Children 1st @ Newark Centre
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Newark for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2014, with 68 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 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
NG24 1JYWhat 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, 13 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, make good progress from their starting points in learning. Children are keen to explore and investigate in the well-resourced environment, indoors and outdoors. In the garden, pre-school children enjoy playing games with staff and their peers. They show good hand and eye coordination, when they take it in turns to throw balls into buckets. Staff encourage children to use counters to record how many balls they get into the buckets. This helps them to understand who has the most.
Children are supported with their physical skills well. For instance, children in the baby room hold onto staff's hands to help them balance, promoting their safety when they begin to take their first steps. Children take a keen interest in books.
They sit with staff to look at images on the pages and learn about different animals, such as a meerkat.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's knowledge of how to support all children to develop their understanding of the importance of oral health n help staff to strengthen their interactions with children to help build further on their learning.
- 13 March 2023Good
- 23 May 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Children 1st @ Newark Centre
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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