Lime Tree Nursery (Eastwood)
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Rotherham for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2017, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours free childcare, 30 hours free childcare.
Worth knowing. All Early Education Funded places are subject to a charge for meals; A 9-3pm session is available for 3 & 4 years olds in receipt of 30 hours funding; Alternatively you can provide a healthy packed lunch/tea from home for your funded child/ren.
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
S65 1QAWhat 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, 15 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate that they enjoy their time spent at nursery. Staff greet children with warm smiles and encouragement. They help children to recognise their feelings and emotions. When children occasionally struggle to regulate their behaviour, staff step in swiftly to offer support and cuddles. Children show that they feel safe in the staff's care. For example, they snuggle in when sharing stories, and seek staff out for reassurance. Their emotional well-being is supported very effectively.
The development of children's communication and language skills is given high priority. Staff make good use of songs and stories to encourage children to practise speaking. They use sign language and pictorial props to further support children who speak English as an additional language. Consequently, children quickly make progress with their understanding and speaking of English.
Children enjoy outdoor play and being physically active. Staff encourage children to take age-appropriate risks, such as by climbing wooden frames and balancing on tyres and logs. Children relish the sense of achievement when they complete tricky tasks. This builds children's confidence and teaches them about their capabilities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review how activities are organised to ensure that all children can fully engage in their learning.
- 15 May 2024Good
- 9 July 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Lime Tree Nursery (Eastwood)
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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