Leaps and Bounds Children's Nursery Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Doncaster for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2024, with 89 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Doncaster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Doncaster 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
DN11 0BZWhat 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 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff interact warmly and build strong relationships with children. They listen attentively to children and link their interests to activities. Staff recognise each child as an individual and value them highly. They understand and support children to settle back into their routines following the long Christmas break. This helps children to feel happy and settled. Staff manage children's behaviour well and have high expectations of them. They share the rules in the nursery with children and explain why some behaviour is not acceptable. Children behave well.
Staff use new knowledge from recent training to develop children's growing vocabulary. Children interact and engage with stories well, promoting their use of language. Enthusiastic staff create an atmosphere of fun and engagement when storytelling. Children confidently recall the story and point out deliberate gaps created by staff, demonstrating their understanding of the story. Children cuddle up with staff to read their favourite book. They join in eagerly when they sing action rhymes. Staff act as positive role models to children. They speak clearly and give children time to think and respond in conversations. This promotes their listening and communication skills and develops their use of vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further the implementation of the curriculum to strengthen children's engagement and learning through child-initiated play n support staff to consistently enable children to do things for themselves to promote children's personal development to a higher level n focus the professional development of staff on developing an expert knowledge of teaching and learning, so that children are supported to make the best possible progress.
- 8 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Leaps and Bounds Children's Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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