Little Toes Day Nursery Bottesford
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Nottingham for babies from a few weeks old 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 September 2024. Open since 2023, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2,3 & 4 year old funding; 30 hours funded childcare; 15 hours for 2-year-olds from April 2024; 15 hours for 9 months+ from September 2024; 30 hours for 9 months+ from September 2025.
Worth knowing. Consumables fee applies; meals, nappies, specialist trips not covered by funding.
What childcare usually costs in Leicestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicestershire 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
NG13 0ANWhat 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, 26 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff seek a range of information from parents when children first start at the nursery. They use this information purposefully to foster early attachments and ensure that individual children's care needs are met. As they arrive at the nursery, babies smile when they see familiar staff and put their arms out to them. Toddlers and pre-school children wave goodbye to the parents at the main door and engage in conversations with the staff as they walk to their room. Children demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and secure at the nursery.
Children of all ages are developing an understanding of healthy lifestyles. They spend much of their day playing outside. Toddlers and pre-school children develop their large-muscle skills, balance and coordination as they use climbing and balancing equipment at the park. Staff closely supervise children and recognise when they may need support and encourage them to overcome difficulties. They help children problem solve and identify where to place their feet to climb down safely from the top of a climbing frame. Staff teach children new skills by modelling how to kick their legs forwards and backwards to make a swing move. Children copy these actions and take pride in making a swing move for themselves. Babies have fun playing in the nursery garden, they delight at finding puddles to splash in, laughing as they stamp their feet in the water.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to be consistent in the implementation of behaviour management strategies n enhance the implementation of mealtime routines so that the needs of all children are met.
- 26 September 2024Good
- 9 May 2024Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Toes Day Nursery Bottesford
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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