St Bernards Day Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hinckley for children from birth to 8+, open 07:15 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £76.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2016, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £76.00 | £43.00Morning or Afternoon, 5.5 hrs | £5.50additional hourly |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £4.75 a session Afternoon Sessionfunded entitlement, includes Afternoon snack and tea
- £7.75 a session Morning Sessionfunded entitlement, includes Breakfast, morning snack and lunch
- £12.50 a day Full Dayfunded entitlement
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded childcare for eligible working families from 9 months old; Funded early education for eligible 2-year-olds; Universal funded childcare for all 3 and 4-year-olds; Extended funded childcare for eligible working families.
Worth knowing. The Government’s Early Years National Funding does not cover the cost of meals, snacks, consumables or any additional hours attended outside of a child’s funded entitlement. Therefore, the below following charges apply at St Bernards Day Nursery.
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
LE10 0PLWhat 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 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Before children start attending the nursery, staff visit them in their homes. This enables children to get to know the person who will be caring for them, promoting children's emotional well-being. Children show positive relationships with staff. For example, in the baby room, children smile at staff when they play peekaboo games with them from behind a curtain. Children in the toddler room are supported by staff to share when they play with toys, using words such as 'first' and 'next' to help them know when it is their turn. Children learn how they can keep themselves safe. This includes taking part in lockdown drills with staff to help them understand what to do in the event of a critical incident.
Children are keen to engage in learning through play in this inviting nursery. This includes developing their hand-eye coordination and the muscles in their hands. For instance, in the baby room, children copy staff to scoop and pour sand into buckets. In the toddler room, staff encourage children to use plastic tweezers to pick up pom-poms. When they achieve this, children say, 'I did it,' showing pride in their achievements. Children are supported to understand what makes them unique. When they use chalk to draw people, staff help them to identify the different hair colours that they and their peers have. This contributes to children's understanding of similarities and differences.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their interactions with all pre-school children during small-group times, including those who are less confident, so they get the most from the learning offered n help staff to encourage pre-school children to learn how to take turns in conversations and to listen to the views of others.
- 4 March 2024Good
- 19 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Bernards Day Nursery Limited
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £76.00 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.
- 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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