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Precious Ones Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jun 2022)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·Austin Burke Memorial Centre, 196 Chapeltown Road, Leeds, LS7 4HZ · Leeds
Number of places
35 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jun 2022
Local authority
Leeds

About this day nursery

Precious Ones Nursery, located in Leeds, has been a cornerstone of the local community for over three decades, providing exceptional care and early education for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery is committed to fostering each child's development, ensuring they receive the best possible start in life and are empowered to reach their full potential.

Precious Ones prides itself on cultivating independent, creative, and confident learners within a stimulating, play-based environment. The dedicated team of nursery practitioners works tirelessly to create a safe, supportive, and engaging atmosphere where children can flourish, drawing on many years of combined experience.

The nursery strongly believes in collaborative partnerships with parents, recognising them as their child's primary educators. This partnership ensures that all relevant information is shared to support the child's learning and development journey, with regular feedback, progress assessments, and annual parent evenings.

Furthermore, the nursery provides healthy, balanced, and nutritious meals prepared daily by an on-site chef, with menus rotating on a four-weekly cycle to offer variety and seasonal ingredients. The nursery also boasts exciting outdoor learning environments, accessible in all weather conditions, featuring a vegetable garden, mud kitchen, climbing frame, and slide, among other amenities.

Our ethos

Precious Ones Nursery prides itself on cultivating independent, creative, and confident learners within a stimulating, play-based environment. The nursery strongly believes in collaborative partnerships with parents, recognising them as their child's primary educators.

What it's like

Children are happy and settle well at Precious Ones Nursery, making good progress and gaining a wide range of skills for future learning. Staff are attentive and create a calm atmosphere where children develop confidence and good social skills. The nursery fosters imagination and encourages good manners among children.

Long-standing community presence (30+ years)Play-based learning environmentDedicated and experienced staffPartnership with parentsOn-site chef and healthy mealsOutdoor learning environment

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured by age band for full days, with flat rates across all age groups for morning and afternoon sessions. An early start option is available. Fees are billed monthly in advance based on 51.5 weeks per year, and additional voluntary charges apply for meals.

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • Non-refundable registration fee required to secure a place.
  • Minimum booking of 2 morning/afternoon sessions or 1 full day per week.
  • Fees are calculated over 51.5 weeks per year and payable monthly in advance.
  • Late collection fees apply after scheduled pick-up times.
  • Additional voluntary charges apply for meals and snacks.
  • Government funding does not cover consumables like meals, nappies, wipes, and sun cream.

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (7:30 am early starts available on request). Closed on bank holidays and one week at Christmas.

Food

All meals, drinks, and snacks are prepared on-site by a dedicated nursery chef and are included in the standard fees. Parents can provide packed lunches if they prefer not to pay for nursery meals.

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Session types

Full Day, Morning, Afternoon

Established

1992

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Precious Ones Nursery

Last inspected 29 June 2022 · Lynne Pope

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 are happy and settle well at Precious Ones Nursery, making good progress and gaining a wide range of skills for future learning. Staff are attentive and create a calm atmosphere where children develop confidence and good social skills. The nursery fosters imagination and encourages good manners among children.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are busy throughout the day and staff are very attentive.
  • Children gain a wide range of useful skills and knowledge that prepare them well for their future learning, and school.
  • Children develop their confidence. They form secure attachments with key persons and other members of staff.
  • Members of the management team have a clear vision for the nursery and monitor staff's ongoing suitability.
  • Management and staff create a sequenced curriculum that incorporates children's emerging interests.

Areas to develop

  • 1support staff to develop their knowledge and understanding of wider safeguarding issues, such as domestic violence and witchcraft
  • 2support children in making their own choices at lunchtime to maximise their developing independence.
Inspection #10239788 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

When children run cars up and down a ramp outside, staff use words such as 'fast', 'slow', 'bumpy' and 'smooth' to support communication and language development. The inspector observed outdoor provision and its impact on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Precious Ones Nursery

5.0
(3)
Diana Munteanu
2 years ago

I had my 2 kids last year at the nursery and I was really impressed with the quality of the service. They have a very good and kind staff. My older son speech had improved significantly and he was struggling with speaking because of the tongue tie. And my younger son is making sentences of 3-5 words and he is only 2 years old. All of this was possible because of the really amazing staff.

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Inspection history

Date: March 2009

  • June 2022Good
  • April 2018Good
  • December 2014Good
  • March 2009Good

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