Little Twinkles Childcare
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Grimsby for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £6.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2017, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 3 days a week.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.50£6.50 per hour per child £7.00from April 2027 |
Discounts
- 10% 2 siblings is 10% offSiblings rates apply when all children are in our care; does not apply
Funded hours
Funded places for children aged 2 and 3 years old; 15 and 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Children will attend for 15-30 hours a week term time only (days/times arranged between parents and nursery).
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 5BWWhat 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, 3 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive with a smile, excited for the day ahead. They hang their own bags and coats up. Children take their shoes off before they complete self-registration.
They confidently greet practitioners and go to explore their environment. They develop the skills they need for their move to school. Babies reach out to their key person when they see them. Practitioners are extremely passionate and very enthusiastic. They get to know all children very well. This helps children to form strong attachments with all practitioners. Children are ready to learn.
Practitioners use positive language and good manners consistently, always talking calmly. Children copy this behaviour, such as by saying, 'Excuse me', when they want their key person's attention. Staff teach children the importance of manners.
- 3 February 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 30 May 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Twinkles Childcare
- Nappies
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 £6.50 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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