Opening hours
7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, all year round, except for the week between Christmas and New Year.
Dinky Dizzys
Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
Number of places
26 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Leeds
About this day nursery
Dinky Dizzys, located in Crossgates, Leeds, provides childcare for children aged 2 to 4 years old. Open from 7:30 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, all year round with the exception of the Christmas and New Year week, the nursery offers a welcoming and stimulating environment where staff have a secure understanding of how young children learn.
The latest Ofsted inspection, on 16th September 2025, rated Dinky Dizzys as 'Good', highlighting the significant improvements made since the previous inspection. Children at Dinky Dizzys build strong relationships with their key person, settle quickly, and are continuously engaged through a fun and varied programme of play.
The nursery focuses on fostering children's physical skills, offering activities like using paint rollers and water to make marks on outdoor surfaces and delivering movement sessions that contribute to excellent balance and core strength. Children develop an early awareness of mathematical concepts through activities like identifying shapes and counting.
Dinky Dizzys effectively engages with external professionals to support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), using additional funding to meet individual learning needs. Parents have provided positive feedback, noting the friendly and nurturing staff and observing their children making good progress and growing in confidence.
What it's like
Staff greet children with a smile on arrival and have a secure understanding of how young children learn. They create a welcoming and stimulating environment, where children explore, investigate, and develop an early awareness of mathematical concepts. Children develop strong relationships with their key person and settle quickly, remaining continually busy and occupied through a fun programme of play.
Welcoming environmentStrong key-person relationshipsGood physical developmentEffective SEND provisionPositive parent feedbackContinuous improvements
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)
Key facts
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Dinky Dizzys
Last inspected 16 September 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff greet children with a smile on arrival and have a secure understanding of how young children learn. They create a welcoming and stimulating environment, where children explore, investigate, and develop an early awareness of mathematical concepts. Children develop strong relationships with their key person and settle quickly, remaining continually busy and occupied through a fun programme of play.
Inspector highlights
- Management and staff have worked hard to make improvements since the last inspection, undertaking training and effectively implementing new learning to enhance teaching quality.
- Robust and supportive arrangements for staff supervision and management make staff feel valued and passionate about their work.
- Staff maintain good partnerships with parents, communicating daily and sharing ideas to extend learning at home.
- Staff observe and assess children's progress to plan activities that build on their existing knowledge and skills.
- Children are well-behaved, cooperating with each other and understanding routines, while staff promote children's good health effectively.
Areas to develop
- 1organise planned activities more effectively to fully engage children in learning
- 2provide clearer information for parents about healthy options for children's food and drink to promote children's understanding of healthy lifestyles.
Inspection #10380195 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
"parents feel the staff are friendly and nurturing."
"They comment that their children are making good progress and have grown in confidence."
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Engagement with external professionals is effective. For example, management seek advice from specialists and target support for children who have gaps in their learning. Any additional funding the nursery receives is used to support the individual needs of the children.
Outdoor space
Staff plan a good variety of activities to support children's physical skills. For example, children use paint rollers and water to make marks on outdoor walls and fences. Staff deliver movement sessions, contributing to children's excellent balance and core physical strength.
Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2025
Date: December 2024
- September 2025Good
- December 2024Requires improvement
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