The Den Farmside
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Coalville for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2024. Open since 2018, with 51 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
LE67 3SHWhat 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, 10 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children in the baby room access equipment to help develop their physical skills.
They climb steps and receive reminders from staff to sit at the top of slides before they go down, promoting their safety. After children go down a slide, they smile in recognition of staff clapping their hands to reward their achievements. Children in the baby room have opportunities to develop their speaking skills. For instance, when staff play alongside them during a painting activity, they talk to children about the colours they use. Children begin to copy staff's words as they begin to identify different colours themselves.
Older children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to implement knowledge from in-house training to help build on children's learning n help staff to offer all parents ideas about how they can continue to support their child's individual learning at home.
- 10 October 2024Good
- 17 October 2018Good
- 4 July 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Den Farmside
- 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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