Granby House Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Worksop 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 March 2022. Open since 2004, with 49 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
S81 9LBWhat 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, 7 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily play with their peers and staff. One-year-old children follow their interests in posting objects. After staff say 'ready, steady, go', children roll a toy car down a cardboard tube. Two-year-old children sit and follow instructions during group times. Staff offer children choices and ask them to choose a toy that represents a nursery rhyme. Children are excited to develop their speaking and physical skills when they join in actions and sing favourite songs. Staff understand how children progress. They encourage them to develop their vocabulary and understanding of positional language. Children learn new words, such as
'horizontal' and 'vertical', when they discuss fence poles. Children show good handand-eye coordination. For example, two-year-old children copy staff's actions to make marks that go up and down when they use chalk to draw.
Children are polite and use good manners. For example, when three- and fouryear-old children ask for more food at lunchtime, they say 'please'. Two-year-old children use sign language to say 'thank you'. Children are keen to complete tasks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's knowledge of how to use story times to excite and highly engage all children n support staff to give children clear messages about what is expected of them and why, particularly when they take children on outings.
- 7 March 2022Good
- 30 March 2016Outstanding
- 4 May 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Granby House 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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