Clever Clogs Day Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Doncaster for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2011, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours childcare for eligible parents.
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
DN2 5JEWhat 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, 20 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make a strong start to their learning and are supported by warm, nurturing staff.
Babies are helped to build strong bonds with the staff who care for them, and they settle smoothly into nursery life. Children make good progress overall and are well prepared for the next stage of their learning, including starting school. Staff use their knowledge of children's interests and abilities well to systematically develop their skills and understanding. For instance, babies learn to develop their fine hand movements as they squeeze and squash play dough. Older children confidently use knives when they cut fruit in their kitchen role play or spread butter on their crackers at snack time. These skills lay the foundations for their later writing experiences.
Staff help children to feel safe and behave well. Children rise to the high expectations of the staff. For instance, children politely give instructions to each other as they put on their hard hats and work together to join large ramps and blocks in their construction play. Babies explore their environment indoors and outdoors safely. For example, they learn to climb up and down the nursery stairs with increasing confidence. Parents are very appreciative of the positive impact staff have on their children's independence, confidence and social skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum for mathematics to ensure that activities are matched to children's learning needs in order for them to consistently extend their knowledge of mathematical concepts n support staff to enhance their interactions with children so that they fully explore children's ideas and understanding and continually build on children's learning to help them make the best possible progress.
- 20 November 2024Good
- 16 April 2019Good
- 10 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Clever Clogs Day Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- 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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