Lynton Childcare
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £72.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2003, with 18 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
48 weeks a year, price list dated May 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £62.50Short Day – Non-Funded £72.00– Non-Funded | £13.50After School Club – Barwell Infants School £38.00Half Day – Non-Funded | £8.00Extra Hours |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.00 a half day Funded Hours – Half Day – Additional Extras
- £17.00 a day Funded Hours – Full or Short Day – Additional Extras
Funded hours
Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) for eligible children aged 9 months to 4 years, offering 15–30 funded hours per week.
Worth knowing. Funding covers childcare hours only; meals and activities are classed as Additional Extras. Additional Extras provide the full nursery experience. If families choose to opt out, certain services and enhancements will not be available.
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
LE9 8BPWhat 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, 4 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy attending this homely and welcoming nursery. They settle quickly with the help of warm and encouraging staff and begin to explore resources and activities. Children access a varied, exciting curriculum that builds on their interests. They explore a pestle and mortar, using their fine-motor skills to grind down chalk and mix it with sand. They then use water and wooden spoons to mix it to a paste. Staff use clever questioning techniques to discover what the children already know, and build on their knowledge by suggesting what may happen next.
Children discover with delight that by mixing two colours, they can make a different colour.
Children work well together to create perfumes in the inviting outdoor area. They carefully and safely use their small-motor skills to manipulate scissors to snip a variety of herbs. They smell these and guess which herbs they have cut. Children carefully handle funnels to tip the perfume into the pot. They comment 'I need to be very careful' as they gently push the herbs in first. The children then work out how to use the spray. Staff encourage the children to name their perfume, using their literacy skills to think of letter sounds.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff practice so that they receive coaching and support that helps them improve the implementation of planned activities.
- 4 August 2022Good
- 27 August 2015Outstanding
- 10 October 2011Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Lynton Childcare
- 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 £72.00 a day 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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