Little Angelz Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2013, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
For children aged 3 and 4 years, parents can access up to 15 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year, which can be extended to 30 hours for working parents meeting specific eligibility criteria.
What childcare usually costs in Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester 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
LE1 3PJWhat 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, 16 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and have good relationships with staff. They enjoy learning each other's names and making new friends. Children follow well-established routines which enable them to settle quickly. For example, they make a 'train' to move between rooms by placing their hands on each other's shoulders. Children are able to explore safely, indoors and outdoors. They are reminded to sit down as they come down the slide to ensure they don't fall. Children respond immediately when they are asked to keep the sand in the correct area. They remind each other of these rules. All children sit together for meals. The older children support the younger ones by showing them what to do. Children become independent as they pour their own drinks and serve their own food. They are confident to ask for help if needed.
Children's behaviour is excellent. On arrival they greet each other with smiles and say good morning. They invite other children to join in their play and make space for them, happily passing and sharing resources. Children share explanations about how they are feeling if something upsets them. Rules are understood by all children and staff, so expectations are consistently high. Children help to tidy up and regularly sit together for group activities. They are enthusiastic to learn.
Children ask questions to find out information, and they listen carefully. Staff follow children's interests when setting up activities. This helps learning to be relevant to each child.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully challenge children during child-led activities, to help expand their knowledge as they investigate and explore n use questioning techniques more precisely to allow children enough time to think and respond, to support their thinking, communication and language skills further.
- 16 September 2022Good
- 4 August 2015Good
- 23 June 2014Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Angelz Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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.
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