Little Legs Nursery
Good★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Brentwood for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2014, with 48 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 Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CM13 1SJWhat 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, 7 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, including babies, are happy, confident and make good levels of progress in relation to their starting points. Babies enjoy snuggling with staff when they wake up. They develop their early independence skills as they sit and feed themselves at snack and mealtimes. Toddlers explore what happens when they shine torches in their little den. They look in awe as the torches create patterns on the wall and ceiling. Pre-school children confidently lead their own play, delighting as staff join in. They help themselves to art materials and stick tissue paper onto dinosaur shapes. Children form firm friendships with their peers and seek them out to share their ideas. All children behave really well. They share, take turns and respect the environment and resources.
Children enjoy playing in the extensive nursery garden. Pre-school children eagerly go on a mathematical hunt to find paper plates with numbers written on them.
Children are keen to find the numbered plates. However, when they realise that there is still one missing, they excitedly tell staff that they have been into different areas of the garden. Children say that they have looked up in the trees, behind play equipment and under bushes. They carefully match the plates to numbers drawn on the pavement to find out which one is missing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop further the existing partnerships with other settings that children attend, to help to support greater continuity in their care and learning n review and develop the range of opportunities for children to engage further in imaginative play that reflects their home lives more accurately.
- 7 July 2022Good
- 1 February 2022Inadequate
- 16 August 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Legs Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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