Angels Pre School

Language support and outdoor play give Angels Pre School its character. On Martin Street in Leicester, staff speak or understand Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati, while a gardening area serves both children and the community. These are useful specifics for families seeking care that connects with their home language and gives children space to explore outside.

Ofsted rated Angels Pre School Outstanding at its 10 October 2022 inspection. That is a dated judgement, rather than a description of every aspect of today's provision. The setting has capacity for 40 children, with a current age range of 24 to 60 months.

Full-time and part-time care sit alongside flexible funded sessions. Separate playrooms accommodate different developmental stages, with quieter activities balanced against busier play.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage provides the framework for children's learning, development and care: children build skills through play, conversation and everyday experiences. Angels combines indoor and outdoor activities, with separate playrooms allowing experiences to be organised around children's developmental stages.

In October 2022, measuring was woven into several kinds of play. Children used scales while making salt dough, weighing pretend food and comparing water and objects outside. The practical value was repetition with a purpose: an idea introduced during one activity could be tried again in another setting.

Language learning also ran through the October 2022 day. Staff introduced vocabulary in conversation and gave children opportunities to use new words meaningfully. They learnt words from children's home languages too. Visual prompts and translation helped children learning English participate in play, rather than making language a separate task they had to complete first.

Diwali provided another concrete example in October 2022: children made diva lamps from salt dough and discussed festivals and one another's backgrounds. Making something together gave those conversations a practical starting point.

Outdoor and Community Life

The outdoor play area includes a gardening area for children and the community. It adds an activity beyond energetic play and creates a shared connection with the setting's surroundings.

In October 2022, outdoor experiences included cycling and climbing. Older children demonstrated bicycle riding to others, with staff explaining in English and children's home languages. Children also helped friends balance and cleared wet benches. Physical activity brought opportunities to practise cooperation as well as movement.

Relationships and Communication

Close contact with parents, including those developing their English, is part of Angels' current approach. The languages understood or spoken by staff give some families another way to communicate about their child's day and needs.

In October 2022, settling was adapted to individual children. Those who needed more time before joining activities had their feelings recognised and were allowed space. Some families had flexible timetables around appointments or opportunities for children to catch up after missed attendance. These were individual arrangements at that time, rather than a universal booking promise.

Family support extended beyond conversations about nursery activities in October 2022. Cooking groups helped parents prepare healthier food, while play workshops showed ways to support learning at home. Individual resources supported English alongside home languages, and translation helped with meetings and newsletters. This made communication practical: families had activities and materials they could use themselves.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

At the October 2022 inspection, Ofsted found that individual support helped children make excellent progress, that staff worked effectively with other agencies on language needs, and that safeguarding arrangements were effective. Those findings give substance to the overall grade while remaining tied to that visit.

The current branch team holds qualifications at Level 3 or above. Snacks are prepared on site using the Children's Food Trust Eat Better Start Better program as guidance for their preparation.

Sessions and Attendance

Angels offers full-time care, part-time care and flexible funded childcare sessions. Opening hours are 7:45am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday; the setting operates across the year and closes on bank holidays. Full-time and part-time describe the attendance choices, while the opening window gives the practical limits of the day.

Breakfast club, after-school club and holiday club provision also operates, with a school pick-up and drop-off service. This is a separate offer for older children, up to 11 years old, rather than an extension of the preschool age range.

Getting There

The address is Martin Street, Leicester LE4 6EU. The branch can be contacted on 0116 2661544, and a visit can be booked.

Funding and Paid Extras

Flexible funded childcare sessions are offered alongside full-time and part-time care. Families should obtain a current written quotation for their chosen arrangement so that the booking and its costs can be considered together.

• Language and settling. Staff speak or understand Gujarati, Hindi and Punjabi, and individual settling arrangements were a feature in October 2022. On a visit, discuss how communication and settling would work for your child.
• Funded sessions and everyday costs. Flexible funded sessions are part of the offer. Ask which entitlement and attendance arrangement would apply, and how meals and consumables would be handled in the written quotation.
• Outdoor play. A gardening area is part of the current outdoor space; cycling and climbing featured in October 2022. A visit is an opportunity to discuss how your child would use that space through the day.

Angels suits families choosing either full-time or part-time preschool care, including those considering flexible funded sessions. Its clearest practical strengths are multilingual communication, separate developmental playrooms and the outdoor gardening area. The October 2022 Outstanding judgement adds a substantial inspection benchmark. Families who value support with English alongside their home language have specific reasons to consider this setting.