Active Kids Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2009, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £65.00 £70.00 | £32.50Mornings or Afternoons £34.50Mornings or Afternoons |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 a day Afternoon foodchildren claiming 3-4 year funding only, includes 2 course tea only
- £5.00 a day consumable chargechildren claiming 3-4 year funding only, includes Nappies/wipes, Calpol, Sun Cream, Forrest School
- £7.00 a day mornings foodchildren claiming 3-4 year funding only, includes breakfast, snack and 2 course lunch
- £10.00 a day foodchildren claiming 3-4 year funding only, includes breakfast, snack and 2 course lunch
Funded hours
30 hours of funded childcare per week for children from 9 months with working parents, stretched over 51 weeks giving 22.35 funded hours per week; some children may be entitled to 15 hours.
Worth knowing. The funding does not include meals and snacks, nappies, sun cream or any extra activities the nursery arranges. Active Kids apply additional charges for children claiming 3-4 year funding only: £10 per day for food (£7 for mornings), £3 per day afternoon food, £5 per day consumable charge. These additional charges are voluntary but without these our service would mean some opportunities for the children would be limited. As an alternative, parents are able to provide a packed lunch/tea and their.
What childcare usually costs in Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
LS19 7BNWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 13 March 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and ready to learn at this nursery. Staff develop positive relationships with children. They are sensitive to their needs and support them to feel safe and secure. Children are familiar with the nursery routine and independently follow this with ease. Even in the youngest age groups, children help to tidy up after themselves and gather in groups for circle time and story time.
Children are learning how they are part of a community.
Children in the baby room choose their favourite books and take them to staff members to read to them. They point at animals in the story books and copy as staff name the animals. Older children enjoy recalling the story of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. They act out the story, saying 'swish' 'swish' as they walk through the grass. Children are developing a love of stories and books across all age groups.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff skills in how to use questioning to encourage children to recall past learning and make links between different experiences n further improve communication with parents so that all parents have information about how they can further support their child's learning at home.
- 20 October 2022Good
- 20 April 2022Inadequate
- 26 April 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Active Kids Day Nursery
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £65.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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