Little Pippins
Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon
North Yorkshire HG4 5AJ
After a volunteering spell looking after children in Asia and a stint at her mum’s friend’s nursery, Jemima Kitching has decided that childcare is the career for her and has joined Little Pippins as our newest apprentice. Jemima, who joined us in January, spent three months...
Roxy Fox is demonstrating that it really is child’s play when it comes to gaining qualifications in record time. Roxy recently ended her apprenticeship with Little Pippins Montessori Nursery one year ahead of schedule after successfully passing her Level 3 in Childcare, with a Distinction. The 17-year-old...
The children certainly stood to attention when they were visited by soldiers from a local army barracks. 4th Regiment Royal Artillery made the short trip from their base at Alanbrooke Barracks in Topcliffe to see the children recently It formed part of our ‘people who help us’...
Little Pippins Montessori Nursery was pleased to welcome some very special guests this month. On Friday 15th November, we were visited by Sir Alec Shelbrooke, the MP for Wetherby and Easingwold, his Chief of Staff Ryan Stephenson, Lucinda Compton, Owner of the Newby Hall Estate, Thomas...
Roxy Fox initially thought she would be a midwife after leaving school, but work experience undertaken at Little Pippins has now taken her career in another direction. It’s not a complete U-turn she has taken given working with children is very much front and centre in...
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...