Kiddycare Nursery Melton Road

Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi and Portuguese are spoken by staff at this Golden Mile nursery, where an all-weather outdoor play area and raised planting beds give children room to move and grow things. Language and practical discovery give Melton Road its character. These are useful details for families who want home languages recognised alongside opportunities for active play.

Ofsted rated Kiddycare Nursery Melton Road Outstanding at its 18 May 2023 inspection. The detail behind that judgement matters: children explored ice and flowers, discussed the marks shells made in dough and took increasing responsibility for everyday tasks. Those examples belong to May 2023, rather than being a timetable for today.

The nursery has capacity for 65 children aged 1 to 60 months. Full-time and part-time attendance are offered, with separate holiday club care for children up to 8 years old.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage is the framework for children's learning, development and care: it connects play and everyday experiences with learning to communicate, move, build relationships and become independent. It is the common foundation for early years provision, rather than an extra programme unique to Melton Road.

In May 2023, sensory exploration gave children concrete things to investigate. Flowers suspended in ice and bubbly water invited touching and experimenting, while soft-play stepping stones brought movement into the day. With shells and dough, staff drew attention to impressions and patterns, then encouraged children to connect the activity with their own seaside experiences. The interest came from materials children could handle, rather than an abstract explanation.

Language also ran through ordinary tasks in May 2023. Preparing their own snack introduced children to words for the different parts of fruit, while planting seeds gave preschool children something to explain and demonstrate. Babies moved between exploratory activities and babbled as they played. These examples show how conversation can sit inside practical activity instead of being reserved for a separate lesson.

Outdoor and Community Life

Separate playrooms support a day that combines quieter activity with busier play, both indoors and outside. The large outdoor area has an all-weather surface, and raised beds allow planting and growing to form part of children's experience. That gives gardening a physical place in the nursery, alongside space for movement.

Melton Road sits within Leicester's Golden Mile. Staff languages include Portuguese as well as Hindi, Gujarati and Punjabi, making the language offer a concrete part of this branch's identity. For a child whose family uses one of these languages, familiar words can help connect home and nursery life.

At the May 2023 inspection, Ofsted found safeguarding effective and praised SEND support built around individual plans, collaboration with speech therapists and early years support teams, and consistent staff practice that helped children progress.

In May 2023, relationships with key staff were warm and close. Children were encouraged to handle everyday tasks themselves: babies fed themselves, younger children washed and dried their hands, and preschool children helped with cleaning and supported friends. These are small responsibilities with practical value. Independence included caring for shared surroundings as well as managing personal needs.

Children using English as an additional language received support in both English and their home language in May 2023. This placed familiar language alongside new vocabulary, rather than treating the two as separate parts of a child's life. Staff also used a tambourine as an attention signal and modelled polite exchanges over shared equipment, giving behaviour expectations a recognisable routine.

Staff development in May 2023 included supervision, observations by colleagues and discussion of how professional learning affected the children. Parents valued communication and preparation for school at that time. Together, those details describe attention to both staff practice and the information families received about their children.

A cook prepares meals and snacks for the branch. In May 2023, children also took part in supervised toothbrushing and conversations about vegetables, linking food and everyday hygiene with learning about health.

Sessions and Attendance

Full-time and part-time care are offered. Opening hours are 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; these are the nursery's opening window, rather than separate morning or afternoon booking times. It operates throughout the year and closes on bank holidays. Holiday clubs extend care to children up to 8 years old during school holidays.

The address is 71 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 6PN, on the main routes into and out of town. The branch telephone number is 0116 2680258, and there is an enquiry route specifically for Melton Road.

Funding and Paid Extras

In May 2023, the nursery provided funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children. Families comparing attendance costs should use the nursery's current written quotation.

• Your child's language. Staff speak Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi and Portuguese. At a visit, discuss how the language your child uses at home would fit into settling and everyday communication.
• Attendance and charges. Full-time and part-time care sit within a weekday opening window of 7.45am to 6pm. At a visit, discuss how full-time or part-time care would fit your family's routine.
• Outdoor play for your child's age. The all-weather play area and raised planting beds offer different kinds of activity. A visit can explore how your child's age group uses those spaces and how quieter play fits around the busier parts of the day.

Melton Road suits families seeking either full-time attendance or part-time care, especially those who value its named staff languages and outdoor planting space. Its Outstanding judgement dates to May 2023, supported by detailed examples of hands-on learning and practical independence. The strongest reasons to consider this branch are concrete: multilingual staff, separate playrooms, an all-weather outdoor area and raised beds, with year-round weekday operation.