Littleleaps
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Grantham for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2008, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £8.00Standard hourly or Additional hours (beyond funded hours) |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.75 Nursery hot lunch
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.50 a day Snack consumables charge (PM-only sessions)includes breakfast, snacks, and other consumable items, as
- £1.00 a day Snack consumables charge (AM-only or AM & PM sessions)AM-only sessions or AM & PM sessions, includes breakfast, snacks, and other consumable items, as
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded childcare for children from 9 months up until the child goes to school; up to 15 hours or up to 30 hours a week.
Worth knowing. Standard Funding Model - Standard Term Time - 15/30 Funded hours per week - Delivered 38 weeks of the year; Stretched Funding Model - All-year-round - 11.25/22.5 Funded hours per week - Delivered throughout the year; Families must choose a regular booking pattern that remains consistent each week; If the chosen regular booking pattern exceeds the number of government-funded hours available, any additional hours will be invoiced at £8.00 per hour; For children accessing the 3 & 4 year old Early Y.
What childcare usually costs in Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lincolnshire 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
NG31 8HQWhat 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 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the setting and are welcomed warmly by friendly and caring staff.
They quickly settle, finding familiar activities. Children develop their small-muscle skills as they carefully dip paintbrushes in paint to make marks on paper. Children benefit from fresh air as they explore the engaging outdoor area. They use their large muscles to propel themselves forward on ride-on toys and scooters, and are supported by staff as they carefully balance along a beam. Children work in harmony together as they roll small balls down a drainpipe into a bucket, cheering with delight as they watch the balls drop. They use their coordination skills to aim and throw the balls into a basket, before continuing to roll them down the pipe.
Younger children gather around the table eagerly to explore play dough. They use the developing muscles in their fingers to poke and squash the play dough.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff knowledge on how to support children who prefer solitary play, to help build on and extend the children's knowledge and skills n enhance staff's understanding of how to provide challenge for the most able children to extend their learning to the highest possible level.
- 26 January 2023Good
- 17 May 2017Good
- 4 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Littleleaps
- 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 £8.00 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.
- 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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