Teapots Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Broughton Astley 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2022. Open since 2000, with 90 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 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 6REWhat 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, 27 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery full of enthusiasm and ready to start their day.
Toddlers and pre-school children greet staff by name and settle into their chosen play immediately. Babies and younger children happily hold out their arms to familiar staff as they arrive. Children show that they feel safe as they move easily and confidently around the spaces available to them and play with a range of equipment.
Pre-school children are eager to learn and show good mathematical skills as they recognise numbers from zero to at least 10. They enjoy discovering how scales work by adding and removing items. Staff support them to challenge their skills and praise them highly for their achievements. Babies and young children thoroughly enjoy exploring the experiences provided. They show curiosity as they immerse themselves in a variety of sensory and messy play with items such as cereal, dough and paint. Children use their imaginations well. For example, preschool children use a large cardboard box as their 'stage' and enjoy singing and dancing to their 'audience'. Toddlers use their imagination as they move cars and other vehicles in flour, pretending this is mud and sand. Babies play with role-play cups and pots and share these with staff, as they pretend to drink and eat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide greater outdoor learning opportunities for children who prefer this way of learning n help staff to recognise when children would benefit from more adult interactions to extend and encourage their early speaking skills further n strengthen procedures for staff's professional development opportunities, to raise the standard of teaching even higher.
- 27 April 2022Good
- 3 August 2017Good
- 14 December 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Teapots Day Nursery
- 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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