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When Ellacombe primary school in Torquay joined the Learning Academy Partnership, a multi-agency trust, in 2012, the partnership was quick to establish a feeder nursery. Little Stars Childcare Centre opened in September 2012 and since 2013 has been rated "outstanding" by Ofsted.
Since 2016, Little Stars has had extended nursery status with Ellacombe Academy, and from the autumn it will be operating from new premises thanks to a £1m rebuild that will see it increase capacity to 60 children aged two to four.
In addition to the investment in infrastructure, being part of an academy trust has helped Little Stars develop a co-ordinated approach to preparing pre-school children for the transition to formal education.
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