Partou Lidgett Lane Day Nursery & Pre-School
Good★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leeds for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2011, with 60 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
LS8 1PLWhat 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, 24 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive a warm welcome and settle quickly when they arrive. They are happy and have formed secure emotional attachments to their key person. The self-confidence of older children is developing strongly. They are confident to approach and talk with unfamiliar visitors, engaging them in their imaginative play.
Children show consistently good levels of excitement and engage enthusiastically in the activities that staff provide for them. Children are kind and courteous towards each other. They share, take turns and use their manners. They tidy away enthusiastically and listen attentively to instructions. Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. Consequently, children behave well.
All children enjoy their growing independence. Babies learn to use spoons and feed themselves. Toddlers are keen to pour their own drinks at lunchtime. Older children enjoy the responsibility of setting the table for lunchtime. Children of all ages engage in a range of sensory and messy-play experiences. Toddlers use brushes and rollers to investigate and make patterns with paint. They explore the texture on their hands and run it through their fingers as they play. Older children manipulate and handle a variety of small objects, and have good control of tools, such as scissors and tweezers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the way that observations and assessments are used, so that planning for children's next steps is even more precise and helps all children make rapid progress from their starting points n enhance the outdoor learning opportunities for younger children.
- 24 January 2023Good
- 22 November 2022Inadequate
- 24 November 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Lidgett Lane Day Nursery & Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
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