Little Owls Nursery Harehills
Good★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2023. Open since 2006, with 65 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
LS9 7BAWhat 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, 30 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy at this setting. Leaders create a strong induction programme for children and their families. Children attend short settling-in sessions. This helps them to begin to build relationships with staff. Staff adapt the length of this process to meet the individual needs of each child. This helps children to start at the setting feeling settled and secure.
Children of all ages develop their physical skills at this setting. Babies have access to an indoor climbing frame. They balance up the stairs and then slide down the slide. There is a focus on children learning outdoors. Toddlers balance on logs as they pretend to be on their own bear hunt. Pre-school children practise jumping and rolling on cushioned mats in their outdoor area.
The curriculum is sequenced across the setting. Staff consider the stages of development of all children. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities make good progress. Leaders have regular communication with families and outside agencies to support children with additional needs. There is a robust key-person system, which ensures that staff know in-depth information about their key children's progress. Key persons plan regular next steps in learning for children and appropriate activities to aid their development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to manage children's behaviour to ensure that disruptions to other children's learning are reduced n give children consistent opportunities to develop their independence in self-care tasks.
- 30 January 2023Good
- 26 April 2017Good
- 18 April 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Owls Nursery Harehills
- 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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