Kidaroo childcare
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £68.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2001, with 64 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £68.00 | £7.30Breakfast Club or After School Club £13.60After School Club, 2.2 hrs £16.75After School Club, 3.2 hrs £48.00Part Day, 6 hrs | £8.00Holiday Club £9.00Additional Hours |
Funded hours
30 hours free childcare.
Worth knowing. Available to parents who work at least 16 hours and earn less than £100,000; claim for the term after their child's 3rd birthday; usually available for 38 weeks of the year (term-time) but if a child attends a childcare setting for 51 weeks of the year it can be 'stretched' to 22 hours a week.
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
LE3 2PSWhat 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, 19 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive with a smile, excited to learn at this home-from-home setting. They have close relationships with all staff, seeking a reassuring look or cuddle when needed. This supports children to feel safe and secure. Children of all ages are extremely confident when making choices in their play. They develop a keen imagination and happily share their ideas while exploring dressing-up resources.
Young children use vintage phones and pretend to call different people. Staff encourage them to imitate familiar phrases such as 'Hello, how are you' and 'are you at work'. Children are supported by staff to be compassionate while caring for dolls, cuddling them and learning how to put them down to sleep carefully. They practise changing their nappies and dressing them in different outfits, which helps children strengthen their hand muscles.
Children listen well to staff and follow their instructions while developing their physical skills in the outdoor environment. They create elaborate obstacle courses with staff's guidance, using pieces of wood and crates. Children show determination while safely navigating over them by balancing and jumping.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more challenge for children during learning opportunities to help all children make the progress they are capable of n provide children with further support in managing their feelings and behaviour, so they can share resources and resolve conflicts during their chosen play.
- 19 April 2022Good
- 13 December 2013Outstanding
- 24 April 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kidaroo childcare
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £68.00 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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