Market Rasen Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Market Rasen for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2003, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early years’ entitlement funding for all 3 and 4 year old’s. 2 year old funding entitlement. Limited spaces for 30 hours free childcare for those eligible.
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 3BJWhat 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, 25 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are given tasks to complete, helping them to develop a sense of responsibility. For example, staff ask them to be 'special helpers', which includes preparing food at snack time for their friends. Children are happy to help staff, learning how to use safety knives safely to cut up cucumber. They say that they move the knife 'forward and backwards'. Children show their independence at snack time, washing their hands prior to eating and using small jugs to pour milk.
In the garden, children are supported to take risks in their play. For example, they climb onto crates and cable reels, jumping from the top. Staff know the children well, identifying when some children need a hand to hold to help promote their safety when they jump. Children are supported to think critically. When they play with broccoli and pretend it is a tree, staff ask them if they can make it stand up.
Children decide to spread slime onto the bottom of the stalk to see if it will stand.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff during planned activities to encourage all children's focus and attention so they get the most from the learning offered n help staff to strengthen their interactions with children to help them understand their own and others' feelings and emotions.
- 25 March 2024Good
- 9 May 2018Good
- 9 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Market Rasen Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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