Puddle Ducks Pre-School | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)

Puddle Ducks Pre-School opened its doors in 2001 and has been providing services to Alvingham and the surrounding areas ever since.
We are a little community situated on a farm's edge.
For kids 0 to 12 years old, we provide all-around care.
To provide a secure, fun and creative environment for children to develop emotionally, physically, intellectually, creatively and socially.
For us to gain these aims Puddle Duck's does not just use one approach, as we believe that all our children are different and learn in different ways.
Puddle Ducks uses real materials where possible, we cannot do this all the time, so this is why we say we have adopted the Montessori and Reggio approach as we love the children to enjoy the setting inside and out.
Puddle Ducks now has a Forest School, we have the use of a woodland area, where we use the materials from the wood and experience learning through following our Forest school sessions woodland area.
We take all children who are due to start school the following September to the woods every day, they have a forest school session every day along with following the EYFS, we are using the Developmental Matter frame work since September 2021.
Puddle Ducks learning approach uses the above methods so that children have the opportunity to develop and grow at their own pace and in a way that best suits them, we believe at Puddle Ducks that every child is unique and special and our family approach is paramount for this to happen.
Puddle ducks Pre-Schools Philosophy is to help children develop at their own pace in a secure, safe and family environment.
We will use many different teaching methods, we believe that one method will not suit all children, so we will adapt with each individual child.