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Kiddi Caru Leighton Buzzard provides high-quality care in a beautifully refurbished home-from-home setting, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted (June 2023).
Located near the town centre, their eco-accredited nursery features Forest School sessions, a large garden, and engaging playrooms tailored to each age group. Their experienced team includes a dedicated Early Years teacher and SENCo-qualified staff, creating a nurturing and inclusive space. With five thoughtfully designed rooms, children move up at their...
Kiddi Caru Leighton Buzzard provides high-quality care in a beautifully refurbished home-from-home setting, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted (June 2023).
Located near the town centre, their eco-accredited nursery features Forest School sessions, a large garden, and engaging playrooms tailored to each age group. Their experienced team includes a dedicated Early Years teacher and SENCo-qualified staff, creating a nurturing and inclusive space. With five thoughtfully designed rooms, children move up at their own pace based on developmental readiness.
The nursery also holds My Smile and Healthy Child-Healthy Workforce accreditations, supporting both physical and emotional well-being. Families are kept connected through the Famly App, stay-and-play sessions, and regular events. A strong sense of community, sustainability, and child-led learning make this a cherished setting for families in the area.
Type of Service
- Day Nursery
Opening Schedule
Open all yearAttendance patterns offered
All Year
Minimum attendance
- 2 days per week
Full days available
YesGroup / Owner
- GrandirUK
- Private Owned
Person in charge
- Hollie Stokes (Nursery Manager)
Number of Childcare Staff
- 41
Total Places for Children
- 95
Age Range
- from 0 years 3 months
- to 5 years 0 months
Meals Provided
YesMeal Types Provided
Breakfast, Dinner / Tea, Lunch, Snacks
Consumables provided
YesConsumables provided include
Wipes, Suncream
Also provided: Hand Sanitiser
Opening Times
- Monday07:30-18:00
- Tuesday07:30-18:00
- Wednesday07:30-18:00
- Thursday07:30-18:00
- Friday07:30-18:00
When Closed
- Bank Holidays & Christmas to New Year
Funding & Fees
Typical monthly cost for a 3-days place
£618/ month
Our 10% full-time discount for Monday to Friday attendance also applies to Everyday Essentials. This saving of £68.43 a month is not shown in the price calculator. With it applied, 5-day monthly fees are £1,836.00 with no funding, £1,563.45 with 15 hours funding and £1,290.85 with 30 hours funding.
Our 10% full-time discount for Monday to Friday attendance also applies to Everyday Essentials. This saving of £68.43 a month is not shown in the price calculator. With it applied, 5-day monthly fees are £1,836.00 with no funding, £1,563.45 with 15 hours funding and £1,290.85 with 30 hours funding.
Everyday Essentials (£32.20 a day) cover catering (breakfast, cooked lunch and tea with vegetarian and vegan options, and snacks throughout the day), care products (suncream, sensitive baby wipes, hand sanitiser and emergency medication) and enrichment experiences, including weekly intergenerational care home visits, trips to the local library and parks, daily Sing and Sign sessions, Boogie Mites, and weekly Forest School sessions in our on-site Forest Garden for pre-schoolers. They are added to core fees and are not covered by funding. Early Start is £6.76 and additional hours are £9.54. Ad-hoc days are £96.00, subject to availability. We offer a 10% sibling discount on the eldest child's invoice. A non-refundable administration fee of £150 is payable to secure a place. If you only access funded hours, a £150 deposit is taken instead and credited back within a month of your child starting. Fully funded sessions without Everyday Essentials charges are available. Please speak to the Nursery Manager.
Calculated from data given to us by this nursery. Your final quote may vary slightly.
Averaged monthly figure. Actual billing varies; some nurseries bill weekly or by use.Defaults shown
9 months to 2 years • 3-days • 30 hours funding • all year
How this price scales (per month)
2 days per week
£274
3 days per week
£618
5 days per week
£1,359
Adjust for your situation
What this price covers
- Standard chargeable day 8:00am to 6:00pm (10 hours)
- 22.4 funded hours used per week. Remaining hours charged privately.
- Included in this price: Breakfast, Dinner / Tea, Lunch, Snacks, Wipes, Suncream and Hand sanitiser
Price without government funding: £1,224 / month (£96 / day)
If you're not eligible or haven't claimed funded hours.More info
- £606/month more than the funded price.
- This is what you'd pay if your child is under 9 months, or if you're not eligible for or haven't claimed funded hours.
About this price
How funding is applied, how the monthly figure is calculated.More info
- Working parents of children aged 9 months to 2 years can usually claim up to 30 funded hours a week. The working-parent hours depend on each parent meeting the minimum earnings rules and earning under £100,000 a year. This nursery stretches funded hours across 51 weeks of the year. You've selected 30 funded hours.
- This nursery applies up to 10 funded hours per day, stretched across 51 weeks of the year. With your selected funding, 22.4 hours are covered each week. Hours beyond this, including the early and late parts of the day, are charged at the standard rate.
- We work out the total cost across the year and divide by 12, so the figure shown is a smoothed monthly average. In practice, nurseries bill in different ways. Some bill monthly at this average. Others bill weekly, or charge for what happened that week or month, which can vary across the year. Confirm billing details with the nursery when you enquire.
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Kiddi Caru Leighton Buzzard, a GrandirUK Day Nursery Reviews (106)
Kiddi Caru Leighton Buzzard, a GrandirUK Day Nursery has a Review Score of 9.6 (9.620) out of 10, based on 15 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kiddi Caru Leighton Buzzard, a GrandirUK Day Nursery has 106 reviews.
My son started at this nursery at the end of February 2021 after deferring his January 2021 start because of Covid. The nursery was so understanding and booked in as many induction days and times that we wanted, which made the journey so lovely and easy for us. Since he has started at the nursery...
Would highly recommend.
They've been supportive through diet changes, phasing from 2 to 1 nap...
They've been supportive through diet changes, phasing from 2 to 1 nap per day and worked together at encouraging good behaviour after he started getting a bit pushy with his friends, which he now does next to never.
The building is beautiful and they're always up to different activities.
I can tell he is always busy because he sleeps so well when he comes home!
Couldn't recommend them enough.
It's always scary as a mother returning to work to leave your child with someone that isn't family or close friend. I wanted to know that she was in a warm, loving environment where the staff truly did care about her development and from the first drop off I knew that was exactly what I had found...
Thanks to the vast array of fun activities available to her I have watched my daughter's communication, key skills and confidence develop and grow over the years and I'm constantly astonished by what she learns at Head Start. I am confident as she approaches her first year of school in September that Head Start have given her the foundations needed to help with the next chapter in her learning development.
I am very happy with all aspects and services Head Start have to offer. For a first time mum, leaving your child under someone else’s care is a transition filled with all sorts of emotions and for me the staff from the initial visits to my son's first day made me feel reassured and listened to....
Everyone is always smiling and the general atmosphere is happy and relaxed. The nursery itself is clean and organised. It has lots of activities for the children to explore. I personally love outdoor time for my son, I feel it’s so important for them to grow. And he seems to get lots of fun time outside too.
The best review for me is when I pick him up, he is always busy playing, or fully engrossed in reading time. He is super excited to see me, which really tells me he’s had a great day.
So like all mothers - I want him to feel safe, happy and listened to so that he can enjoy his learning and exploring experiences alike and Head Start have been great in all aspects for us as a family.
As a new family to the area, we viewed a few nurseries before settling on Head Start. We have been exceptionally happy with this choice for our son. The staff, care, learning, activities and catering are all brilliant. He gets a varied day to day, with great support and care. The end of the day...
As a new family to the area, we viewed a few nurseries before settling on Head Start. We have been exceptionally happy with this choice for our son. The staff, care, learning, activities and catering are all brilliant. He gets a varied day to day, with great support and care. The end of the day report is always full and information is forthcoming. We have always been pleased with the amount of space and staff, with play spaces regularly re-arranged, modified or even re-decorated to give new and exciting activities to interact and engage with. Would highly recommend Head Start.
My son has been at Head Start Day Nursery since he was 18-months-old and he is now 3. It is a very homely environment and I am really happy, as I know that he is very well looked after and he seems to have advanced in his learning whilst he has been there.
My son has been at Head Start Day Nursery since he was 18-months-old and he is now 3. It is a very homely environment and I am really happy, as I know that he is very well looked after and he seems to have advanced in his learning whilst he has been there.
Both of my children love Head Start. They are happy, settled and learn new things every day. The staff are brilliant and take their time to get to know the children, building lovely bonds which last. They make the process of being apart from my kids as a working mum much easier. I’d highly...
Both of my children love Head Start. They are happy, settled and learn new things every day. The staff are brilliant and take their time to get to know the children, building lovely bonds which last. They make the process of being apart from my kids as a working mum much easier. I’d highly recommend Head Start and wouldn’t contemplate putting my children anywhere else
Excellent place to leave your child for hours knowing your loved one gets the best attention and educational services from the nurses. I'm so glad I had a chance to be one of their clients.
Excellent place to leave your child for hours knowing your loved one gets the best attention and educational services from the nurses. I'm so glad I had a chance to be one of their clients.
My daughter loves coming to this nursery, she runs in every morning and barely even looks back to say goodbye to me as she is so excited. It’s lovely knowing that she is being left in professional, capable hands while I’m at work. The staff are lovely and very caring. The food menu is delicious and...
My daughter loves coming to this nursery, she runs in every morning and barely even looks back to say goodbye to me as she is so excited. It’s lovely knowing that she is being left in professional, capable hands while I’m at work. The staff are lovely and very caring. The food menu is delicious and nourishing. The activities they do are always fun. My daughter comes home happy, full and tired.
Our daughter has been at Headstart for two and a half years and absolutely loves going. The staff are great, the variety of activities is really good and we have been really pleased at how much our daughter has developed there. We have already registered our second child who will be starting next...
Our daughter has been at Headstart for two and a half years and absolutely loves going. The staff are great, the variety of activities is really good and we have been really pleased at how much our daughter has developed there. We have already registered our second child who will be starting next year!
Our daughter loves coming to nursery and gets excited when we pull in to the car park. The staff have all made her feel welcome and comforted her whenever she has needed. She hadn't had much interaction with other children before starting nursery and wasn't great with strangers and so it's lovely...
The nursery were very flexible when we needed an additional session in an emergency and the staff go out of their way to help me get our children up and down the stairs.
I would highly recommend Head Start.
My little one really loves the nursery to the point that he doesn’t want to go back home. The staff are all friendly and know the children's names, even if they are not the assigned person, one way to show their care towards the children. I have seen a massive difference towards learning of my son...
My little one really loves the nursery to the point that he doesn’t want to go back home. The staff are all friendly and know the children's names, even if they are not the assigned person, one way to show their care towards the children. I have seen a massive difference towards learning of my son in a good way as well. Just want to say kudos and thank you to the staff!
My daughter loves coming here. She’s always happy and adores her key worker. The staff are so welcoming and supportive. Leaving your child to go back to work is terrifying but I’ve always known and felt she is safe and happy at Headstart. Communication has always been brilliant too. If I have...
My daughter loves coming here. She’s always happy and adores her key worker. The staff are so welcoming and supportive. Leaving your child to go back to work is terrifying but I’ve always known and felt she is safe and happy at Headstart. Communication has always been brilliant too. If I have another- I wouldn’t hesitate to send her here.
We have been so pleased with Headstart and can’t thank them enough for helping our little boy settle. There isn’t another nursery to compare locally.
We have been so pleased with Headstart and can’t thank them enough for helping our little boy settle. There isn’t another nursery to compare locally.
Extremely happy with the way my child is looked after. Staff very helpful and always keen to support, no matter the circumstances.
Extremely happy with the way my child is looked after. Staff very helpful and always keen to support, no matter the circumstances.
We wouldn’t go anywhere else. We felt so welcome from the minute we were shown around. The staff far exceed our expectations, they are incredible and our children adore them. Nothing is too much trouble and the support we’ve been given as a family has been amazing. I am so grateful we chose Head...
We wouldn’t go anywhere else. We felt so welcome from the minute we were shown around. The staff far exceed our expectations, they are incredible and our children adore them. Nothing is too much trouble and the support we’ve been given as a family has been amazing. I am so grateful we chose Head Start, they feel like an extended family and I’m so pleased with the role they have played in our children’s lives. Thank you.
I...
I continue to be impressed by the management staff, key workers and the low staff turnover. For me, this is a prime indicator of a happy and experienced workplace and a quality that was not met by other nurseries in the area.
Even though I am currently on maternity leave, I decided to keep my older daughter at Headstart four days a week as the variety and quality of activities and teaching she receives far outweigh the time and attention I could give her at home.
I would, and have recommended this nursery to others with no hesitation.
I have been really impressed with Head Start in the six months of my son attending. The staff are friendly, professional and reassuring both to parents and kids alike! Having been initially worried about how my son would take to it when he started at 12 months old, he now happily trots in without...
I have been really impressed with Head Start in the six months of my son attending. The staff are friendly, professional and reassuring both to parents and kids alike! Having been initially worried about how my son would take to it when he started at 12 months old, he now happily trots in without so much as a second glance. He seems really at ease and happy there which is lovely to see.
The staff at Headstart are all professional and very good at what they do. My daughter only says good things about her day, the people and what she's been up to, which is a testament to the care she receives. I am happy that she is happy from the moment I drop her off to the moment I pick her up. I...
The staff at Headstart are all professional and very good at what they do. My daughter only says good things about her day, the people and what she's been up to, which is a testament to the care she receives. I am happy that she is happy from the moment I drop her off to the moment I pick her up. I receive good feedback on her day.
Our daughter has attended Headstart since she was 11 months old - now nearly 4. She has made her way through all the rooms at various ages and loved them all. Headstart offers wonderful age-appropriate activities and stimulation, far more than we would at home! She is now in the preschool room and...
The staff are professional and approachable and she is very fond of them all - she often asks for them at home! Headstart offers a good variety of meals, that our little one enjoys. The manager is excellent and efficient and clearly runs a wonderful team. They can often take our little one for an extra session which is convenient and fantastic. We can’t speak highly enough of Headstart. There is no price you can be on such excellent child care.
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News (7) & Events (0)
- 15 Oct 2026
We’re delighted that GrandirUK is once again Great Place to Work® Certified™ and has been recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Education & Training™ 2026. Our colleagues are...
- 08 Oct 2026
Leading Early Years provider GrandirUK has unveiled an evolved brand identity designed to reflect its growth as a national day nursery group while celebrating the unique character of its local...
- 20 Feb 2026
Grandir UK offers employment options designed for today’s childcare professionals. Grandir UK has launched GrandFlex, a suite of flexible working options designed to empower childcare professionals with greater control over...
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- 31 Mar 2026Recipient: GrandirUK
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Hollie has worked within Early Years since 2005, across a variety of settings in various roles. Hollie holds a BA degree in Early Years and strives...
Hollie has worked within Early Years since 2005, across a variety of settings in various roles. Hollie holds a BA degree in Early Years and strives to deliver outstanding care and education to each and every child. Hollie is a very approachable and enthusiastic person who loves to support and grow her team members to succeed.
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