Partou Roundhay Day Nursery & Pre-School

Spanish songs, ballet and an age-divided garden give this converted house on North Park Avenue a recognisable character. Partou Roundhay Day Nursery & Pre-School combines natural play resources indoors with community outings and food cooked in its own kitchen. These are practical attractions: children have different ways to explore, move and encounter the neighbourhood beyond nursery.

At its January 2023 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good and found safeguarding effective, while asking for better engagement of quieter children and more consistent hygiene. That judgement belongs to that date. The current setting has capacity for 75 children and accepts ages from 3 to 60 months.

Full days, morning and afternoon sessions, an early start and term-time attendance give families several ways to arrange childcare.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage sets the requirements for children's learning, development and care, with play providing opportunities to practise language, movement and early mathematical ideas. In January 2023, children explored number by counting construction blocks, developed hand control through chalkboard mark-making and encountered words about size and shape while manipulating dough. Learning was embedded in things children could touch and do.

At that time, resources were positioned within children's reach, including low tables that encouraged babies to pull themselves up and investigate. Staff extended play through conversation and questions: younger children encountered new vocabulary, while older children were encouraged to work out solutions. The important distinction was between merely providing an activity and helping a child think through it.

Today's enrichment includes ‘Bilingua’ Sing, which introduces Spanish to babies and preschool children through singing and play. Baby Ballet adds music and movement for children aged 2 to 3, with an emphasis on balance and coordination. These sessions add Spanish songs and music-led movement to the everyday early years programme.

Outdoor and Community Life

A large outdoor area is separated by age, allowing equipment and play opportunities to match children's developmental stages. Indoors, the converted house has bright rooms furnished with natural resources. For families choosing between settings, the combination of indoor materials and age-appropriate outdoor space is more useful than a general promise of busy days.

Regular community outings take children to care homes, churches, shops and parks, including seasonal walks. These experiences broaden the day beyond the nursery's own activities and introduce children to people and places around them. Regular does not mean a fixed weekly timetable.

In January 2023, outdoor activity included balance bikes, tricycles and ball games. Children practised steering around obstacles, kicking and throwing, while staff used shared equipment to reinforce turn-taking. Physical play and social learning happened together.

Relationships and Communication

In January 2023, settling involved several introductory visits and time with a child's key person, both for new starters and children changing rooms. Staff offered comfort when children became upset. For a parent, the useful detail is the opportunity to build familiarity before expecting a child to manage a new routine.

Daily feedback and parents' evenings were part of communication at that time, alongside advice about toilet training and eating habits. The current online learning journal supplies photographs, updates and information about development. It gives families a way to follow nursery experiences beyond a brief conversation at collection.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

In January 2023, everyday independence developed through small responsibilities: toddlers poured water, younger children practised feeding themselves, and preschool children served food and prepared fruit and vegetables. Staff also passed information to local schools when children moved on. These were practical preparations for the next stage, rather than claims about an admissions advantage.

The same dated account identified hygiene weaknesses: older children were not consistently prompted to wash after using the toilet, and staff handwashing after wiping noses was inconsistent. Quieter children also needed more encouragement to participate in shared play and group activities. Both points matter because a busy activity programme alone does not establish how consistently each child is included or everyday care routines are followed.

Current security arrangements include controlled door access and CCTV, while practitioners hold paediatric first-aid certificates and undertake safeguarding training. These describe the arrangements in place, rather than a new safeguarding judgement.

An on-site chef cooks meals and snacks daily in the nursery kitchen, using a seasonal menu. Food preparation within the setting makes meals part of its everyday routine.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is 60 North Park Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds, LS8 1HS. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Full-day bookings run from 8am to 6pm; morning sessions run from 8am to 1pm, and afternoons from 1pm to 6pm. An early-start session covers 7.30am to 8am. This distinction matters: the opening window includes time outside the standard full-day booking.

Year-round and term-time attendance are both offered. Bank holidays are closure days, Christmas Eve finishes at 4pm, and the nursery closes between Christmas and New Year. Charges apply over 51 weeks, including bank holidays, so families should distinguish the billing period from days when childcare operates.

The Roundhay enquiry form accepts requests about fees and nursery visits, with morning or afternoon preferences for a visit. On-site parking adds a practical advantage for families travelling by car.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare is offered through Leeds Local Authority. The arrangements cover 15 or 30 hours per week across 38 term weeks, subject to eligibility and a maximum of 10 funded hours a day, with term-time delivery or funding stretched across 51 weeks for year-round attendance. Stretched funding provides 11.17 or 22.35 funded hours weekly. Additional private care is charged separately.

Meals and snacks are charged separately from care, as are consumables such as sun cream, nappies and wet wipes. These charges also apply during funded sessions: funding covers the care component. Families therefore need to consider the whole invoice, rather than treating funded hours as covering every part of attendance.

Registration involves either a non-refundable registration charge or a deposit to reserve the place, with eligibility governed by the terms and conditions. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

• Quieter children's participation. Encouraging less vocal children into purposeful activities was an improvement point in January 2023. During a visit, ask how practitioners involve a child who prefers to watch before joining in.
• Everyday hygiene. January 2023 highlighted inconsistent handwashing reminders and staff practice. Ask how these routines are supervised now, including after independent toilet use.
• The complete attendance cost. Meals, snacks and consumables remain separately chargeable during funded sessions, and billing includes bank holidays. Review the written quotation against your chosen attendance pattern.
• Choosing a session. Morning, afternoon and full-day bookings have different boundaries, with an early start sold separately. The early start extends care before the standard full day begins.

Roundhay suits families considering either shorter morning or afternoon sessions or full-day attendance, with term-time and year-round arrangements also offered. The converted house, age-divided outdoor area, Spanish singing and ballet provide concrete reasons to consider it. The January 2023 Good judgement offers a dated quality reference, balanced by specific improvement points on participation and hygiene. The strongest decision will connect those daily-care questions with the attendance pattern and complete charge structure your family needs.