Auckley Pre-School Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Doncaster for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2015, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Doncaster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Doncaster 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
DN9 3JNWhat 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.
Ofsted inspector, 6 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy spending time in the preschool. They benefit from carefully planned transition arrangements that help them to settle quickly and form close bonds with staff. Children build secure relationships with their peers. They learn to be kind, and to share and play cooperatively. Children develop resilience.
They learn to negotiate and resolve conflicts amicably. A strong focus on supporting children to understand and manage their feelings means that children behave well.
Children experience a broad range of learning opportunities. Babies' interest in animals is extended during a trip to a local wildlife park. Older children develop their early writing skills when they use their fingers to write in frost outside.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- be more vigilant to children who need help with personal care to strengthen good hygiene routines further n ensure that staff always use correct grammar when sharing stories with children and engaging them in conversation so that children always hear words pronounced correctly.
- 6 December 2023Good
- 5 February 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Auckley Pre-School Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.