Little Owls Nursery Burley Park
Good★ 3.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2023. Open since 1971, with 84 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 Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds 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
LS4 2DZWhat 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.
- 22 January 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 20 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled. Staff understand their needs and help them to quickly settle and build positive relationships. Children show that they feel safe and secure. Staff care for them as they communicate their needs to them and go to them for cuddles and reassurance or to read their favourite book.
Children's behaviour is mostly good. Staff communicate their expectations to children, such as sitting at the table to eat, and they praise them when they do this. When children do struggle to regulate their own emotions and behaviour, staff help them to understand how their behaviour might make others feel. In addition, children are praised for kindness, honesty, forgiveness, determination and selfcontrol. This is then displayed on the 'praise board' to celebrate these aspects of children's character. This is helping children to prepare for life in modern Britain as they get older.
Children demonstrate their physical skills by riding wheeled toys, climbing in and out of tyres and running with their friends. Children skilfully hit balls with bats and celebrate as they hit the ball as far as they can. They use mats outdoors to practise their forward rolls. Staff respond to children's developing interest in dinosaurs to further support their physical development. For example, children make dinosaur food with cooking utensils and draw dinosaurs with chunky chalks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - develop staff confidence to teach children early mathematical concepts during child-led play n strengthen existing performance management processes to ensure that teaching is of a consistently high quality for all children.
- 20 July 2023Good
- 4 October 2018Outstanding
- 8 January 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Owls Nursery Burley Park
- 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.
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