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Children 1st @ Wragby Road

GoodBirth to 8+Long established

A day nursery in Lincoln for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2014, with 90 places.

Call 01522870111Their website

Cost

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 Lincolnshire

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.75an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lincolnshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Not published, so ask them
How many children
90 placesLarge for England
How long open
12 yearsLong established
Address
145 Wragby Road, Lincoln, LN2 4PL

Where it is

LN2 4PL
Ofsted URN EY481234On the register since 3 September 2014
Ofsted

What 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 has looked into a concern about this setting. That means something was raised and Ofsted acted on it. It does not by itself say what was found — the document does.

Ofsted inspector, 3 February 2025 · read the full report

What it is like to attend

Children show close attachments with staff, showing that they feel safe and secure in their care. For example, when older children arrive, they greet staff by name and hold out their arms to receive a cuddle. Children sit on staff's knee and beside them to listen to stories, supporting children to follow their interests in books.

Children learn about different languages and cultures from around the world. For example, older children copy staff as they count in Spanish. Children develop their knowledge of traditions from other countries, such as China. Staff use key words in children's home languages, as well as English, when introducing the routines of the day. This helps children who speak English as an additional language with their language skills and understanding. Additional funding that some children receive is spent effectively to meet their individual needs. For example, additional resources are purchased for the garden to encourage children to develop their physical skills outdoors. When children play in the garden, staff ask them to use magnifying glasses and work as a team to look for insects, encouraging them to explore and investigate their surroundings. Staff help children to develop their knowledge of spiders. Children learn what spiders eat and that spider webs are strong.

What Ofsted told them to improve

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:

- support staff to help older children to learn how to take turns in conversations and listen to the views of others n support staff to implement knowledge from professional development when they plan activities to help raise learning opportunities for younger children even higher.

  • 3 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
  • 28 February 2019Good
  • 18 February 2016Good

Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.

Still missing for Children 1st @ Wragby Road

  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
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Day nurseries within a couple of miles

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County Hospital Day Nursery

Day nursery · County Hospital, Sewell Road, Lincoln, LN2 5QY

GoodBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm39 placesOpen for decades
0.4 mi
8 min walk
01522 573081

Magical Moments Day Care

Day nursery · C/O St Giles Children'S Centre, Lamb Gardens, Lincoln, LN2 4EG

GoodBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm49 placesOpen for decades
0.5 mi
9 min walk
07902915122

Young Tots Nursery

Day nursery · Limekiln Way, Off Greetwell Road, Lincoln, LN2 4US

GoodBirth to 8+08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week★ 4.2 Google, 542 placesOpen for decades
0.6 mi
11 min walk
01522 568468

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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