Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ Ormsby Lodge
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Alford for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2017, with 86 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
LN13 9EQWhat 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, 26 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to join the activities staff plan for them and stay engaged for long periods of time. This positive attitude to learning is due to staff knowing the children well and playing alongside them. Children in the baby room make choices about what songs they want staff to sing, helping to support their early understanding of words. Staff introduce new words in the toddler room for children to learn, such as 'share', and help them to understand what this word means.
Children have opportunities to be physically active. For instance, in the toddler room, children excitedly listen and follow instructions when staff play music and ask them to move their bodies in different ways. Children swing their arms, tap their feet and clap their hands. When children balance as they walk across wooden planks, staff remind them to hold out their arms and to jump off the end. Staff stand close-by to support, if necessary, promoting their safety.
Children receive praise from staff for their achievements, helping to reinforce positive behaviour. For example, when children in the baby room are asked to tidy away toys, staff clap their hands when they do this. When pre-school children dress themselves independently, they receive a high five for doing this on their own.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to provide children with privacy when changing their nappies n support staff in the toddler room to find ways of supporting children to manage and identify their emotions when they are upset during self-chosen play.
- 26 February 2024Good
- 8 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ Ormsby Lodge
- What it costs
- 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.