Little Firs Day Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Weymouth for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 7 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 1993, with 77 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
What childcare usually costs in Dorset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dorset 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
DT4 0QFWhat 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, 28 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and settle quickly at this friendly and welcoming nursery.
They share warm and close relationships with staff, which helps them to feel safe and secure. For example, babies enjoy lots of cuddles and warm interactions with the staff that care for them. Toddlers and pre-school children follow familiar routines. Children have many opportunities to develop their physical skills and spend much of their time outside, where they make independent choices about their play. Children develop good coordination as they practise their balancing and jumping and enjoy sand and water play. Babies and younger children are supported well by staff to master the skill of climbing the steps to go down a slide.
Children are very well behaved.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more opportunities for older children to link sounds to letters n develop the consistency of staff engagement during adult-led activities to build on children's vocabulary even further.
- 28 June 2023Good
- 23 January 2020Good
- 18 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Firs Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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.
- 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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