Little Rascals Day Nursery (Station Rd)
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for babies from 9 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 May 2023. Open since 1997, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
30 hours funding for working families for children aged 9 months to 4 years old; 15 hours Early Learning funding for 2 year olds; 15 hours universal entitlement for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Government funding covers your child’s early education and childcare during their funded hours, but does not cover additional items such as meals, nappies, wipes, sun cream and other resources that support your child’s care and comfort throughout the day. To help us continue providing these essentials and enriching experiences, we offer an optional Consumables Package.
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 7JYWhat 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, 18 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy and settled at this welcoming nursery and develop secure relationships with the kind and caring staff. They display a strong sense of belonging and demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. Staff are kind and calm with children. They are sensitive to the needs of babies and offer them good physical and emotional comfort when they need it. Older children and toddlers engage in play that interests them. For example, toddlers explore the foam and giggle when they clap their hands and see the foam floating in the air. Older children manoeuvre wheeled toys skilfully in the outdoor area. They talk enthusiastically about how they enjoy swinging on the monkey bars and balancing on the beams.
Children have opportunities to revisit previous learning. For instance, older children make their own play dough. They follow the sequence adding the different ingredients and describing the changes in the mixture. They develop an understanding of colour mixing and what happens when they combine the colours of paint. Children are supported well to manage their own feelings. Staff give clear instructions and children know what is expected from them. They consistently praise children for their efforts, achievements and positive behaviour. As a result, children's behaviour is good.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff communication to ensure that key persons consistently share children's updated next steps with other staff working with their children, to maximise children's learning at every opportunity n support staff to promote children's speech and language skills even further by reducing the time children use dummies n strengthen the procedures for hygiene practices, such as cleaning nappy-change mats after each use.
- 18 May 2023Good
- 22 March 2022Good
- 10 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Rascals Day Nursery (Station Rd)
- What it costs
- 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.
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