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The Lime Trees (CIC) provides childcare through nurseries and clubs with an outstanding Ofsted track record.
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The Lime Trees (CIC) provides childcare through nurseries and clubs with an outstanding Ofsted track record.
learn more Our Academy Holiday clubs provide parents with the option of flexible, high-quality childcare throughout the school holidays. We offer a rich range of stimulating, fun, activities to suit children of all ages. Our friendly staff teams and sports coaches will go out of their way to make sure that your child has a fun filled, energetic day with plenty of good old-fashioned fun. Activities include nature-based learning, laser tag, cookery and den building. All of our Academy Holiday Clubs prioritise time outside, physical activity and support for children’s emotional well-being including daily meditation and yoga sessions.
For more information, please call us to speak to a dedicated member of the team. Alternatively, click the link below to find your nearest location and book today.
Our After School Clubs provide children with a welcoming and relaxing finish to their school day. With a wide range of activities and provision on offer, children are free to play, rest or relax with their friends from school. Our friendly staff teams organise different activities each day to engage and interest children using our own in-house curriculum. From energetic sports such as football, dodgeball, or basketball, to exploring nature or a creative activity there is something for everyone. All of our After School Clubs also offer space for children to get on with any homework or guided reading that they may choose to complete while they are with us. A healthy light tea is provided, to bridge any hunger gaps.
For more information, please call us to speak to a dedicated member of the team. Alternatively, click the link below to find your nearest location and book today
For a relaxing and enjoyable
start to the day, children are given a calmer range of activities which prepare
them for starting school. Children can freely choose from healthy breakfast options and
organised play-based creativity, social interaction, and gentle outdoor
exercise. We give children the chance to meet their friends and ease into their
morning in the way that suits them best.
For more information,
please call us to speak to a dedicated member of the team. Alternatively, click
the link below to find your nearest location and book today.
Our small, friendly nursery settings provide care and learning for children aged 2 years and up. We are extraordinarily proud of the superb range of facilities at each of our unique nursery settings. Using our own in-house curriculum, our dedicated team of Early Years Educators provide rich and vibrant activities to stimulate small minds and stretch their imaginations. We run weekly Forest School sessions at each of our sites, where children are able to learn a range of technical skills which lead to them completing a Wild Passport. Children also celebrate a range of contemporary and classical artists in our beautifully presented Art Ateliers. Richly resourced with a wide range of water colour paints, paint brushes, real clay, and more crafty supplies than you could ever begin to imagine – this is the place that childhood dreams are made of. We have a strong track record with obtaining Outstanding gradings from Ofsted and we are dedicated to providing the very best early years education for your child.
For more information, please call us to speak to a dedicated member of the team. Alternatively, click the link below to find your nearest location and book today.
Our staff develop nurturing yet highly professional relationships with parents so we involve you in the care and education of your child while they're with us. We've developed strong partnerships with local schools and other agencies to ensure we're fully promoting the well-being of all children as they prepare to progress to school life.
Our aim is to be transparent with you at any point of contact, from our business procedures to what activities your child is doing throughout the day. We also promote our 'open door' policy so you can pop in whenever you like to see how child is progressing - or just to play.
"It is the standard of the staff that makes the wraparound care exceptional in my opinion. We didn't know childcare as good as this existed." - parent, 2015.
“I’m confident that you won’t find another childcare provider like The Lime Trees. I know that because, believe me when I tell you, as both a childcare professional and a parent, I’ve looked! To understand how and why we’re different, it’s worth knowing where it all started.
Professionally, I’ve been in the childcare industry since my early 20s. I became increasingly frustrated at how most providers failed to realise that they were a direct reflection on schools – often, not a good one. More than just shoddy signage and no uniforms, venues were regularly under resourced and lacked the equipment and basic supplies to offer an engaging experience. I saw qualified childcare staff spending more time as administrators than actually working with the children in their care and disjointed communications that compromised service and safety. All in all, this type of set-up fast became a burden on the very staff and schools it was meant to be supporting.
When the time came that I also needed to utilise childcare services for my daughter, I faced a battle at every stage. From the lack of flexibility around the sessions that she could attend to the ever-growing fees, which even forced me to review my own working situation. Communication was slow and inconsistent, often leaving me feeling like the last to know. More than anything, I’d have loved to have had the option to be involved in my daughter’s development; to see what she was learning and how she was progressing. Instead, I was left with a fundamental blind-spot, with the service I was accessing feeling more like a holding pen than high quality childcare. Needless to say, it seemed a constant uphill struggle for families too. And, when I asked around, I found almost every other parent I spoke to felt the same way.
How was this the norm? From either perspective. The collective thoughts, fears and disappointments created a drive in me to better the system. For children, for families, for staff and for schools. And so, in 2013, The Lime Trees was born.
My ambition is for The Lime Trees to be the largest childcare provider, UK-wide. And we’re on our way. I’m incredibly proud that so many schools have seen that there is a better way of doing things and have chosen to partner with us. If you’re reading this, then I can only assume you’re thinking of doing the same. And for that, I’d like to say a very heartfelt ‘thank you’.”
“I’m confident that you won’t find another childcare provider like The Lime Trees. I know that because, believe me when I tell you, as both a childcare professional and a parent, I’ve looked!Back
- Gareth Degenhart, founder.
As a family-first business, our aims are simple: we support the community and families in it to make sure we're contributing at all levels, while giving children a brilliant platform on which to build their education.
Enrich
The lives we touch are at the heart of everything we do
Play
We bring moments of infectious laughter to create happy memories
Invest
People are always valued over profit
Outstanding
Improving today for an even better tomorrow
Extra Mile
Where others would stop, we do a little bit more
Transparent
We hold our hands up when things are not right
We're different to other nurseries and childcare clubs as we have an ingrained focus on quality. We continuously assess our offering through the eyes of parents...
Our owner Gareth Degenhart is a father who set up The Lime Trees out of sheer frustration from his experiences with the childcare settings his daughter attended.
7d Colwick Quays Business Park,
Colwick, Nottingham, NG4 2JY
T: 0115 9313562
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0115 931 3562
7d Colwick Quays Business Park,
Colwick, Nottingham, NG4 2JY