Grimsthorpe Castle Day Nursery
Ofsted report card Mar 2026Takes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Bourne for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 7 days a week. £9.30 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in March 2026. Open since 2023, with 51 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Early Years Hourly Rate £9.30
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All settings registered to accept government funding (detailed in the Nursery operational plan) must offer the funded places for eligible children for early learning sessions specified by the local authority. At SDN Sleaford Ltd we currently provide all eligible children access to claim their government funded places for all children.
Worth knowing. We will stretch your funding entitlement equally across the number of days attended and charge an hourly rate for any additional hours. We reserve the right to limit and/or have specific funded sessions, according to our business requirements.
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
PE10 0LYWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
Still missing for Grimsthorpe Castle Day Nursery
- Nappies
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £9.30 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.