Ladybirds Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Plymouth for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £75.00 a day for under 3’s, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2016, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 3’sbirth to 3y | £60.00Under 3’s Short Day: 8am – 3:30pm £75.00Under 3’s Full Day: 8am – 6pm | £40.00Under 3’s 1/2 day: 8am – 1pm or Under 3’s 1/2 day: 1pm – 6pm, 5 hrs | – | £337.50Runs Monday to Friday only. | |
| 9 Months- 2 year old9m to 2y | – | – | £9.039 months- 2 year old Non-Funded hourly | – | |
| 2-3 year old2y to 3y | – | – | £7.792-3 year old Non-Funded hourly | – | |
| Over 3’s3y to 5y | – | – | £7.22Preschool Non-Funded hourly | – | |
| School-aged children up to 8 years old | £45.00Big bugs holiday club FULL day (8am-6pm) | £30.005 hrs | – | – |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration Fee (Not applicable to funded children or bignot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.00 Extra or swapped sessions admin chargeAny extra sessions booked with less than 4 weeks notice; ALL swapped
- £6.00 a session Early Starts Fee
- £10.00 an hour Late collection (before 6pm)while the nursery is still open i.e. before 6 pm
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Late collection (after 6pm)after 6 pm
- £15.00 Late payment feeFees not paid by the 15th of each month
Discounts
- 10% Sibling (discount is applied to oldest child)
Funded hours
Early Years Entitlement Funding or 2-Year-old funding.
Worth knowing. Registration Fee (Not applicable to funded children or big bugs).
What childcare usually costs in Devon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Devon 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
PL8 2AHWhat 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, 26 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy attending this home-from-home nursery. They have formed strong relationships with all staff, helping them to feel safe and secure.
Children have highly positive attitudes to learning, meaning all children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their development. They behave well and play cooperatively together.
The curriculum has been adapted well to meet children's next steps in learning. For example, staff help babies to develop their core strength. They implement 'tummy time' where babies use their head, neck, stomach and forearms to support themselves while lying on their tummy. Staff use mats filled with water to capture babies' attention while increasing their physical strength. Toddlers show interest in the 'imagination station' where they can explore different resources using magnifying glasses. Staff talk to children about what they see and introduce new words, such as 'examine' and 'inspect'. They explain to toddlers what these words mean to support their understanding. Pre-school children learn how to regulate their emotions. Staff have created a designated space where children can go to relax. They use specific books and props to talk to children about how they are feeling. Children can also draw a picture and 'feed' this to the 'worry monster' to help express their anxieties, which supports their mental health.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- coach and support new staff in using consistent strategies to teach children how to use mark-making tools effectively to further develop their hand-to-eye coordination.
- 26 June 2024Good
- 16 October 2023Needs improvement
- 23 May 2023Inadequate
- 13 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Ladybirds Day Nursery
- 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 £75.00 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.
- 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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