Flying Start Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Doncaster for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2007, with 84 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 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
DN9 3GBWhat 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.
- 24 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 7 October 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The strong management team oversees and supports staff to help them develop their knowledge and skills. Children, therefore, benefit from quality learning experiences. Management places a strong emphasis on staff's well-being with a view that a happy staff team results in happy children. They also place a strong emphasis on supporting children to feel emotionally safe and secure and to develop confidence and independence. Children feel respected and valued. Staff sing songs in children's home languages, as well as including food packaging that depicts their home language in the home corner. This enables children to hear words and see items that are familiar to them.
The nursery curriculum is carefully sequenced so that all children are supported to develop a range of key skills over time. Staff carefully plan the learning environment for babies, creating opportunities for them to freely explore as they learn to move. They continually talk and sing to babies as they play. This provides them with lots of opportunities to hear language. Staff introduce toddlers to singing and story times, where they use props to help children to learn to wait for their turn and to focus their attention. Pre-school children remain focused for longer periods of time when listening to stories as staff engage them in informative discussions. Children excitedly share their knowledge as they identify that the author is someone who writes the 'letters in the book' and an illustrator draws the pictures. Children behave well and develop positive attitudes to learning due to the active encouragement and support of staff.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the organisation of routine experiences so that staff can consistently support children's learning through high-quality interactions.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 10 April 2019Good
- 6 July 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Flying Start Day Nursery
- 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.