The Early Years Academy Loughborough
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Loughborough for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2013, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9–23 Months Funding: up to 30 funded hours per week; 2 Year Old Funding: 30 hours of funded childcare per week; 3 and 4 Year Old Funding: 15 hours of funded childcare per week, up to 30 hours per week for eligible working families.
Worth knowing. Funding covers childcare only. Meals, nappies, and consumables are charged separately.
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
LE11 1PEWhat 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, 5 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are supported by staff with their emotional well-being when they face changes in their lives. For example, when children have new baby siblings at home, staff offer them opportunities to role play with dolls. Prior to children moving on to school, staff provide school uniforms for children to dress up in. This activity helps children become familiar with clothing they will be wearing when they move on.
Children in the pre-school room are supported by staff to develop their confidence and interactions with others. For example, when pre-school children ask staff what other children are doing, staff encourage them to use their voices and ask their peers themselves. Children are offered experiences to broaden their learning. For example, staff show older children how to scrape flints together to make a spark to start a fire. This is carried out under the close supervision of staff to ensure children's safety.
Children are encouraged to complete tasks on their own. For instance, in the toddler room, staff encourage children to serve their own food and pour drinks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to plan more precisely to support all children to learn about the importance of oral hygiene n strengthen staff interactions with children in the toddler room to help them listen, concentrate and participate.
- 5 June 2024Good
- 14 June 2023Needs improvement
- 23 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Early Years Academy Loughborough
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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