The Tots' Clubhouse

We opened the doors to The Tots' Clubhouse in September 2019.  As a group of parents who wanted to do something different, have fun with our children and share our interests with others, we embarked on a journey into parent and child groups, children's entertainment and childcare.

 Some ideas were super cool, some were bonkers and some didn't work out. But, our mission remains the same - we harness our knowledge and resources to create unique experiences for children and families to enjoy.

Experienced Parents

Highly Qualified

Supportive

Innovative

Childcare

The Tots' Clubhouse Nursery School opened in 2022 and is an Ofsted rated Good Provider.  We provide funded and paid for childcare places for children under 5.

Our Summer Schools run throughout July and August for children up to 8 years of age.

We also offer emergency and ad hoc childcare.

Storytime with Father Christmas

Christmas Special Events

We will delight you and your little ones at Christmas time.

Baby and Toddler Groups

Weekly Group Sessions

PAYG sessions.

Moo Music

Weekly Under 5s Group Sessions

PAYG sessions, Birthday Parties, Nursery sessions.

In The Dark

Weekly Under 5s Group Sessions

PAYG sessions

Track Tots

Weekend Group Sessions

PAYG sessions.

Easter

Easter Specials

We will delight you and your little ones at Easter time.

Spooky Sessions

Spooky Special Events

We will delight you and your little ones at Spooky time.

Bonfire Night Sessions

Marshmallow Special Events

We will delight you and your little ones at fireworks time.

Molendini Book Shop

Gifts for all ages

Lots of lovely educational resources and gifts.

Our Founder and

Founding Philosophy

Dr Abigail Grant-Williams studied at Charlotte Mason College in Ambleside during the 1990s where she achieved her teaching degree.  Based within what was Charlotte Mason's original House of Education, Abigail was immersed within Charlotte's philosophy of life - we are living organisms and we need knowledge and experience to grow.  Charlotte's way of educating children focused on developing good habits and self-regulation, learning from real things in the real world and feeding the mind, body and spirit with a rich curriculum.  Charlotte believed in using the natural world, living books and experiential enquiry, which shaped her approach to encouraging the assimilation of learning through guided discovery, re-telling, and developing relations and connections between people, subjects and things.  Throughout her training and teaching, Abigail was also immersed in the Philosophy for Education (P4C) approach, which values the teaching of philosophical enquiry to encourage children to think with others and to think for themselves. 

Later in her career, Abigail embarked on a seven-year long research project for her Doctorate in Philosophy. She focused her learning upon structure (the institution) and agency (the people) within education.  Combined, Abigail has developed a meaningful philosophy that underpins the ethos of The Tots' Clubhouse both for adults and children.