Little Rascals Day Nursery (Barwick Rd)
Good★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 1994, with 60 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
LS15 8RQWhat 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.
- 7 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 25 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to start their day. They are welcomed by friendly staff who offer comfort when needed. Children develop close attachments to staff and their key person, which helps children to feel safe and secure. They quickly become engaged in their play and show a positive attitude to their learning.
Children are confident to approach staff for reassurance and they enjoy staff's positive interactions with them as they play.
The babies' environment is interesting and varied. They enjoy opportunities to climb safely on soft play and to crawl in a garden specifically designed for their age group. Toddlers spontaneously use found objects to represent other things. For example, they use a plastic banana as a phone. They place the banana to their ear and say 'hello'. Older children use their developing language to answer questions, express their opinions and share their ideas with their friends. For example, they describe the weather and discuss what they could do to stay cool in the sunshine.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to identify further opportunities to develop older children's understanding of numbers, counting and mathematical concepts as they play n support staff to be more consistent in using good teaching skills, to ensure that older children hear the correct sounds that letters make.
- 25 July 2022Good
- 21 March 2022Inadequate
- 20 December 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Rascals Day Nursery (Barwick Rd)
- 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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