Highgate Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Boston for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 December 2022. Open since 2015, with 70 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 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
PE22 0AWWhat 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, 1 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and have fun in the nursery. Younger children laugh with their friends when they run under a parachute that staff hold. Pre-school children are very confident communicators. They show their imagination when they tell visitors about an elf they have at home and how it comes to life at night-time. Pre-school children show excitement to play games with their friends. They understand the rules of the game, such as to touch another child's arm to release them if they stand still. Toddlers show kindness to others in the woodland area. When their friend falls on their bottom, they are encouraged to offer a helping hand to pull them up to standing.
Children enjoy the time they spend outdoors, either in the nursery garden or when staff take them to woodland. They are supported to secure their knowledge of language that describes size, for example when they are asked to compare the sizes of sticks they find. Children take and manage risks in a safe environment.
Younger children negotiate different-level surfaces in the garden. Toddlers negotiate rougher terrain when they climb over sticks and leaves in a woodland area. Staff support pre-school children to learn about the seasons. Children sit and listen well when staff ask them to recall previous learning about autumn. Children say, 'The leaves fall down.'
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 support children to develop their understanding of the importance of oral health n support staff to help children understand the importance of following hand hygiene routines, particularly when they are in the woodland area.
- 1 December 2022Good
- 6 February 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highgate Day 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.