Little Jesters Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Market Rasen for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £7.50 an hour for from 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2015, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our fees for children aged from 2 years and who are not entitled to the Early Years Educational funding are £7.50 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded Early Educational Places are available for all children from the term after their 3rd birthday. This entitles them to 15 hours of free education and childcare. Some 3 and 4 year olds may be eligible for 30 hours funded Early Years Education. We also offer places to 2 year olds who are eligible for Funded Early Education Places.
Worth knowing. This rate also applies to children attending hours above their 15 hours entitlement but who are not entitled to 30 hours of Early Years Education. An additional fee of £10 per child per month is payable towards healthy snacks.
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
LN8 3SFWhat 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, 24 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to see staff when they arrive at the pre-school. Staff greet them warmly, which helps them to settle quickly into their play. Children have access to an environment that is very well thought out, where the activities and resources are interesting and inviting. For example, children spend a long time exploring flour and water when staff give them encouragement to use their senses. Staff give children gentle reminders to use the 'magic word' when they forget to say please and most remember to say thank you when they take their fruit at snack time.
Children are polite and use good manners
Children work together alongside staff, who offer them ideas to solve problems as they piece together an obstacle course. Children persevere at this task, for example, by working out how to make the walkways level. Staff celebrate children's achievements with them, building children's self-esteem. Children eagerly listen to and join in when staff read them stories. They recall and repeat repetitive sentences. Staff share their enthusiasm and read with animation, capturing children's attention. Children, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported by staff to develop skills that help to prepare them for their next stage of development, including starting school. For example, there is a strong curriculum focus on developing children's social skills and supporting children to develop friendships.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consider the individual needs of children during whole group activities so that all children benefit from teaching and learning at this time.
- 24 April 2023Good
- 15 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Jesters Pre-School
- 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
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 £7.50 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.