Little Blossoms Day Nursery

Food cooked in its own kitchen and updates through Famly give Little Blossoms Day Nursery in Nuneaton its character. The practical appeal is clear: care, meals and parent communication sit together, rather than leaving families to piece together the day.

At its June 2022 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good and found that learning was shaped around individual children's interests and development. That judgement provides a dated assessment of quality, alongside concrete examples of how staff approached learning and care.

Little Blossoms has 56 places in total and accepts children from birth to 60 months. Full days, mornings and afternoons are among its attendance options, with the detail and food charges set out below.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care here: activities support children's development alongside their everyday care. The useful detail is how that translated into experiences for different ages.

In June 2022, younger children explored materials through sensory activities and received help as they developed movement skills. Babies hesitant about painting were introduced to the feel of paint gradually. This was a measured way into messy play, allowing participation to build rather than expecting immediate enthusiasm.

A spider provided another June 2022 example. Staff changed their plans to follow children's curiosity, discussing its shape, size and legs. An unexpected discovery became an opportunity for conversation and observation. The interest came from the children, and the activity followed it.

Older children practised doing things for themselves in June 2022 as part of preparing for school. This gave independence a practical place in the day, alongside play and conversation. The examples describe different stages of development rather than one activity being applied to every age.

Two improvements were required in June 2022: better use of children's home languages in daily activities, and more positive representations of different cultures, family backgrounds and disability. These matter because children's learning materials and conversations should give them opportunities to recognise their own lives and encounter other people's.

Relationships and Communication

Famly brings care updates, messages and personal news feeds together, with information reaching parents in real time. It also handles invoices and payments. For families, the benefit is a single communication channel covering both the child's day and the administration around it.

In June 2022, staff helped children change rooms gradually and worked together during those moves. A room change was treated as a process of preparation, giving children time to become familiar with the next stage. This is useful context for parents weighing how their child might manage changes within the nursery.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the June 2022 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and judged support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities effective, with staff adapting routines, using picture prompts for communication and working with parents and professionals on additional and medical needs. Those findings concern the care delivered at that inspection, rather than promising a particular outcome for an individual child.

The team includes nursery SENDCO support, and staff hold recognised childcare qualifications. All staff have paediatric first aid training. These are concrete arrangements for care and support; for a child with additional needs, the important next step is understanding how those roles translate into their individual day.

A chef prepares food in the nursery's own kitchen. Vegetarian diets are catered for; dairy-free, gluten-free, medical, Halal and other religious or cultural diets can be provided by prior arrangement; families managing allergies should confirm the arrangements for their child.

Sessions and Attendance

Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. The nursery operates for 51 weeks each year, closing between Christmas and New Year; bank holidays are also closure days.

The Full Day runs from 8am to 6pm. Morning attendance is 8am to 1pm, while Afternoon attendance runs from 1pm to 6pm. Early Bird covers 7.30am to 8am, providing an earlier start before the main day. Half Day and School Day options also form part of the fee structure.

These distinctions matter when matching childcare to work: the opening time and the start of a Full Day booking are different. Morning and afternoon sessions give families alternatives to booking the whole day, while Early Bird addresses the earlier part of the opening window.

Getting There

The address is Unit 14, Liberty Way, Attleborough Fields Ind Estate, Nuneaton, CV11 6RZ. Enquiries can be made through the contact form or by telephone on 02476 011 691, with calls the route for urgent questions.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded hours are offered, with food charged separately for those hours. For private attendance, the fee includes breakfast, lunch, a light tea and snacks during the morning and afternoon. Families using funded hours therefore need to distinguish the childcare entitlement from the food bill.

Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation. The fees page sets out the attendance options and separates food charges for funded hours from food included in private fees. Payment is due in advance, by the fifth working day of each month, using a payment card or bank transfer.

• Representation in everyday learning. In June 2022, home-language support and positive images of different backgrounds and disability needed development. On a visit, ask how these now appear in activities and learning materials.
• The early start is a separate option. Full Day begins at 8am, while Early Bird covers 7.30am to 8am. Match the booking to the start your working day requires.
• Food and individual care. Food is included in private fees but charged separately during funded hours, and some diets require advance arrangements. Confirm allergy practice and ask what non-food consumables your child needs to bring.

Little Blossoms suits families choosing between full-day care and morning or afternoon attendance, including those needing an Early Bird start. Its own kitchen and Famly communication make the practical offer easy to understand. The June 2022 Good judgement adds a dated assessment of quality, supported by examples of gradual sensory exploration, child-led discovery and preparation for room changes. The required improvements around languages and representation remain useful points to explore when deciding whether it fits your child.