Small Friends Day Nursery

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📍 'Outstanding' childcare located in Leigh-on-Sea
👶Offering full time & part time care for children aged 2-5 years old.
🙋🏻Qualified, passionate, and child-centred team
🏆 Part of 'Award Winning' The Old Station Nursery Group

💙 GOODBYE BECKY! 💙👶🏼Today we’re saying a very emotional goodbye to our wonderful Third in Charge, Becky! 🥹💙Kind, caring,...
04/09/2026

💙 GOODBYE BECKY! 💙👶🏼

Today we’re saying a very emotional goodbye to our wonderful Third in Charge, Becky! 🥹💙

Kind, caring, lovable, always there with a helping hand… and somehow managing to keep us all sane! 😂 Becky has been such a special part of our nursery family, and we’re going to miss her SO much! 💙

But it’s time for a new adventure… swapping being Third in Charge for being Mum in Charge! 😂👶🏼🍼

We’re so excited for you to meet your beautiful baby boy and know you’re going to be the most amazing mummy. Although, after all those years of nappies, cuddles, tears and tantrums at nursery… you’re basically a professional already! 😂💙

Thank you for all your love, care and hard work, Becky. You’ve made such a difference to so many little ones and to all of us as a team. 💙

We’ll miss your smile, your kindness and having you around every day — but we’re SO excited to watch you begin this very special new chapter. 🥹💙

Good luck, Mummy Becky! 👶🏼🍼💙
Now go and enjoy those newborn cuddles… and remember, you can’t hand this one back at the end of the shift! 😂💙

We love you and will miss you loads! 💙💙💙

🌈 Meet the TeamName: Krissy ArkellRole: Nursery Deputy ManagerHow long have you worked with children? 10 years – 1 month...
04/09/2026

🌈 Meet the Team

Name: Krissy Arkell
Role: Nursery Deputy Manager
How long have you worked with children? 10 years – 1 month at Small Friends!
Qualifications: Foundation Degree!
Favourite age group to work with? – Babies!
💛 Get to Know Me
Three words to describe yourself: Caring, Kind, Bubbly!
Favourite children’s book: The Gruffalo
Favourite nursery activity: Dancing and Singing (Jo Jingles!)!
Favourite colour: Mint Green!
A fun fact about you: I am named after my doctor!
Favourite food: Chicken Fajitas!
Favourite place to go on holiday: Disneyland Paris!

🌈 Meet the TeamName: Julie RaynerRole: Nursery ManagerHow long have you worked with children? 25 years – 4 years at Smal...
04/09/2026

🌈 Meet the Team

Name: Julie Rayner
Role: Nursery Manager
How long have you worked with children? 25 years – 4 years at Small Friends!
Qualifications: Level 3!
Favourite age group to work with? – Preschool!

💛 Get to Know Me
Three words to describe yourself: kind, mothering and loyal
Favourite children’s book: The friendliest giant in town!
Favourite nursery activity: Circle time!
Favourite colour: Pink!
A fun fact about you: I have 3 grownup sons and 2 granddaughters!
Favourite food: Pizza!
Favourite place to go on holiday: Greece!

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful parents for your kind words, beautiful cards and thoughtful gifts. Your lovely ...
28/08/2026

A huge thank you to all of our wonderful parents for your kind words, beautiful cards and thoughtful gifts. Your lovely messages and generosity mean so much to our whole team. ❤️

It feels like only yesterday your little ones walked through our doors, and now they’re ready for their next big adventure! We have loved watching them grow, learn, make friends, build confidence and become the amazing little people they are today. 🥰

From messy play and giggles to cuddles, adventures and countless special memories, every one of our Superstars has left their own little sparkle at Small Friends Nursery. ⭐

We are so proud of each and every one of them and will miss their smiles, laughter and wonderful personalities so much!

As they head into Reception or their next adventure, we hope they continue to be brave, be kind, be curious and always be themselves! 🌈

Good luck, our little Superstars — go and show Reception just how amazing you are! 🎒✨

You’ll always be part of the Small Friends family. ❤️

With lots of love,
The Small Friends Nursery Team 🌟

🍦 Ice Cream Fun in the Toddler Room! 🍦Our little ones had a sweet time exploring our ice cream-themed activity! 😋 They e...
28/08/2026

🍦 Ice Cream Fun in the Toddler Room! 🍦

Our little ones had a sweet time exploring our ice cream-themed activity! 😋 They enjoyed scooping, sprinkling, mixing and getting creative while using their little hands to explore different textures and colours. 🍨✨

Lots of messy fun, big smiles and plenty of opportunities for learning through play! 💕🍦

Jo Jingles came to visit us again today, the children enjoyed moving along to music and turning the 3 billy goats gruff ...
25/08/2026

Jo Jingles came to visit us again today, the children enjoyed moving along to music and turning the 3 billy goats gruff into a musical story! We can’t wait for her to visit again!

Park Adventures 🌳✨What a lovely day for a little adventure! 🥰🌿 some of our little explorers had so much fun visiting Lei...
19/08/2026

Park Adventures 🌳✨

What a lovely day for a little adventure! 🥰🌿 some of our little explorers had so much fun visiting Leigh Library Gardens, enjoying the fresh air, exploring, playing and making lots of happy memories together! 🛝🌼💚

We love a nursery adventure! 🌈👣

The children got to enjoy Jo Jingles today continuing their musical fairytale stories!! The children loved to dance, sin...
18/08/2026

The children got to enjoy Jo Jingles today continuing their musical fairytale stories!! The children loved to dance, sing and play musical instruments along to their story! We can’t wait for Jo jingles to come back for more fun! 🎶🐺

We want to say a big welcome to the small friends family to Krissy who has joined us as the new Deputy Manager! Krissy h...
18/08/2026

We want to say a big welcome to the small friends family to Krissy who has joined us as the new Deputy Manager! Krissy has over 10 years experience in childcare and has just finished her degree in Early Years and Education Studies! Krissy is very excited to meet everyone and be a part of everyone’s journey! 🥰💖

We want to say a goodbye and good luck to Fern who leaves us today to go on maternity leave! We wish you all the best wi...
17/08/2026

We want to say a goodbye and good luck to Fern who leaves us today to go on maternity leave! We wish you all the best with your new bundle of joy and cannot wait to meet him! 💙

Address

15 Rectory Grove
Leigh-on-Sea
SS92HA

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 6:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 6:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 6:30pm

Telephone

+441702471235

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