Little Acorns Nursery Ltd
Ofsted report card Jun 2026Takes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Knottingley for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. £8.10 an hour for 20-40 months, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in June 2026. Open since 2002, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
£8.10 per hour 20-40 months
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Working Parent Entitlement (9 Months to 4 Years), 3 and 4 Year Old Free Entitlement, 2 Year Old Funding (up to 15 hours).
What childcare usually costs in Wakefield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wakefield 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
WF11 0BZWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 1 June 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 19 November 2021Good
- 16 October 2017Good
- 27 February 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Acorns Nursery Ltd
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £8.10 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.