The Little Green Frog
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Otley for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2004, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
For children aged from 9 months of eligible working parents: 30 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year, totalling 1140 hours a year. For 2 year olds in families receiving additional forms of support: 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year, totalling 570 hours a year. For all 3 and 4 year olds: 15 hours a week for 38 weeks a year, totalling 570 hours a year or 30 hours a week/1140 hours a year whe.
Worth knowing. Families may choose to access their child’s 30 hours of FEEE completely free of additional hours and have a choice of how to do this: Two days a week, 52 weeks a year OR Three days a week, 38 weeks a year. Families may also choose to take up additional days on top of their child’s FEEE, please see fees list for charges. Families may also opt to pay for food and other sundries to be provided by The Little Green Frog during their child’s FEEE days, please see fees list for charges.
What childcare usually costs in Leeds
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leeds 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
LS21 2DFWhat 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 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy a broad range of experiences and make good progress at this stimulating nursery. They learn to solve problems and develop their sense of curiosity. For example, children mix different colours of powder paints to find out what will happen. Staff encourage children to manage risks in a safe way as they climb tyres. These opportunities support children to develop their confidence.
Children develop strong friendships in the nursery. They listen to instructions from staff and their behaviour is good. Staff support children to tell their friends if they do not like something. They help children to talk about how the actions of others makes them feel. This supports children to understand the language of emotions and begin to learn how to manage conflicts.
The programme of experiences and activities is well thought out. For example, staff arrange low-level furniture in the baby room to support babies who are learning to walk. Older children are encouraged to stand rather than sit while taking part in craft activities. This helps them to build their core-muscle strength in readiness for learning how to write.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the opportunities for children to use and further develop their independence skills, particularly during mealtimes n identify areas for development in staff's skills and knowledge, and provide targeted training and professional development opportunities to enhance staff's practice to even higher levels.
- 27 March 2023Good
- 15 November 2022Needs improvement
- 2 February 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Little Green Frog
- What it costs
- 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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