Castle View Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Loughborough for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2016, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All parents of 3 & 4-year-olds can access the universal entitlement of 15 hours of early education per week, during school term times only; Eligible working parents of children aged 9 months – 4-year-olds are entitled to 30 hours of early education per week, during school term times only; Parents of 2-year-olds who get extra support such those on Universal Credit or children with an Education, Hea.
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
LE12 7BDWhat 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, 17 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy at this welcoming nursery. They arrive eager to explore the various stimulating experiences. For example, children develop their small-muscle skills as they squeeze sliced orange into the water tray, and pluck flower petals to add to the mixture. They benefit from having resources to promote their problem solving skills. For instance, as children dig in the mud they use tubes to transfer the mud from their buckets into the wheelbarrow, which is positioned on a lower level of the garden.
Children are confident and secure. New children settle quickly, as they receive warmth and care from staff while they become familiar with their new surroundings. Children benefit from staff planning activities based on their recent experiences. For instance, children make birthday cakes from dough. They chat freely with staff about their recent birthdays and look at photographs parents have shared of their celebrations. Children beam with happiness as the group take turns singing 'happy birthday' to each other.
Children develop good relationships with their peers. They behave extremely well as they share resources and display thoughtful behaviour to each other. For example, older children help younger children as they carry their lunch plate to the table, and pull out their chair for them to sit down.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff understanding and practice of how to help children develop a wide and varied vocabulary.
- 17 February 2023Good
- 23 May 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Castle View 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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