Alphabet House Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Nottingham for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £76.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2023. Open since 2016, with 68 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £65.00Short Day (8:00 - 15:30) £76.00 | £52.00Half Day (8:00 - 13:00 / 13:00 - 18:00), 5 hrs | £11.25outside of a child’s funded entitlement |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £6.50 a half day Additionals and Extras - half day
- £9.20 a day Additionals and Extras - short day
- £13.00 a day Additionals and Extras - full day
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £4.20 Meals during funded sessionschildren accessing funded hours
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded childcare for eligible children aged 9 months to 4 years; 15 funded hours term-time only over 38 weeks; 30 funded hours stretched over 51 weeks.
Worth knowing. Meals charged at £4.20 per meal during funded sessions (breakfast free); hours outside entitlement charged at £11.25 per hour; Additionals and Extras charge applies (£13.00 full day, £6.50 half day, £9.20 short day) which parents may opt out of; 100% free funded sessions 8:00am-3:30pm Mon/Tue/Fri subject to availability with packed lunch required.
What childcare usually costs in Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NG9 5JWWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 5 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 4 April 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 July 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily enter this bustling and welcoming nursery. They form positive relationships with staff and their peers and are confident in their play. Babies have very good bonds with key staff. They confidently approach them for support and
'check in' with them when they are feeling unsure. Staff help babies to take their first steps and provide an enabling environment in which to do this. They hold babies' hands to help them stand and encourage them to move towards another member of staff. Babies show delight as they achieve a few steps, and staff praise them highly for their success.
Overall, children behave well. They listen to staff from a young age and learn to follow simple instructions. For example, babies know to come to the table when it is time to eat. Children enjoy being outdoors and have free-flow access to the outside space. Older children show good coordination as they climb on frames and race each other on scooters. Toddlers enjoy scooping sand into buckets, and babies skilfully pull themselves up to standing on well-placed equipment under the watchful eyes of staff. This helps to build children's confidence, strengthen their large-muscle skills and promote their good health.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to use a wider range of strategies to support children's communication and language skills even further n plan more effectively for children's individual needs so that all children can focus and engage in their play, particularly when they are grouped together in broader age ranges n enhance staff's knowledge of how to consistently support children when they show inappropriate behaviour, to help children understand what is expected of them.
- 4 July 2023Good
- 23 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Alphabet House Day Nursery
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £76.00 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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