Little Hands Nursery School - Linton & Bartlow
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Cambridge 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 December 2022. Open since 2015, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All Little Hands Nursery settings accept Early Years Funding.
Worth knowing. Early Years Funding does not cover snacks, hot meals and consumables and this leaves Little Hands with a financial shortfall. The voluntary charges are: Snack charge - £3.00 per day for children using 3 & 4 year old Early Years Funding; Hot meal - £1.50 per meal.
What childcare usually costs in Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
CB21 4ENWhat 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, 6 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the setting happy and eager to play and explore. They are highly engaged in the activities on offer. Children select activities that interest them from the range of easily-accessible resources, which allows them to guide their own play. Children express an interest in Father Christmas and presents. Staff respond to this and provide the children with wrapping paper, tape and scissors. Children decide to use the junk-modelling box to find resources to make presents for under the Christmas tree. They excitedly wrap and then unwrap the presents.
Children gravitate towards the staff and demonstrate that they enjoy interacting with them. They show the staff what they are doing and talk about things that interest them. Babies show staff the dolls they are playing with and babble as they imitate adults and strap the dolls in the high chairs. Older children talk about their home lives as they make Christmas decorations. They talk about the decorations they have at home. Children are very content in the setting and confidently explore the environment. Children are supported to acquire new language and use this to communicate with staff and their peers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- find ways to raise the quality of teaching to a consistently high level so that this further improves outcomes for children.
- 6 December 2022Good
- 1 March 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Hands Nursery School - Linton & Bartlow
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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