical, moral, and intellectual development giving children all the experiences that will support their knowledge of their world around them, self-regulation skill and school readiness.