Little Pippins
Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon
North Yorkshire HG4 5AJ
Little Pippins Montessori Nursery School is delighted to now be operating from a former school building near Ripon which had to close due to falling rolls in 2023. In September 2024, we relocated from our former premises at Topcliffe to take over occupancy in the 155-year-old...
It has been a marathon not a sprint for children at a Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery School who are leaving to start ‘big school’ in September. Twenty-one children are leaving the nursery and to mark the occasion they took part in a sports day before donning...
We are planning to relocate to an historic village school in North Yorkshire which closed 12 months ago due to falling rolls. A change of use planning application has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council with a view to the nursery moving into the premises vacated...
It has been a busy start to the year with lots of new children joining our nursery family and settling in really nicely. Children in our Caterpillars room have been enjoying the 'Winter' topic exploring lots of different sensory tuff trays with oats and rice and...
Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery School Teacher Kate Thompson had a very close shave at work – but thankfully it was all in the name of charity. Kate had all her hair shaved off for Macmillan Cancer Support’s Brave the Shave appeal. And she did this in front...
It's been another busy month here at Baldersby Park and with the weather/season changing we have been celebrating all things Autumn. This has meant spending lots of time outdoors (of course!), collecting natural resources from our grounds which we can use indoors and for our art work. We were...
Victoria Scrope has taken a complete career U-turn to realise her dream of working with children professionally. Having worked for the Civil Service for ten years, a stint within the youth justice service, convinced Victoria that this is where her real passion lies. So, having moved from...
The weather stayed dry for Graduation Day at Baldersby Park Nursery – though the same can’t be said for the eyes of staff and parents. Amidst the usual emotions of seeing excited children preparing to embark on the next step in their lives was the added...
Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery School has been rated Good in all the key areas by Ofsted, with the inspector noting the ‘enjoyment’ and ‘happiness’ of the children who attend. This was our first-ever Ofsted inspection, and we passed with flying colours, having been rated Good for...
Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery School has been named as one of the top 20 highest reviewed nurseries in the Yorkshire and Humber region, based purely on parent ratings. We were one of only three nurseries in North Yorkshire to make the awards list compiled by the...