Little Cherubs Preschool
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Leicester for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2019, with 24 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 Leicestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicestershire 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
LE3 3BDWhat 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, 14 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop close relationships with staff and settle quickly in their care. They arrive excited, keen to show staff creations they have made for them at home.
Children confidently explore the environment staff provide and invite their friends to join their play. They enjoy developing their hand muscles as they mould play dough into different shapes. Children learn the names of different shapes, such as rectangles and share ideas with staff about what their shapes could be. They imitate staff by commenting on what they are doing, such as 'squeeze' and 'push'.
Children exclaim they are making 'a gingerbread man' and use phrases they know from familiar stories. They giggle as they pretend to be a fox chasing the gingerbread man. Children discuss what they remember about the story with staff, including when the fox eats the gingerbread man it goes 'gobble gobble'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to provide further help for all children who need it to learn the most they can during play - develop staff's understanding of how to effectively provide children with clear and consistent expectations n develop further the use of questions when interacting with children, allowing children more time to think and solve problems independently.
- 14 March 2023Good
- 15 September 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Cherubs Preschool
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.