Little Saints Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £7.30 an hour for 2-year-old fee paying and 3-year-olds at, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2001, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-year-old fee paying and 3-year-olds at2y to 3y | – | £7.30Session Fees | |
| All ages | £5.00first child £6.00siblings £6.50first child | £5.00After School Club |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.50 a session Breakfast Clubsiblings, includes breakfast
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.50 a session snack chargechildren attending on the 30-hour working parent entitlement – between
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours universal funded early learning and the working parent entitlement 15-30 hours for eligible children.
Worth knowing. 50p snack charge per session for children attending on the 30-hour working parent entitlement – between 15 and 30 hours. Please note you can provide your own snack if you do not want to pay the 50p snack charge.
What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield 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
S17 4APWhat 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 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly and establish positive relationships with adults at this warm, welcoming and caring setting. Children are happy and confident and say they like coming to nursery to play with their friends. Routines throughout nursery help children to feel safe and secure and know what to expect next. Children proudly show how they safely use the balance bicycles when playing outdoors and take turns with their friends.
Children behave well and display high levels of independence. For example, they collect their own coats from the cloakroom, put them on before going outside and hang them back up when they return inside. They are encouraged to use the toilet independently and follow good hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before snack. Children confidently pour their own milk from a jug and drink from open-top cups at snack time.
Children show positive attitudes towards their learning through high levels of concentration and enjoyment in their play. There is an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum in place that supports children with their learning, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). All children are progressing well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that children who learn how to form letters are provided with consistent, clear and accurate guidance on how to do this n provide children with more opportunities to develop their understanding of mathematical language and concepts n ensure all staff have a good understanding of policies and procedures that are in place.
- 17 April 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 24 September 2019Good
- 22 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Saints Nursery
- 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
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.
- Is £7.30 an hour still the rate? 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.
- 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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