Knossington and Somerby Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Knossington for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £6.25 an hour for two Year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2007, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Two Year olds2y to 3y | £6.25All hours (if not funded) | |
| All ages | £6.25We charge or Additional hours |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Three and Four Year olds are entitled to up to 15 hours of free early learning per week (Free Early Education Entitlement or FEEE).
Worth knowing. In our setting you can take a maximum of 6 hours and a minimum of 2.5 hours per day. You can spread your hours between two settings.
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
LE15 8LTWhat 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, 8 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive eager to learn at the homely, welcoming environment created by staff. They have strong relationships with all staff and feel safe and secure in their care. Children develop close friendships. They share resources willingly and ask their friends how they are feeling. Children choose from a wide range of resources that staff provide. They practise using their physical skills outdoors and enjoy moving sit-on vehicles with their legs. Children use knowledge that they learn from staff about how to stay safe in their play. They check for any obstacles and wait patiently for their friends to be out the way before riding a car down the sloped path as fast as they can.
Staff praise children and motivate them to try things for themselves. Children wash their hands without support after painting pictures using their hands. They collect and put on their own shoes ready to play outside. Children use their imagination and creativity to create a dinosaur land. Children confidently share their ideas and suggest that the dinosaurs have fleas and what they must do. They listen carefully as staff explain new vocabulary. For example, staff explain that 'evicted' means that the dinosaur must leave. Children giggle as they practise using different voices for each dinosaur. They repeat sentences that they hear staff use, and discuss the kind words and behaviour that dinosaurs should use.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - improve the consistency and clarity of instructions and boundaries to further support children to know what is expected of them n help staff to recognise when to provide more support for children who may need it in order to remain focused during play.
- 8 September 2022Good
- 9 March 2022Inadequate
- 16 December 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Knossington and Somerby Pre School
- 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 £6.25 an hour 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.