Holy Trinity Pre-school

A main hall, smaller rooms for younger children and a garden give Holy Trinity Pre-school a clear shape: space to explore, with different environments for different stages. Beside Holy Trinity Church on Spilsby Road in Boston, it welcomes children from nine months to four years and has 61 places in total.

At its 11 July 2025 inspection, Ofsted rated the provision Good and found safeguarding effective. The practical learning observed that month included planting vegetables at a local allotment and helping children manage small tasks independently. There were also clear priorities for better behaviour management, smoother changes between activities and more effective staff deployment.

This is term-time provision, with flexible combinations of hours rather than a single attendance pattern. That makes the detail of a family's weekly booking an important part of choosing it.

Rooms and Ages

Children aged nine months to three years use the nurture room, toddler room and sleep room during the day, with an emphasis on communication, physical development and social and emotional development. These are shared spaces for that age group, rather than a promise that each child remains in one room throughout their session.

For the three-year-old preschool class, mornings bring use of the main hall and movement between that space and the garden, with activities directed towards preparation for school. The contrast is practical: younger children have smaller rooms to use, while the older group has the hall and outdoor access for its morning learning.

Across the setting, children can move between four indoor rooms and the outdoor space. Physical choice is part of the offer, giving children different places in which to pursue their play.

Learning and Activities

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provides the framework for children's learning and care, bringing together language, physical and social development with early literacy, mathematics, creative expression and understanding the world. Here, activities include both planned experiences and play shaped by children's interests.

Forest School adds an outdoor learning approach alongside that framework. It extends activities in the outdoor space. Staff also use sustained shared thinking, working through ideas with children during play to help them build on what they know.

In July 2025, the allotment provided a concrete example of learning through doing. Children planted seeds, explored why soil could be difficult to break apart and remembered that plants needed watering. Carrying watering cans brought physical effort into the activity; watering together added cooperation. The value was in connecting a question with something children could investigate themselves.

That month, staff knew children's interests and planned their next steps within play. However, the way adults positioned themselves sometimes left children needing more help to become involved. An interesting activity still depends on staff being ready to support the children using it.

Working with families is part of settling into the pre-school and maintaining support during attendance. For parents, that places the relationship with staff alongside the room arrangement: the transition into care involves the family as well as the child.

In July 2025, practical independence was visible in everyday routines. Children washed their hands around meals and outdoor play, and staff showed them how to open food packaging rather than simply doing it for them. Small tasks became opportunities to practise. Support with toilet training and communication also involved parents, connecting work at the setting with what happened at home.

Sun safety formed another part of the day's care that month. Staff encouraged drinking water, reminded children about hats and helped them apply sunscreen. These were practical routines children could begin to understand and participate in.

The July 2025 staffing snapshot comprised 18 childcare staff, with 13 holding early-years qualifications at level three or higher. Staff received supervision and opportunities for professional development. Those figures describe the team at that visit, rather than the number of adults alongside any particular group today.

Behaviour management needed greater consistency in July 2025. Some adults relied on more confident colleagues to respond, allowing unwanted behaviour to continue. Changes between activities also sometimes involved extended waits, making it harder for children to remain engaged. These points matter because care includes the quieter intervals between planned experiences, as well as the activities themselves.

Sessions and Attendance

Holy Trinity Pre-school operates during term time and opens Monday to Friday, from 8am to 4pm. Families can combine session lengths within that opening window, with a minimum weekly booking of three hours. The fee structure accommodates session lengths from three to eight hours and additional hours, allowing attendance to be assembled around the time required.

Morning sessions are also part of the offer and include a snack. The opening window describes when the setting operates; the flexible booking arrangement determines the hours a child attends.

Getting There

The address is Holy Trinity Church, Spilsby Road, Boston, PE21 9NS. Enquiries can be made through the contact form, by email to holytrinitypreschool@hotmail.co.uk or by telephone on 07749 610187.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered through 15 or 30 hours across the week, within the term-time provision. Additional hours beyond funding are paid privately; families should obtain their current prices in a written quotation from the nursery.

Morning snacks are included in sessions, while children receiving funded hours have a voluntary snack contribution added to the termly invoice. Extra activities are charged separately, with advance notice and a choice for parents about participation.

Invoices are issued each term and can be settled in weekly, monthly or termly payments, with the balance cleared before the term ends. Late-payment charges apply when payment is more than a week overdue unless an arrangement has already been discussed. That flexibility concerns payment timing, rather than extending the deadline automatically.

• Support during play. In July 2025, staff deployment sometimes left children without enough help to engage in activities. On a visit, ask how adults now organise their time between children using the smaller rooms, hall and garden.
• Routines and behaviour. Consistency in responding to behaviour and reducing waits between activities were July 2025 improvement priorities. Ask how the team handles changes in the day and shares responsibility for responding to children.
• Term-time attendance. Opening hours run from 8am to 4pm on weekdays, with flexible bookings and a three-hour weekly minimum. Families needing care during holidays must weigh that term-time calendar against their own commitments.
• Food and everyday supplies. Morning snacks are included, with a voluntary contribution for funded children. Before joining, ask what to bring for other meals and everyday consumables, and discuss any allergy requirements.

Holy Trinity Pre-school suits families seeking term-time morning sessions or flexible combinations of hours, with smaller spaces for younger children and a hall-and-garden arrangement for the preschool group. Its strongest practical appeal is the connection between play and everyday learning, illustrated in July 2025 by allotment work and support with independence.

The balance is clear. The Good judgement provides a dated quality benchmark, while the same visit identified weaknesses in staff deployment, behaviour responses and activity transitions. Families should give those daily routines as much attention as the rooms and outdoor offer.