Welcome to Little Acorns Nursery,

Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley.

Little Acorns is an outstanding nursery and pre-school in Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, Central Lancashire (PR6). This award-winning childcare setting would be a convenient choice for those looking for exceptionally good childcare services close to Clayton Brook, Clayton Green, Thorpe Green, Pippin Street, Buckshaw Village and Whittle-le-Woods. Towns like Farington, Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall, Euxton and Leyland are also nearby and Penwortham, Preston & Blackburn are just a short drive away. If you want the best childcare service for your baby, toddler or under-five child near any of those locations, Little Acorns would represent a natural first choice.

Our Ethos:

At Little Acorns we provide an environment that offers a calm and nurturing place where children thrive and become Explorers, Discoverers, Learners and Innovators.

It is our job as Early Years Educators to inspire and nurture an inquisitive mind in every child and build strong relationships and secure attachments to ensure our children feel happy, safe, unique and valued.

We recognise that each child is unique. From the very first home or nursery visit, we begin the process of getting to know each child’s individual stage of development. Our own observations, along with Parent’s observations, allows us to establish a clear starting point for each child’s development.

Once we have a child’s starting point we have a foundation to build on. Through our carefully planned environment that supports children’s exploration and curiosity, Educators observe and play alongside children to further their learning ‘in the moment’ so that the learning is purposeful and relevant to the child’s current interests and next steps. Areas for focus are identified for each individual child and are incorporated within their play with their key person and/or in group activities.

Each day we provide opportunities to support children in all 7 Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is balanced with free play indoors and outdoors where children can choose their own play activity, moving around freely, making choices and building and developing their own friendships.

As each child progresses through nursery they grow in confidence in preparation for that all important first day at school.

Our “Open Door” policy invites you to come in and look around at any time or if you would like to book a specific time, please call us on 01772 696 288.

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    Welcome to Little Acorns Nursery,

    Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley.

    Little Acorns is an outstanding nursery and pre-school in Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley, Central Lancashire (PR6). This award-winning childcare setting would be a convenient choice for those looking for exceptionally good childcare services close to Clayton Brook, Clayton Green, Thorpe Green, Pippin Street, Buckshaw Village and Whittle-le-Woods. Towns like Farington, Bamber Bridge, Lostock Hall, Euxton and Leyland are also nearby and Penwortham, Preston & Blackburn are just a short drive away. If you want the best childcare service for your baby, toddler or under-five child near any of those locations, Little Acorns would represent a natural first choice.

    Our Ethos:

    At Little Acorns we provide an environment that offers a calm and nurturing place where children thrive and become Explorers, Discoverers, Learners and Innovators.

    It is our job as Early Years Educators to inspire and nurture an inquisitive mind in every child and build strong relationships and secure attachments to ensure our children feel happy, safe, unique and valued.

    We recognise that each child is unique. From the very first home or nursery visit, we begin the process of getting to know each child’s individual stage of development. Our own observations, along with Parent’s observations, allows us to establish a clear starting point for each child’s development.

    Once we have a child’s starting point we have a foundation to build on. Through our carefully planned environment that supports children’s exploration and curiosity, Educators observe and play alongside children to further their learning ‘in the moment’ so that the learning is purposeful and relevant to the child’s current interests and next steps. Areas for focus are identified for each individual child and are incorporated within their play with their key person and/or in group activities.

    Each day we provide opportunities to support children in all 7 Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage. This is balanced with free play indoors and outdoors where children can choose their own play activity, moving around freely, making choices and building and developing their own friendships.

    As each child progresses through nursery they grow in confidence in preparation for that all important first day at school.

    Our “Open Door” policy invites you to come in and look around at any time or if you would like to book a specific time, please call us on 01772 696 288.

    Book a visit

    Enter your details and we will get back to you immediately.

      (* = Required fields)

      Your Name:*

      Your Child's Name:*

      Email Address:*

      Telephone No:*

      What is the best day to come for a visit?*

      What is the best time to come for a visit?*

      How did you come to discover Little Acorns Nursery?*(e.g. via Google, local knowledge etc.)

      Please tick the following if appropriate:
      I would like a nursery place at Little Acorns for my child.
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      An Outstanding Nursery in Clayton-le-Woods, Chorley

      Ofsted rate Little Acorns Nursery as an ‘Outstanding Provider’ and, what’s more, they rate us as ‘outstanding’ in every category.

      • Quality & standards of early years provision: Outstanding.
      • Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding.
      • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment: Outstanding.
      • Personal development, behaviour and welfare: Outstanding.
      • Outcomes for children: Outstanding.

      Childcare simply doesn’t get any better than this! Learn more about our outstanding Ofsted rating here or click the image to download the full report.

      Ofsted Report for Little Acorns Nursery, Chorley
      Little Acorns Nursery is rated as an ‘Outstanding Provider’ according to Ofsted.

      Winner of the Best Independent Nursery in the UK, 2020

      This video, presented by our nursery manager, supported our winning application to the National NMT Nursery Awards 2020. Out of all the nurseries in the UK, Little Acorns won the award for Best Independent Nursery. The video explains how the setting offers outstandingly high quality childcare and early years education — and it clearly impressed the judges! Check out our latest blog post for more information on this incredible award win (it includes a full transcript of the video explaining just how special Little Acorns is).

      Winner of the Best Independent Nursery in the UK, 2020

      This video, presented by our nursery manager, supported our winning application to the National NMT Nursery Awards 2020. Out of all the nurseries in the UK, Little Acorns won the award for Best Independent Nursery. The video explains how the setting offers outstandingly high quality childcare and early years education — and it clearly impressed the judges! Check out our latest blog post for more information on this incredible award win (it includes a full transcript of the video explaining just how special Little Acorns is).

      Forest School at Little Acorns

      We are the first in this area to introduce Forest School to our Nursery. Forest School offers children the opportunity, over repeated visits, to engage with the rich natural diversity of the woodland environment to help build confidence, sensitivity, resilience and curiosity.

      Please note: Forest School sessions are temporarily paused but will recommence soon.

      Forest School at Little Acorns

      We are the first in this area to introduce Forest School to our Nursery.

      Forest School offers children the opportunity, over repeated visits, to engage with the rich natural diversity of the woodland environment to help build confidence, sensitivity, resilience and curiosity.

      Please note: Forest School sessions are temporarily paused but will recommence soon.

      • At our Forest School, children engage with nature and the natural environment, building knowledge & skills like confidence, resilience, empathy & curiosity.

      Parent Feedback

      Little Acorns Nursery receives amazing feedback from parents. Here’s what just a few of them had to say:

      Hi! Just to let you know Jessica loves nursery and we’re really happy with everything she’s doing. Your staff are lovely, friendly and patient; it’s clear they have good relationships with the children in their care. We like the themed activities that Jess takes part in. Having Jess on rotation as a focus child is a great way of involving us as parents in not only finding out what she’s been doing throughout the week but also involves us in her learning, and helps us to consider next steps for her development.

      We like that the children spend a lot of times outdoors and that you use more natural materials to engage the children in imaginative play. Thank you for everything you do and for all of your hard work. Jess loves it!

      I feel little acorns provide outstanding childcare for my child. They take pride in the environment they provide and the activities they do with the children. It always feels inviting and staff are always very friendly and approachable. They provide excellent feedback each time I collect and they are always able to contact if ever I need them. My little boy has recently transitioned room and they provided brilliant information and allowed my child to do as many visits as needed so that him and myself felt comfortable with the transition.

      They always feedback on their observations and future plans and welcome my input always. I always feel informed of any events or changes through the newsletter, Facebook or their new app which has been a really good addition.

      Myself and my husband are very pleased with the progress lily has made while at little acorns. She has made brilliant relationships with the staff who always seem to take a genuine interest in her. The staff are a credit to little acorns, they are always caring and nurturing towards her and are able to answer all of the questions that we have. They are very approachable.

      Lily says that she really likes the outside area of nursery as well as playing. We are always impressed with what lily eats at nursery as she has always eaten food there that she refuses to eat at home, I don’t know how they do it!

      Just want you to share how happy I am with little acorns support and care for Archie he has really settled into the pre school room and he has come on loads with his development and confidence.He tells me how he enjoys coming and playing with his friends, he also has something positive to say about all the girls that look after him on a daily basis even the girls who don’t look after him they all give him time and make him very comfortable.

      Archie also like all the home cooked food he will generally have seconds sometimes thirds of dinner and tea which I am extremely pleased with.Just want to say a big thank you to the nursery for being wonderful and supportive towards Archie and his family.

      We are also a kindergarten & pre-school.
      • We support children in all 7 Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
      • We support children in all 7 Areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
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