Worthington Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Ashby De La Zouch for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2002, with 20 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
LE65 1RQWhat 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, 4 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children confidently enter this pre-school. They are warmly welcomed by staff who show how well they know the children and their families. For example, they talk to children about their new siblings and how they feel about being the older sibling.
Parents and families are invited to attend settling-in sessions and are welcome to stay as long as is necessary to ensure their children are happy. Staff use these extensive settling-in sessions to build relationships with parents and ensure they have key information to provide continuity in children's care and learning. They use this information to support children to develop positive attachments with them, which supports children to feel safe and secure.
Staff offer children lots of praise and reassurance. This builds children's confidence and self-esteem. Children demonstrate positive attitudes to learning and happily try out new things. For example, children mix water with the sand, as it is too dry to build sand castles, and persevere in their hunt for shells in the sand. Children giggle and laugh as they find different types of shells, which encourages them to keep on trying and not to give up. Staff interact with the children to develop children's resilience and create a can-do attitude to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to challenge and extend children's learning, to help children to achieve as much as they are able to n enhance how staff develop their interactions with children, to allow children time to express their own thoughts and ideas.
- 4 September 2024Good
- 13 September 2018Good
- 5 October 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Worthington Pre-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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