Charnwood Forest Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Loughborough for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £42.50 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2015, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £42.50All day | £6.50Lunch club £8.50Breakfast club or After school club £18.00Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs |
Funded hours
Worth knowing. Please note additional charges may still apply with certain funding.
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
LE11 4SQWhat 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, 22 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery with their parents or carers and are eager to enter.
Staff are warm and welcoming, and they develop positive relationships with children and their families. This helps children to be happy and confident. They walk in and hang their belongings up. Staff know their children well and identify children who may need additional support promptly. Staff adapt activities to ensure children have equal access to the learning experiences.
Children have positive attitudes to learning and engage in activities for prolonged periods. The staff's calm and caring nature supports children to understand what is expected of them, and children behave well. For example, when a child attempts to tip his drink from one cup to another, staff approach this calmly, telling the child it is to drink. The child becomes frustrated, but even when they go to reach to tip it again, they manage to stop themselves.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to find more ways to consistently engage with quieter children, to enable them to get the most out of learning experiences n support children to learn what is expected at mealtimes and the difference between mealtime and playtime.
- 22 November 2022Good
- 24 January 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Charnwood Forest Nursery
- 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
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 £42.50 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.
- 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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