Little Rainbows
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Worcester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2016, with 51 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Nursery Education Funding is available for working parents for children once they turn 9 months.
What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire 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
WR3 8LXWhat 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, 17 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy coming into this welcoming nursery. Nurturing leaders and staff take time to talk with children and their families as they arrive. This helps children settle and supports good relationships with parents. Staff consider the routine carefully as children start their day. For example, they engage them in fun movement activities, which encourage physical movement before they settle down to play. Staff help children develop their independence very well. For example, at snack time children competently pour their own drinks from jugs into their chosen cup. They help themselves to the juicy, fresh pineapple chunks, using tongs to expertly transfer the pieces from the serving dish to their plate. They spread butter on crackers with skill before taking a bite. Staff use this time well to extend children's knowledge.
For example, they use coloured photographs of pineapples growing in fields to prompt discussions about how and where pineapples grow.
Staff support children's development across the areas of learning. They understand and recognise the value of play, and make sure that children can access interesting and motivating opportunities. They support and encourage children to think as they play. For example, they ask, 'Where does the water go to? Where does it disappear to?', as the water trickles away down the plug hole in water play. Children are inquisitive as they look underneath to try and figure out where the water goes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the good teaching already in place, so that all staff consistently challenge children further to make even more progress in all areas of learning.
- 17 November 2023Good
- 9 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Rainbows
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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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