Little Elms Pre-School Oxton

14/04/2026

We are absolutely loving our partnership with the 'Seeds for Schools Campaign 2026 with Hollybeck Nursery. We have had fun exploring the compost, planting our new herbs and identifying the seeds we are ready to plant in our new greenhouse

03/04/2026

It’s nearly Easter! We have hidden 6 eggs around Oxton Village for you to find.
If you find one, please take a photo of the egg in its location and post it to our page.
Happy Hunting!

05/03/2026

World Book Day Little Elms style. The children love the Colour Monster stories. They were thrilled to see the team dressed as their favourite characters today.
We regularly use the colour monster stories alongside our emotion coaching to support self regulation and understanding our feelings.

02/02/2026

This!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

On 26 January, MPs debated a petition by Ruth Lue-Quee, reaching 106,000 signatures, advocating play-based learning in Year 1 and 2.

02/01/2026

Happy New Year! We are blessed to work with such an amazing team!

22/09/2025

We are in search for that very special qualified person to join our outstanding team for 17 hours a week for this academic year. The hours will be 8.30am-5pm two days a week. There will be the opportunity to pick up more hours on a flexible basis.

The successful applicant would also need to be flexible depending on the pre-school's needs. The hours include all term time weeks. The right person will be a dedicated and committed Early Years Educator/assistant who will start with us as soon as possible. You will be someone who demonstrates a mature attitude and who is focused on delivering excellent standards of care and early years education with a natural ability to work as part of a team.

- Previous experience of working with early years children.

- Qualification in Early Years and Childcare is desirable.

- DBS certificate on the update service/clean criminal record.

- An ability to demonstrate responsibility and flexibility and use your own initiative.

- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS.

- You must have a warm smiling face that makes every child feel special.

- You must be able to laugh at jokes that you don’t understand, or you don’t find funny!

- You will preferably have a little bit of quirkiness. If a child requests that you be a captain of a pirate ship, you will be the best pirate you can be!

- You must feel comfortable telling everybody in the same room as you, that you are going to the toilet!

- The ability to sing in tune is not necessary, however, the ability to sing out of tune in front of a crowd is essential.

- You must be able to distribute warm hugs as required.

- You will possess the skills required to rapidly count the heads of numerous moving small people. This is of the utmost importance.

- You must be comfortable entering public places on the way home from work, with unknown substances on your clothing.

- You must have a high level of comfort around talking about bodily functions. You must have a strong sense of smell to enable you to respond to said bodily functions.

- You can pretend to eat playdough creations realistically and drink numerous cups of pretend tea.

- You must have the ability to read a ten page fairy tale, upside down, with at least four interruptions per page.

- You must be prepared to have lots of fun in the workplace. Laughter is something that you can expect to engage in for a large part of your working day.

- Finally, you must be prepared to feel loved, special and important to our many young children and their families.

There is simply no other job quite like this one!!

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 10 months

01/06/2025

Please remember to bring in your unwanted cuddly toys and Liz will collect them from Pre-School. Many thanks

19/03/2025

Fun, fun, fun in Seedlings room! We enjoy so much time outside in the fresh air.

19/03/2025

Improvements! I know that nurseries are getting a bit of bad press at the moment regarding consumable charges and being unfair to parents. Little Elms allow parents to use their government funded hours throughout the day with no limitations.
We also ensure we reinvest in our setting to ensure it is the best environment for our children to learn in. We have recently had our floor sanded and varnished to ensure the floor is safe for our children to play on. Have a look at the photos of before and after the treatment!
We have also invested in a brand new kitchen.