Pindar Nursery (Specialist Nursery for Children Aged 2-5 Years)
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2007, with 16 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 Leicester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicester 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
LE3 9RNWhat 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, 21 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children that attend the setting have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Before children start at the setting, staff visit children and their families in their homes. Staff use the information they gain during discussions with the parents at the home visits to help new children to settle. Children develop secure attachments with the staff at the setting. Parents comment that their child often wants to stay at the setting for longer as they have enjoyed the day.
Children are supported to make choices about the toys that they want to play with.
They concentrate as they build towers out of large boxes that light up and they show delight at knocking the towers down. Staff encourage the children to rebuild the towers and make them higher than before. Staff have high expectations for what all children can achieve. Non-mobile children have a session each day to help them strengthen muscles in their arms, legs and bodies. Staff use toys that light up and make sounds that they know interest children to encourage the children to stretch and reach out for them. Staff gently reassure and encourage the children, slowing the activity down and taking the session at the child's pace to ensure that the children remain calm and comfortable while they exercise.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support all staff to have a clear understanding of the curriculum intent, so that their teaching is consistently focused on what they want children to learn n support staff to recognise when to enhance and extend children's play, particularly for quieter children at the setting.
- 21 March 2023Good
- 21 September 2022Inadequate
- 28 October 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pindar Nursery (Specialist Nursery for Children Aged 2-5 Years)
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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