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The Lighthouse Day Care Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Sept 2025)
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4.4(9 parent reviews) ·8 Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 5JF · Warwickshire
Number of places
49 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Warwickshire

About this day nursery

The Lighthouse Day Care Nursery in Leamington Spa offers high-quality childcare and education for children aged 6 months to school entry. Rated "Good" by Ofsted (September 2025), the nursery provides a secure and stimulating environment where children are cared for by dedicated, experienced, and passionate key workers.

Eighty percent of the nursery nurses are fully qualified. The nursery boasts extensive indoor and outdoor play equipment, including a large, natural garden.

Children are encouraged to develop a wide range of skills aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, focusing on problem-solving, literacy, physical development, creative expression, and crucial personal, social, and emotional skills. The nursery prioritises preparing children for school by fostering confidence and active learning.

Parent involvement is highly valued, with daily handovers, regular review sessions, and various events. Meals are home-cooked by a qualified chef using ingredients from Sainsbury's, with babies' meals tailored to their needs.

Located in a beautiful listed building near Warwickshire College, the nursery has been operating for 14 years, has won several quality awards, and currently maintains a waiting list due to being full.

What it's like

Staff create a well-resourced and thoughtfully organised environment where children feel safe and secure. Children settle quickly, show happiness and confidence, and build warm, caring relationships with staff, who know them extremely well. Staff engage positively throughout the day, helping children feel valued and supported.

Ofsted-rated GoodHome-cooked mealsLarge natural gardenEYFS Curriculum

Pricing & funding

The nursery offers funded childcare delivered in two specific daily sessions. An additional charge is applied to cover activities, food, and consumables during funded hours.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
  • Activities, food and consumables during funded hours (frequency unspecified)£18.50 / session

Good to know

  • Funded sessions run daily from 10.33 to 14.16 and 14.16 to 18.00.
  • Six sessions over three days provide 22.35 funded hours per week (51 weeks of the year) or 95 hours per month.
  • An extra fee is charged for activities, food, and consumables during funded hours.

Key facts

Food

Home-cooked meals by a qualified chef, with ingredients from Sainsbury's. Baby meals are tailored to individual needs.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Age range

6 months to school age

Term time / All Year

All Year

Waitlist

Currently full with a waiting list.

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Lighthouse Day Care Nursery

Last inspected 8 September 2025 · Jas Gill

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

Staff create a well-resourced and thoughtfully organised environment where children feel safe and secure. Children settle quickly, show happiness and confidence, and build warm, caring relationships with staff, who know them extremely well. Staff engage positively throughout the day, helping children feel valued and supported.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff create a calm and nurturing environment where they build secure, trusting relationships with children.
  • As children move through the nursery, they gain confidence and independence.
  • Staff promote positive behaviour and set high expectations.
  • Staff design a broad and well-thought-out curriculum.
  • Children benefit from a wide range of physical and creative activities indoors and outdoors.

Areas to develop

  • 1embed the new planning approach so whole-group activities are consistently designed and delivered to motivate children and extend their learning
  • 2strengthen consistency in teaching across the provision, enabling the sharing of excellent practice and raising quality even further.
Inspection #10413641 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents praise the nursery's 'homely feel', effective communication and the good progress their children make.

They value the homely feel, the nutritious home- cooked meals and the good progress their children make, particularly in communication and language.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff assess progress carefully, plan next steps and provide tailored support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) through targeted plans led by designated leaders. Leaders implement individualised plans effectively and work with staff, parents and external agencies to ensure that children access the help they need.

Outdoor space

Children thrive indoors and outdoors, showing excitement as they dig in the mud kitchen, pour water and experiment with sand. Children benefit from a wide range of physical and creative activities indoors and outdoors.

Parent Reviews of The Lighthouse Day Care Nursery

4.4
(9)
Satvinder Gata-Aura
a year ago

Nursery seems upside down. I put my child on a waiting list and I got a message to call back to discuss a place. I have called back 4 times, spoken to people and even emailed but no one responds. I have lost faith that if my child went to this nursery there would be clear communication.

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Victoria Woodhams
8 years ago

We couldn't be happier with the Lighthouse. Such a great team and our two boys are so well looked after.

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Inspection history

Date: May 2008

  • September 2025Good
  • February 2020Outstanding
  • November 2014Outstanding
  • June 2011Good
  • May 2008Outstanding

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