Clarence House Grantham
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Grantham 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2022. Open since 2014, with 60 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 Lincolnshire
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
NG31 7LTWhat 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, 17 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to explore and investigate toys and resources. Babies use their hands to feel the texture of dough and spaghetti on their hands. Younger children show good hand-to-eye coordination when they use containers to fill and empty water. Pre-school children are creative when they put rice in cases and pretend to make cakes. Children are physically active. Babies climb steps to apparatuses and laugh when they are caught by staff at the bottom of a low-level slide. Staff know the children well and follow their interests. For example, when children show an interest in leaves in the garden, staff encourage them to use leaves in different ways. For example, children develop their early writing skills when they use pens and paper to draw around the leaves. They stand on leaves in a bucket and are asked to hear the crunching sound they make. This contributes to children's understanding of nature.
Children behave well. Pre-school children work as a team when they use cylinders to build a tower, taking it in turns to stack them on top of each other. Younger children celebrate when they sing nursery rhymes by themselves. They clap their hands in recognition of their achievements.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to give the quieter and less confident pre-school children the support they need to fully contribute during planned group activities n support staff to build further on younger children's understanding of the benefits of making healthy choices about food.
- 17 October 2022Good
- 22 November 2016Good
- 16 February 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Clarence House Grantham
- 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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