Birstall Rainbow Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Birstall for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2000, with 64 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Leicestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicestershire 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
LE4 4GFWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 14 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at the nursery, demonstrating they feel safe and secure.
The staff warmly welcome the children and play calming music. This helps children to settle quickly. Children have good relationships with the staff. They smile in delight and laugh as staff say, 'You go and hide now,' during a game of hide and seek. Children are making good progress. They develop their physical skills. For example, younger children jump and climb in the ball pool. Older children run and catch bubbles outside. They push prams and trolleys up and down the hill. Children balance on planks and crates with the help of the caring staff. Children practise using their small-muscle skills as they squeeze play dough and hold brushes and tools to paint.
Children are learning to love books. They develop their listening skills as staff read a familiar story about a shark. Children recall and join in with words from the story.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enable younger children to explore during art and craft activities and develop their own creative ideas n strengthen support for younger children to build on the range of words they know and to practise their language skills.
- 14 February 2023Good
- 25 May 2017Good
- 15 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Birstall Rainbow Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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