Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Grantham for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2017, with 154 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated September 2024.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £9.002 hrs £14.504.8 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% Late payment surchargelate payment of invoices
Discounts
- 10% Sibling discountsiblings on regular sessions; applies to the oldest child; only
Funded hours
EYE funding: 15 hours a week for all 3 and 4 year olds, up to 30 hours a week for eligible working families; also funding for babies and toddlers from the term after they turn 9 months for eligible working families, up to 22 hours a week.
Worth knowing. Funding can be term time, or stretched for 22 hours a week over 51 weeks of the year. Optional additional service charges cover all meals and snacks, non-food consumables and extra activity charges covering the farm and Forest School.
What childcare usually costs in Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lincolnshire 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
NG33 4DHWhat 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, 2 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages demonstrate that they feel safe, secure and enjoy attending the nursery. They have close relationships with the staff who care for them. Upon arrival, children confidently leave their parents at their room door and wave goodbye. Babies and toddlers receive cuddles and reassurance as needed throughout the day.
Staff know children well, they use their knowledge of the children's interests and learning needs to plan activities that children are eager to engage in. Children are developing a keen interest in the natural world. They enjoy taking part in daily forest school sessions and walks around the farm and woodlands. Staff use these adventures to support children to learn about different animals and insects. When pre-school children find insects, staff encourage them to use a reference chart to correctly identify and name the insect. Staff extend children's learning and promote children's use of mathematics. They support children to keep a tally of how many of each type of insect they find.
Staff promote children's communication and language well. They ask children questions to gain information about their prior knowledge and understanding. Upon discovering a bee, the staff support and encourage children's curiosity. Children tell the staff that they think the bee is making pollen. Staff provide children with factual books so they can learn about where bees collect pollen from and how they use the pollen.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children's understanding of behaviour expectations and ensure that these expectations are consistently applied n review the implementation of group activities, to help all children remain engaged and focused.
- 2 April 2024Good
- 2 May 2023Needs improvement
- 11 June 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Great Wood Farm Early Years Centre
- 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 £9.00 a session 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.