Grace Owen Nursery School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Sheffield for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour for under 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2015, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Under 2 year olds - £8.00
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
9 month free entitlement, 15 hour free entitlement for 3-4 year olds, 30 hour Extended Entitlement.
Worth knowing. 9 month free entitlement may be accessed during term time (15 hours per week) or over the full year (12 hours per week stretched provision). 3-4 year olds may access 15 hour free entitlement during term time between 9am and 3pm. 3-4 year olds entitled to the extra 15 hour Extended Entitlement may access their 30 hours per week during term time or 24 hours per week over the full year. For children under the age of 2 or any additional time requested there will be a charge according to Grace Owen N.
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
S2 5QDWhat 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, 16 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The inspirational management team is truly ambitious for all children. Children thrive at this inclusive nursery school. They arrive motivated and excited for the day ahead. Teaching and interactions are of a consistently high quality. The broad and balanced curriculum builds on what children know and can do. Staff have a robust understanding of the skills that children require for their future lives.
Children make exceptional progress in relation to their starting points.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. For example, two year olds use wooden pegs to make shapes and patterns in a shallow sand tray. They offer to share their pegs with their friends and receive lots of praise and encouragement for doing so. Key workers make children feel extremely safe and secure. For example, babies smile and giggle as they enjoy warm and nurturing cuddles with their key person.
- 16 June 2022Outstanding
- 11 August 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Grace Owen Nursery School
- 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
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 £8.00 an hour 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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