Little Stars Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Grimsby for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £60.00 a day for 0 - 3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 1999, with 77 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
FD (8AM-6PM) · £60.00 · £48.00 · FREE ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Government, 2, 3 & 4-year-old funded places. Two-year funding is a criteria for families receiving certain government support and must be applied for through childcarechoices.gov.uk. All 3 and 4-year-olds will receive 15 hours the term after their 3rd birthday. Some families are entitled to an additional 15 hours which is the 30-hour funding and is for working families.
What childcare usually costs in North East Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North East 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
DN34 5BQWhat 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 demonstrate positive attitudes to their play and learning. They happily enter the warm and welcoming environment. Staff care for children in a safe and secure provision. A strong key-person system enables staff to obtain information from parents about children's preferences and developmental stages. This contributes to children settling quickly and forming strong attachments.
Staff have high expectations for children's learning. They recognise how children enjoy outdoor play and implement the curriculum in the outdoor area. Interesting activities capture the children's imaginations and encourage creativity. Children independently select their chosen activities from a wide range of stimulating and interesting resources. Staff critically reflect and evaluate how they would like to develop the environment further.
Children behave very well. Staff model good manners and respectful behaviours.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- encourage younger children's developing independence, to further promote both their physical and personal development, for example during snack time n find ways to make sure that lunchtime routines consider the individual needs of all children and introduce young children to feeding equipment.
- 20 April 2022Good
- 1 December 2016Good
- 20 March 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Stars Day Nursery
- 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 £60.00 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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