The City Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Leicester for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 4 days a week. £68.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1980, with 160 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £46.00Part Time - Morning or Part Time - Afternoon £68.00Care |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.00 a week Contribution for consumables (15 funded hours)includes meals (snack, dinner, and pudding) and uniform
- £20.00 a week Contribution for consumables (30 funded hours)includes meals (snack, dinner, and pudding) and uniform
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
9 months+ working parents 15 hours; 2 years universal 15 hours or 30 hours extended for working parents; All 3 and 4 year olds 15 or 30 hours based on eligibility.
Worth knowing. 15 hours FEEE: 2 days a week 9:00 - 16:30 (38 weeks per year); 30 hours FEEE: 4 days a week 09:00 - 16:30 (38 Weeks per year); Parents will be required to contribute towards consumables, including meals (snack, dinner, and pudding) and uniform. The contribution is £10 per week for 15 funded hours or £20 per week for 30 funded hours.
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
LE1 1PAWhat 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, 28 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled in this welcoming nursery. They arrive with beaming smiles and enthusiasm for the day as staff warmly greet them. Staff care for the children attentively, which supports their emotional well-being. They offer warm hugs and speak softly to all children. Children develop strong relationships with staff, which help them to feel safe and secure. The staff display photos of children, giving them a real sense of belonging.
Staff plan exciting activities and use good intonation and enthusiasm in their spoken voice when singing, reading and speaking, which supports children's communication and language skills. Children are highly engaged as staff pretend to cast a spell using a magic stick, which creates excitement among the children as they mix red and yellow paint in their hands. Staff ask children to close their eyes as they wait for the spell to end. Staff encourage children's thinking as they ask what colour they have made, and children shout 'orange'. Older children are excited to act out their favourite stories and rhymes, supporting their literacy skills.
As staff read children's stories, they leave off the end of sentences for children to finish. This helps to keep children engaged, enables them to contribute to the storytelling and develops their early literacy skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to include quieter children in discussions so they can build confidence and have their voices heard n help children to develop independence skills and complete tasks for themselves.
- 28 October 2024Good
- 25 October 2018Good
- 1 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The City Nursery Ltd
- 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
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 £68.00 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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