The Learning Tree Kindergarten & Nursery School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Peterborough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 1990, with 48 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 Peterborough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Peterborough 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
PE3 6JQWhat 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 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and thrive at this friendly nursery. Their emotional security is prioritised. Children settle into nursery life quickly and establish strong attachments with the warm and caring staff team. Babies babble and smile as staff interact with them tenderly. They freely and curiously explore the sensory properties of sound.
For example, babies bang wooden spoons on a range of different surfaces. Staff extend their learning and introduce other objects for them to bang. This helps to sharpen babies' listening skills as they learn about volume, pitch and rhythm.
Children behave well across the setting and understand the nursery's expectations of conduct. For example, children must climb several flights of stairs throughout the day to access the garden, sleep room and dining room. They listen carefully to staff when they are reminded of the rules to keep themselves safe. They take it in turns and wait patiently for their friends to go on to the next step before following in a sensible way. In addition, children develop strong leg muscles, coordination and physical endurance.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff practice so that it focuses more specifically on developing staff's teaching skills to an even higher level n support staff's awareness of any additional languages that children speak or hear at home and consider how to use this information to support children's development.
- 28 February 2023Good
- 1 June 2017Good
- 15 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Learning Tree Kindergarten & Nursery School
- 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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