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Cherry Tree Day Nursery in Leicester

Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2022)
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5.0(30 parent reviews) ·Colby Lodge Farm, Warren Drive, Leicester, LE4 9WU · Leicester
Number of places
37 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
Leicester

About this day nursery

Cherry Tree Day Nursery in Thurmaston, Leicester, offers a secure and nurturing "home from home" environment for children. The nursery focuses on supporting each child's individual development and cultural background, aiming to build cultural capital and prepare them for future journeys.

They provide a diverse range of engaging learning opportunities, fostering a fun and happy atmosphere where children are encouraged to make choices through flexible and free play. The nursery values and listens to each child, promoting routines, rules, and boundaries within an enabling environment that adapts to individual interests and employs a holistic approach.

Above all, Cherry Tree Day Nursery celebrates each child's unique identity.

Our ethos

Cherry Tree Day Nursery focuses on supporting each child's individual development and cultural background, building cultural capital and preparing them for future journeys. They provide a diverse range of engaging learning opportunities, fostering a fun and happy atmosphere where children are encouraged to make choices through flexible and free play. The nursery values and listens to each child, promoting routines, rules, and boundaries within an enabling environment that adapts to individual interests and employs a holistic approach, celebrating each child's unique identity.

What it's like

Children enter this warm and welcoming nursery with a smile. They happily explore their surroundings and quickly choose their favourite toys. Children play imaginatively in the role-play kitchen and develop their communication skills by singing familiar songs and their core strength by participating in yoga.

Home-from-home environmentFocus on cultural capitalIndividualised learning

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged based on full weeks, full days, morning (8am-1pm) or afternoon (1pm-6pm) sessions, with discounted packages for five mornings or afternoons. Stretched funding is available over 51 weeks of the year. Funded sessions are subject to additional charges for meals, snacks, and consumables.

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
  • Full Week£255 / week
  • Morning Only (8am-1pm)£33 / session
  • Full Day£55 / day
  • Afternoon Only (1pm-6pm)£31 / session
  • 5 Mornings£145 / week

Good to know

  • Stretched funding is available over 51 weeks of the year to make care more affordable.
  • Admissions for free nursery education follow a termly intake.
  • Funded places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and can be booked a term in advance.
  • Additional charges apply for funded children's meals, snacks, and consumables like sun cream and trips.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm

Age range

6 weeks to 5 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Staff

small setting

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Cherry Tree Day Nursery

Last inspected 9 December 2022 · Stephanie North

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children enter this warm and welcoming nursery with a smile. They happily explore their surroundings and quickly choose their favourite toys. Children play imaginatively in the role-play kitchen and develop their communication skills by singing familiar songs and their core strength by participating in yoga.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff sequence the curriculum for all children effectively.
  • Partnerships with parents are robust.
  • Children with additional needs have positive learning outcomes.
  • Staff weave supporting healthy lifestyles into play.
  • Children's behaviour is good.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to identify quieter children and include them more in group activities
  • 2enhance staff's teaching to follow children's emerging choices, to promote further engagement in their learning.
Inspection #10250919 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents feel that the communication between themselves and the nursery about what their children are learning is good.

They comment that they feel the staff nurture their children, and the nursery is fun and homely.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with additional needs have positive learning outcomes. There are systems in place to ensure swift support, helping the children to succeed and thrive. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Children develop their large-muscle skills as they climb and balance before propelling themselves down the slide. They push wheeled toys along and explore hoops as they roll and throw them across the garden.

Inspection history

Most recent inspection

9 December 2022

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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