Fernwood Day Nursery, Out of School & Holiday Club
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newark 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 December 2023. Open since 2008, with 146 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 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
NG24 3RSWhat 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, 13 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The impact of staff's quality teaching is seen in the rapid development that children are making. Children are learning social skills from a young age and, in turn, friendships with their peers are blossoming. Babies stand either side of a partition, bobbing up and down as they play peekaboo together. They have learned this game from their playful interactions with staff. These children have progressed from playing separately alongside others to purposefully playing in cooperation with each other. This is an advanced skill for children of this age. Pre-school children show how their social skills have become securely embedded. They participate in group games outdoors, which staff have chosen to support their mathematical development. Pre-school children take turns to confidently count and use language about time during their play.
Staff have created a well-organised environment in which children's focus on meaningful learning is promoted. Children actively contribute to this. For example, they are quick to help at tidy-up times. Children's well-being is supported effectively through the ways in which staff help them to navigate their day. Staff use a sand timer to help children know when their routine will be changing.
Children know what is happening in the present and what will happen next, as they can check a visual timetable. This helps children to feel emotionally secure.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to think even more precisely about what they want children to learn and the best ways of teaching this so that resources and activities are fully age-appropriate and offer children opportunity to continually build on their skills.
- 13 December 2023Good
- 9 November 2018Good
- 16 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fernwood Day Nursery, Out of School & Holiday Club
- 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.
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