Crocodile Rock Day Care
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Mansfield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £45.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2019, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £45.00School holiday club or Holiday Club Full Day £62.00 £67.00 | £10.00Breakfast club + school drop off £12.00 £15.00After school club + school pick up £17.00 £35.00Holiday Club Half day or School holiday club half day, 5 hrs £42.005 hrs £47.00Half day, 5 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 depositnot refundable
- £100.00 start up feeall new children joining our early years setting
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 a day Light tea
- £5.00 a day Failure to pay fee on due dateif unpaid after 5 days this will result in cancellation of contract
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Failure to pick up on time
- £5.00 a day Lunch, snacks, drinks
- £10.00 an hour Additional hours
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £10.00 an hour top up above any funded hoursShould you need to top up above any funded hours
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours per week Government funding for all eligible children over 9 month old, 2, 3 or 4 year funding attending either 15 or 30 hours.
Worth knowing. Should you need to top up above any funded hours, £10 per hour. Additional fees for Breakfast £2.00, Lunch £5.00, Light Tea £3.00.
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
NG18 2LFWhat 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.
- 29 March 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 14 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The management and staff team have worked hard since the previous inspection to elevate the standards of care and education for the children who attend. Children safely manage risks in the newly organised and stimulating environment. For example, they understand that they need to wait for an adult to go outside when the door is opened. Staff count the children as they make their way out, then supervise them closely as they use climbing equipment. Children excitedly enjoy the activities provided. They play in the pretend café. With the help of a supportive and encouraging staff member, children talk about how the 'ice cream' tastes. They look at the words and numbers on the menu and try to identify them. Staff immerse themselves in the children's imaginative play. They pretend some children are allergic to ice cream and ask the children what the child could have instead.
Babies benefit from close, warm relationships with staff. Staff offer cuddles and softly sing songs when children are distressed; babies respond well to these interactions. Babies explore musical instruments. They use them to tap along to the rhythm as staff sing songs. Babies explore their senses as they investigate citrus fruit. Staff gently support them to identify and name the fruit, then observe as babies have a taste. Children excitedly lie on the large swing. They use their core muscle skills to help them to move the swing, supported closely by an encouraging member of staff. Children use their imagination as they talk about going up in space to visit the moon.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - strengthen support for all children to help them fully participate in activities n improve the information you share with parents, with particular regard to any changes to children's key person.
- 14 July 2022Good
- 10 September 2021Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Crocodile Rock Day Care
- 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
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 £45.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- 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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