What Ofsted grade does Paint Pots have?

Paint Pots was rated Good at its inspection on 19 February 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.

How many children can Paint Pots take?

Ofsted registers Paint Pots for 65 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Leicestershire has 59.

How much does Paint Pots cost?

Paint Pots sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Paint Pots offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Paint Pots how it offers them.

When was Paint Pots last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Paint Pots on 19 February 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Is Paint Pots part of a nursery group?

Yes. Paint Pots is one of 5 day nurseries in England run by Little Chiefs Day Nurseries.

Paint Pots

Day nursery in Leicestershire, LE9.

3 Riverside Court, Croft, Leicester, LE9 3HG

Run by Little Chiefs Day Nurseries

65 places

2022 registered with Ofsted

44 of 197 in our Leicestershire ranking

£123 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, East Midlands average

What Ofsted found

Good Inspected 19 February 2025

Ofsted grades for Paint Pots, inspection of 19 February 2025
Judgement	Grade
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.

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What a place could cost

Paint Pots sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in East Midlands, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£128	£404
2 years old	£130	£411
3 to 4 years old	£123	£389

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Paint Pots against Leicestershire

	Paint Pots	Leicestershire average
Places	65	59
Ofsted outcome	Good	88% rated Good or better

Other nurseries close by

Paint Pots is run by Little Chiefs Day Nurseries, which has 5 nurseries in England and 0 rated Outstanding.

Questions parents ask about Paint Pots

What Ofsted grade does Paint Pots have?: Paint Pots was rated Good at its inspection on 19 February 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
How many children can Paint Pots take?: Ofsted registers Paint Pots for 65 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Leicestershire has 59.
How much does Paint Pots cost?: Paint Pots sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Paint Pots offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Paint Pots how it offers them.
When was Paint Pots last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Paint Pots on 19 February 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Is Paint Pots part of a nursery group?: Yes. Paint Pots is one of 5 day nurseries in England run by Little Chiefs Day Nurseries.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.