GattenandLake Childcare
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Shanklin for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2013, with 38 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 Isle of Wight
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Isle of Wight 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
PO37 7DGWhat 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, 18 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a warm, welcoming and safe environment for them to play and learn in. Staff recognise and respond to younger and less confident children, to help them to settle into the pre-school happily. Children form close relationships with staff and with their friends. They enjoy playing with and alongside each other in group activities, developing good behaviours, as they show kindness and consideration of each other's needs. For instance, as older children build towers, they wait patiently for their younger friends to choose bricks before they select the ones they would like. Staff skilfully incorporate mathematical language into children's play, such as helping children to count out bricks and work out who has the highest tower.
Managers and staff create a varied curriculum for children. They recognise and respond to the differing ages and needs of children they care for. Children benefit from hands-on opportunities to learn about the natural world. For instance, they check the butterflies in readiness for releasing and talk excitedly about them once being caterpillars and then chrysalises. Children are excited to learn as staff take the time to ignite their curiosity. This helps to motivate children's learning and lays the foundations for future learning well. All children, including those in receipt of additional funding and those with special educational needs and or disabilities
(SEND), make good progress from their starting points. Staff use additional funding well, including for one-to-one care, where children need extra support.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed staff's understanding of curriculum intentions to enable them to focus specifically on what children need to learn next n consider ways of providing further challenge for older and the most-able children, to extend their learning.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 6 February 2024Inadequate
- 21 March 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for GattenandLake Childcare
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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