Honeypot Day Nursery & Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Spalding for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour for under 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2008, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2027.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £7.00>10 Hrs £7.50<10 hrs | |
| 2 years2y to 3y | £6.75>10 Hrs £7.25<10 hrs | |
| 3/4 years3y to 4y | £6.50>10 Hrs £7.00<10 hrs | |
| Kids Club | £5.50<10 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.50 a day Daily Food - 2 yearsincludes breakfast, all snacks, lunch, and tea
- £3.50 a day Daily Food - 3/4 yearsincludes breakfast, all snacks, lunch, and tea
- £3.50 a day Daily Food - Kids Clubhols only, includes breakfast, all snacks, lunch, and tea
Discounts
- 10% Siblings - 2nd and subsequent child
- 50% Holidays charged at 50%booked 2 weeks in advance
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours for 3 & 4 year olds, 30 hours for babies and children >9 months with working parents, 15 hours for certain 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are available at all times subject to government maximum of 10hrs per day. Children in receipt of Government funded hours are charged the standard hourly rate for hours over and above those funded.
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
PE12 6DQWhat 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, 20 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children in this nursery are confident. They show curiosity towards visitors in the nursery. Babies approach visitors and offer them a big smile and wave goodbye when they leave the room. Toddlers accept visitors as they explore alongside them.
Children of all ages have access to a secure outdoor area and spend much of their time in the fresh air. Children have plenty of space to practise their physical skills.
Pre-school children show superb strength in their bodies and relish the challenge of the rock-climbing wall, to access the 'speedy' slide. Staff are close by to ensure children's safety while allowing them the freedom to explore. Toddlers and babies enjoy the wheeled toys and accessing the slide in their dedicated outdoor space.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support pre-school staff to increase the outdoor learning opportunities for children, to further support those who learn better outside.
- 20 April 2022Good
- 26 January 2017Good
- 7 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Honeypot Day Nursery & Pre-School
- 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 £7.00 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.
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