Little Acorns Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Burton on Trent for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2015, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours or 30 hours of funded childcare per week; funded places available for 9 month olds to 2 year olds for 15 hours per week and 3 to 5 year olds for 30 hours per week.
Worth knowing. Term-time fees for additional hours and food; no charge for consumables.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
DE14 2PJWhat 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, 20 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There have been significant improvements since the last inspection. The new manager has quickly identified where improvements are needed and is taking action to address these. She has devised a clear curriculum for what she wants children to learn, which staff are beginning to implement across the nursery.
Children generally behave well and make friends with their peers. Staff support children to show kindness to each other and praise them for doing so. They encourage children to have a go at new skills and support them to persevere when they find some tasks difficult. They provide opportunities for them to serve themselves at mealtimes and manage their own personal care needs, such as handwashing and toileting.
Children learn to communicate well through a range of activities. Staff offer opportunities for children to recognise colours and develop their knowledge of letter sounds through songs and actions. They ensure that all children, including children who speak English as an additional language, are fully included in the provision. They display familiar words in the environment and have made adaptations to menus so that all parents know what food is provided for children.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully implement all aspects of the curriculum so that children make even better progress in their learning n consistently embed behaviour expectations so that children fully understand rules.
- 20 March 2024Good
- 11 October 2023Inadequate
- 3 November 2022Good
- 27 January 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Acorns Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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