Our Nursery

Leo’s Arnold Day Nursery is located on St Albans Road in Arnold, which is a quiet street and just a few minutes’ walk from Sainsburys and the town centre. There is a large, free-of-charge car park behind the nursery making drop-off and collections relaxed and easy.

Our recently completely renovated nursery is set in a large, detached, period property. It is packed with original features including big sash windows which give us bright and airy rooms, flooded with natural light.

Huge refurbishment of both the indoor and outdoor environments in 2020 maintains Leo’s reputation for the highest quality

Our Leo’s Day Nursery Arnold is one of our more recently refurbished day nurseries near Nottingham City. Its massive internal refurbishment was completed in 2020 and as part of the refurbishment we also extensively re-resourced and re-equipped the indoor environment, transforming it into an all-natural space. The majority of the furniture is now ‘Community Playthings’ – which is the highest quality age-specific nursery furniture available, and made of solid beechwood. We redecorated in a natural and calming colour palette which has given all of our rooms a soothing ambience.

We also completely refurbished and re-equipped our garden area and we believe our outdoor play space is a ‘stand out’ feature of the nursery, particularly for our children. Two beautiful mature trees – here long before our refurbishment – provide peace and serenity, the feeling of which is only permeated by the giggles, booming laughter and joyful shouts of the children. These trees are surrounded by lawn, and our many garden features – a sand pit, digging area, ‘mud kitchen’, wooden tee-pee for creative and imaginative play and an ‘Outdoor Classroom’.

Curiosity Approach’ at the heart of our resources

Our nursery has been carefully planned to support children to get the most out of their time spent with us. We follow ‘The Curiosity Approach’ which means that loose parts, authentic objects and open-ended resources – alongside more well-known educational resources – form the basis of our exciting curriculum.

Every child’s nursery experience is personalised to who they are

We work hard to understand every child – what they enjoy doing, what their preferred learning style is and the kinds of things that they like to play with – in order to personalise their experience at the nursery and support their individual journey.

Our families are closely involved in nursery life

Our staff are genuinely interested in supporting children to learn and to grow, and develop great relationships with both children and families alike. We want families to feel just as much a part of our nursery as our children and want our parents to feel included in their child’s journey with us. We often have family members involved in activities at the nursery, which really promotes learning opportunities for all and supports our philosophy on partnership working. We feel part of the local community too and are active in working with local groups and agencies.

OFSTED have rated our day nursery in Arnold as “Good”.

This day nursery can accommodate children aged from 3 months to 4 years old

Register your interest now by contacting us.

What Our Parents Say

Very talented and caring staff. My son really loved this nursery. He learnt a lot in all aspects from communication, relationship building, being independent, to learning maths, shapes, letters, word, sentences etc. Really pleased with the development. Thanks to all the lovely staff, you are all the best.

Vaibhav H (Father of Child)

My daughter has been in the nursery since the Baby Room. It has been an incredible journey. Now she is in the pre-school and every day she is excited to go to the nursery. She loves the staff, her key worker, the other kids, the setting (especially the garden). She really enjoys all the activities organised through the week/day. She enjoys and has fun while learning. The staff encourage and support multilingual families making the kids feel proud they can speak more than one language. Now the staff are also getting her ready to go to school this September. The staff have always been amazing, very approachable, flexible and caring.

B C (Father of Child)

The staff are so kind and caring, they all know my daughter even those in different rooms. She skips in to see them every day and they are as excited as me when she does new things. It's a home away from home.

H G (Mother of Child)

I can't thank the staff enough for giving me peace of mind when my child is with them. The number and variety of activities each day is amazing and the fact they manage to get in the garden or go on trips - even in winter is fantastic. My child's development is streets ahead of his peers who don't attend nursery.

S H (Mother of Child)

The nursery has a lovely nurturing and vibrant atmosphere which my son loves. There is plenty of space for him to explore and learn via the vast range of toys and equipment they have. I know he is well cared for. I am always well informed and I work together with the nursery staff to give my son the best possible experience.

Claire F (Mother of Child) 

The care, consideration and attention my son receives is exemplary. Staff pay attention to his strengths and weaknesses and verbalise them to us and ideas for developing them are implemented. All staff demonstrate an excellent attitude and have excellent relationships with their designated children.

A D (Father of Child)

The staff were warm, caring and professional and the facilities are great. We felt like our daughter was part of a big family. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all working there.

E S (Mother of Child)

I have been impressed by the level of care given to my son since he started. The daily warm welcome of the staff makes both children and parents alike feel at ease. Seeing the smile on my boy's face as we drive into the car park is proof enough for me that the team are doing something right.

Alexander M (Father of Child)

My little girl has recently started and is absolutely loving her time at nursery. The settling in sessions were brilliant and really helped put my mind at ease, especially with me starting back at work. The ladies in the Baby Room are super friendly and enthusiastic and I can't thank them enough for their support in what could have been quite an emotional rollercoaster.

G W (Mother of Child)

Once I drop my son off into the Baby Room, I feel he's as safe and as well looked after as I do at home.

Laura R (Mother of Child)