Hopscotch
GoodTakes funded hours★ 3.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Rotherham for children from birth to 8+, open 10:30 to 18:00, 7 days a week. £61.00 a day for 2-5yrs, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2012, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day 61.00 8am-6pm
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Early Years Funding across all sessions.
What childcare usually costs in Rotherham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Rotherham 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
S66 3XJWhat 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 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very happy throughout their time in the friendly and well-run nursery.
They make good progress overall from their personal starting points and are well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including starting school. Children become keen and inquisitive learners. For example, they enjoy searching for bugs and worms in the exciting muddy garden, identifying them on their charts and listening to well-chosen books about them.
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), learn to feel safe and confident in the care of the experienced staff. Babies are helped to settle smoothly into nursery life and make a strong start to their development. Staff work closely with parents to build routines firmly based on babies' and children's experiences and interests. Children learn to build friendships and to trust others as they play together. For example, they work well together to use natural objects to create an imaginative indoor garden based on their earlier learning about flowers and plant growth.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus staff's professional development on supporting children to further deepen and recall their new learning and experiences.
- 2 August 2023Good
- 4 January 2018Good
- 9 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hopscotch
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £61.00 a day 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.
- 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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