Butterfly's Day Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 1998, with 62 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours for some two year olds, 15 hours for all three and four year olds and an additional 15 hours for some three and four year olds.
Worth knowing. For funded hours we request a small consumables charge as the cost of providing the education is significantly more than the amount we receive. We prefer to stretch this funding to the entire year – giving 10/11 hours for 15 hours (depending on start date), and 20/22 hours for the 30 hours (depending on start date).
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
LS27 8BGWhat 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, 18 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive full of excitement for the day ahead, eagerly coming into the nursery. Staff happily greet children with smiles and hugs. They ensure that they develop warm relationships with children and their families. On arrival, pre-school children collect their name card and answer the question of the day. Children are keen to seek out their friends or favourite activities. Staff provide an abundance of interesting and purposeful learning opportunities for children, who are motivated and enthusiastic to play and learn.
Staff plan a good balance of child-initiated play and adult-led activities that is linked to themes and includes children's interests. Staff monitor children's progress and share this information with parents. Children enjoy regular circle times, where they enjoy stories and sing familiar songs and rhymes. Staff support children to develop their listening skills and confidence when talking in a group. Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning from their individual starting points.
Staff model and support children's behaviour through effective teaching and guidance. Positive praise and enthusiastic 'high fives' encourage children to develop their resilience. Children learn how to share resources, take turns and respect other children's choices and space. Strong trusting relationships are clearly embedded between children and the staff. Children are supported to manage their feelings and regulate their behaviour.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make the most of all opportunities to build on and extend children's knowledge and use of mathematical concepts in their play.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 9 August 2023Needs improvement
- 12 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Butterfly's Day Nursery Limited
- What it costs
- 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
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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