Blossoms Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 2000, with 125 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All children receive 15 hours of funding from the term after they turn 3 years old, regardless of parental income. 2 YEAR FUNDED HOURS (Local Authority funding). HMRC FUNDED HOURS (9 months to 4yrs). TAX FREE CHILDCARE (All ages but granted by HMRC).
Worth knowing. Funded hours DO NOT cover the charges for meals or sundries (nappies, wipes, and certain resources). Funding applies only for 38 weeks of the year (term-time). Where a child attends all-year-round, we will ‘stretch’ the funding so that parents may benefit fully, or where there is wrap-around care, have lower bills over the whole year.
What childcare usually costs in Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester 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
LE2 2ABWhat 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, 21 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at this welcoming and friendly nursery. Staff happily greet the children on arrival. Children confidently separate from their parents and eagerly settle to their chosen play with their friends. The staff are good role models, and the children behave well. Staff use a consistent, calm and gentle tone with each other and the children. This fosters respectful relationships. Staff have high expectations and encourage children to listen to each other, share and take turns.
There is a clear focus on supporting children's communication and language development. Staff surround the children with language as they play and in their day-to-day routines. The sound of singing echoes throughout the nursery and staff sing at every opportunity. Babies learn simple musical rhymes. They laugh and join in with the actions that accompany the rhymes. Older children select their favourite songs from a selection of song cards. They confidently sing the words and do the actions. Books are an integral part of the nursery's curriculum and are available for children to access independently in the environment. Staff sit with children to read together. They use animation and expression in their voices, which supports children to develop a love for reading from an early age.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the support for quieter children to allow them to respond in group activities and discussions to build on their confidence and to enable them to contribute to conversations n develop strategies for staff to ensure children have time to lead their own play to help them develop their own ideas and build on their own interests.
- 21 August 2024Good
- 22 October 2018Good
- 14 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blossoms Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
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