Coumes Spring Children's Centre
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £18.00 a day. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2022, with 46 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2024.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2birth to 2y | – | – | £7.73Ages 0-2 (per hour) | |
| 2 to starting school2y to 3y | – | – | £6.83Age 2 to starting school | |
| All ages | £18.00Holiday Playscheme 9am-3pm or Holiday Playscheme 8am-3pm £21.00Holiday Playscheme 9am-4pm £30.00Holiday Playscheme 8am-6pm | £6.00Breakfast club 8am – arrival at school £9.50 £12.50 | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 Grab Bag (4.30pm)
- £3.00 school mealterm time only
- £4.50 per 15 minutes Late collection of children
Where this came from
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What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield 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
S35 0HGWhat 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.
- 8 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and enjoy coming to the nursery. They say goodbye to their parents and carers and engage with staff. Older children start the day with welcome time. Staff encourage older children to count the days of the month on their fingers. They sing a song with actions in Spanish. Children are motivated, interested and engaged. Staff use a register to encourage children to take turns and join in. Children respond and either say, 'Good Morning' or 'Hola'.
Staff have high expectations of children. For instance, they lead a music session with older children. Staff use the keyboard to demonstrate sounds and encourage children to copy the sound, rhythm, tone, depth and length of music notes.
Children enthusiastically sing familiar rhymes, use percussion instruments and learn about the structure of music. They develop technical skills and new vocabulary, such as 'deeper' and 'higher'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen teaching during group activities, such as by responding to children's interactions with questions that extend their learning even further.
- 29 May 2024Good
Still missing for Coumes Spring Children's Centre
- Funded hours
- 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.
- Is £18.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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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