Heron Day Nursery

St Johns Centre, Brick Kiln Lane, Wigan WN1 1XH
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  • Heron Day Nursery, Wigan
For over 25 years Heron Day Nursery has been working in partnership with staff, parents and outside agencies to deliver the best possible start in life.

Staff work to ensure each child has the highest quality of learning in a safe and welcoming environment.

The nursery, which takes children from six weeks to five-years-old, has a spacious outdoor play environment for children to explore and learn in. Inside, each room is open plan with a variety of stimulating activities to encourage children to thrive.

The nursery provides an out of school club for children aged four to 12 years that attend Mabs Cross Primary School and St Marys and St Johns Primary school in Wigan. They provide holiday club for all children to attend aged four to 12 years with a variety of stimulating activities.

The nursery has a current Ofsted rating of 'Good' (May 2022) and a Food Hygiene Rating of 5 - Very Good (January 2023).

It offers two, three and four-year-old funding, and 30 hours' funding for three and four-year-olds. The nursery offers flexibility to use funded hours to support parents and offer a 51 week spread.

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Care Provided by Heron Day Nursery

  • Type of Service
  • Day Nursery – Privately Owned
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Good to Know

  • Owner
  • Heron Day Nursery Ltd
  • Person in charge
  • Lyndsey Pemberton (Manager)
  • Number of Childcare Staff
  • 18
  • Total Places for Children
  • 148
  • Age Range
    • from 0 years 1 months
    • to 5 years 0 months
  • Opening Times
  • Monday 07:30-18:00
    Tuesday 07:30-18:00
    Wednesday 07:30-18:00
    Thursday 07:30-18:00
    Friday 07:30-18:00
  • When Closed
  • Bank Holidays & 1 week at Christmas

Funding & Fees Guide for Heron Day Nursery

  • Please contact us for prices

  • Competitive prices.
    We offer daily prices and a discounted weekly price.
    We offer 15 and 30 hours funding over 38 week and 51 week stretch
  • Parking

  • They have a car park available


Heron Day Nursery Reviews (42)

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9.7

Heron Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.7 (9.700) out of 10, based on 23 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time Heron Day Nursery has 42 reviews.

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Review from C J (Mother of Child) published on 15 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

Our son has been attending Heron Day Nursery since he was six months old and has loved it since day one. He has been going since January and I have never had any concerns or worries. He has learnt so much I can't thank the staff enough. The whole team are fab.

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Review from Karen M (Mother of Child) published on 11 December 2017
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Overall Experience  Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5

A fantastic nursery that both my children have attended, one is still there. They help children with learning, with the added touch of care and compassion. I have rarely had problems with the nursery, but any issues are dealt with quickly and respectfully. I couldn't recommend this nursery enough and
will be sad when my youngest leaves.

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Current Review Score: 9.7 (9.700)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.7 (9.700) out of 10 for Heron Day Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  • a) The Average Rating is 4.9 out of 5 from 23 Reviews in the last 24 months.

  • b) The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.8 out of 5 from 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  • a) 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months.

    The Average Rating of 4.923 for Heron Day Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (254 Excellents x 5) + (17 Goods x 4) + (2 Satisfactorys x 3) ) ÷ 273 Ratings = 4.923

  • b) 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5').

    The 4.777 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Heron Day Nursery is based on 23 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    • i) 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4

    • ii) 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 148 number of registered child places is 29.6. 23 Positive Reviews ÷ 29.6 = 0.777

  • When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.

  • If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Awards / Recognitions (2)

Food Standard Agency

Recipient: Heron Day Nursery

Date: Wednesday 12 Feb 2020 More details

3rd Place Nursery Of The Year

Recipient: Heron Day Nursery

Date: Wednesday 22 Jun 2016 More details

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Meet the Team (13)

Lyndsey

Lyndsey Pemberton

Job Title: Wigan Nursery Manager/Area Manager

I have worked in the nursery industry for 24 years and gained all my experience at Heron Day Nursery. I worked my way up the ladder and have been a Manager for the last 13 years. I have an NVQ level 5 Early years qualification, paediatric first aid, food hygiene level 3 and safeguarding level 3. I am designated lead for the nursery and have completed many courses throughout my years to gain a wide range of knowledge and experience. I am also a mother to three children who are now growing up into amazing young adults and both my girls are following the passion I have for childcare in working in early years.


Kirsty

Kirsty Barlow

Job Title: Deputy Manager

Joined: 2011

I have worked in the Childcare industry for 13 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2011 as the Out of School Manager then in January 2015 became the Nursery Deputy Manager. I have achieved my BA HONS level 6 in Education, studies and Early years, I hold a valid paediatric first aid certificate and have attended many training courses over the years including safeguarding and food hygiene and have gained a wide range of experience. I have two beautiful young daughters.


Leonie

Leonie Pemberton

Job Title: Out of School Club Manager/Third in Charge

Joined: 2018

I am your Out of School Club Manager and the third in Charge. I have my Level 3 qualification and have worked for the company since 2018. I have experience in working with children from birth to 11 years and experience in running a children's club in Greece and Mallorca. I love everything Disney and my favourite place to holiday is Disney.


Jennifer (Jenni)

Jennifer (Jenni) Neil

Job Title: Head of 0-2

Joined: 2002

I have worked in the nursery industry for 18 years I have worked at Heron Day Nursery since 2002. I am BTEC Level 4 qualified and I am also paediatric first aid trained.


Chloe

Chloe Isherwood

Job Title: Head of Toddlers

Joined: 2015

I have worked in the nursery industry for 9 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2015 and became Head of toddlers in 2019. I am Level 3 qualified and I am also paediatric first aid trained and I am a mum of two beautiful boys


Stephanie

Stephanie Halliwell

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2016

I have worked in the nursery industry for 8 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2016 and became Head of Upper Toddlers in 2022 after I came back from working at our sister nursery. I am Level 3 qualified and qualified paediatric first aid trained and I am a mum of two beautiful children


Samantha

Samantha Jepson

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2015

I have worked in the nursery industry for 17 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2015. I am Level 3 childcare qualified and I am paediatric first aid trained.


Alisha

Alisha Blan

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2020

I have worked in the nursery industry for 4 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2020. I am Level 2 childcare qualified and currently working towards my level 3 and I am paediatric first aid trained. I am mum to a beautiful little 1-year-old daughter.


Casey

Casey Pemberton

Job Title: Apprentice Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2022

I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2022. I am currently coming towards the end of my Level 2 childcare training and hoping to finish in August 2024. I am paediatric first aid trained.


Veronica

Veronica

Job Title: Nursery Practitioner

Joined: 2019

I have worked in the nursery industry for 5 years. I started working at Heron Day Nursery in 2019. I am Level 3 childcare qualified and I am paediatric first aid trained. I also have a young daughter.


Pete

Pete Ashton

Job Title: Cook

Joined: 2011

I have been the cook at Heron Day Nursery since 2011. I am Level 2 food hygiene.


Pauline

Pauline Brown

Job Title: Kitchen assistant / Cleaner

Joined: 2016

I have been working at Heron Day Nursery since 2016 and I am Level 2 food hygiene qualified.


Keith

Keith Pemberton

Job Title: Nursery Dog

Joined: 2020

My name is Keith and I come to work with my mummy at nursery. I love to play ball with the children and lots of belly rubs. My favourite drink is milk.


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