Toddle In Nursery

Signs used to choose a drink, books borrowed for home and an outdoor slope for climbing give Toddle In Nursery a recognisable picture of early learning in April 2023. This Colne setting now has capacity for 80 children, from birth to five years, at North Valley Road, BB8 9AG.

At its April 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that children with SEND made progress through support planned with families and other professionals. Later regulatory action also matters to the choice, alongside that dated judgement.

The early years foundation stage sets the framework for children's learning, development and care: play, conversation and physical exploration contribute to learning alongside everyday routines.

In April 2023, babies had opportunities to crawl, climb and pull up using furniture, while toddlers and preschool children tackled an outdoor slope. These were concrete ways to practise movement and balance. The baby and preschool areas had resources for learning inside and outside.

Communication ran through everyday choices as well as organised activities in April 2023. Children combined signs with speech during rhymes and songs, and used them to choose drinks at snack time. Older children explored questions about bodies through books and hospital role play, giving conversation a practical purpose.

There was a qualification to this picture. In April 2023, some group activities failed to accommodate individual learning needs, and children disengaged. Improving the curriculum's delivery for younger children was an explicit development priority.

In April 2023, a key-person arrangement gave children a familiar adult relationship, while family photographs and words in different languages helped connect nursery life with home. Staff used praise and reminders to support turn-taking and tidying.

Parents could borrow books in April 2023 and received guidance for continuing learning at home. However, support for helping children use the internet safely at home needed development. This was a specific weakness in parent partnership, rather than a criticism of all communication.

Ofsted issued a welfare requirements notice in June 2025 covering safeguarding, staff supervision, risk assessment and information sharing, confirmed those actions were met on 3 July 2025, and on 13 April 2026 found further requirements unmet but recorded corrective action on risk assessments for moving children around the nursery and additional staff support. These dated outcomes should be read alongside the earlier inspection grade.

Toddle In Nursery is on Brook Street, North Valley Road, Colne, BB8 9AG. It opens Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 5.45pm, across the year. Closures include Good Friday, Easter Monday, 25, 26 and 31 December, and 1 January.

In April 2023, funded early education was provided for children aged two, three and four.

• Younger children's group activities. Individual learning needs were not consistently accommodated in April 2023. A visit should explore how activities are adapted for children at different stages.
• Safety during movement around the nursery. The April 2026 action concerned risk assessment and staff implementation. Ask how those procedures work between play spaces today.
• Learning at home. Internet safety guidance was an improvement point in April 2023. Ask what practical support families now receive.

Toddle In suits families seeking weekday care across the year and interested in communication through play, books and physical exploration. Its April 2023 picture contains useful strengths, but younger children's group learning and the later safety actions deserve attention when choosing this nursery.