Jimmy D's
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Peterborough for children from birth to 8+, open 14:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2025. Open since 1995, with 24 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
PE6 8PZWhat 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, 10 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident to arrive and separate from parents. They are keen to play with the toys and activities staff offer them. Children are supported to understand the rules and boundaries that staff implement. For instance, when children begin to run indoors, staff remind them to use their 'walking feet'. Children invite staff to join their play, showing the positive relationships they have with them. For example, staff join children's role-play experiences. Older and younger children learn how to share when staff ask them to share and eat a pretend birthday cake with their peers. Children listen, follow staff's instructions and build on their imaginative skills.
Children are supported to develop their mathematics skills. For example, staff introduce language to describe size when they talk to older children about images being 'big', 'medium' and 'small'. When staff sing songs with children about numbers, children recognise written numbers and copy staff to show the same number of fingers. Furthermore, children are supported to understand different shapes and try to make the same shape with their hands, such as a circle and a triangle. Staff take children into the hall of the host school to engage in physical activities. This helps them to become familiar with the environment before they move on to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop ways to communicate with all parents about their children's learning and development n strengthen the key-person system so that it is consistently effective in promoting all children's individual care needs.
- 10 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 13 March 2019Good
- 14 March 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jimmy D's
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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