Forest Rock Day Nursery.
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Loughborough for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 April 2023. Open since 2003, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Nursery education funding.
Worth knowing. For children claiming nursery education funding, a daily charge is added for meals unless a packed lunch is provided.
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 8RTWhat 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, 4 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to attend the nursery and display a positive attitude to learning.
They form strong relationships with the staff, who support children's emotional well-being and self-esteem well. For example, toddlers frequently ask staff if they can have a comforting cuddle, demonstrating they feel safe and secure with familiar adults. Babies are supported to have a sense of belonging, when staff show them photos of their families and friends. Pre-school children cannot wait to share their complex building brick structure with the manager, showing pride in their achievements. They are offered lots of praise for their effort and assured if anything happens to their building that they will be able to build it back up again.
Children of all ages clearly have a love of books. They regularly bring staff a book to share with them. Babies touch the different textures on the pages in ageappropriate books. Pre-school children fetch a cushion outdoors and snuggle up to staff to listen to the story. Pre-school children are articulate and knowledgeable when, urged on by staff, they are asked to share the facts they know about volcanos. This helps to develop children's confidence to speak in front of others.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the quality of staff's interactions, so that children benefit consistently from further challenge in their learning n help staff to expand children's knowledge of how and what to do if they identify potential hazards when using digital technology.
- 4 April 2023Good
- 18 July 2017Good
- 9 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Forest Rock Day Nursery.
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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