Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ The Chimes
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Boston 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 September 2023. Open since 2017, with 63 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
PE20 3LHWhat 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.
- 5 July 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are invited to attend settling-in visits when they first start attending. This helps children to become familiar with the staff and environment. Children settle quickly and show they have close bonds with staff who support them emotionally, giving cuddles of reassurance when needed. Children are supported to understand their feelings and emotions. For example, staff read children in the pre-school room stories about colours that link to emotions. This encourages children to discuss why they think characters in a story are feeling a certain way.
Children are supported by staff to understand the behaviour they expect from them. For example, in the baby room, when children start to climb on tables to reach objects, staff ask them to put their bottoms on a chair. Children have opportunities to learn how they can keep themselves safe. For example, staff show children in the pre-school room how to use safety knives safely to cut up vegetables. This encourages children to try to complete the task on their own. Staff help children to learn new skills. For example, they show children in the toddler room how to use a pipette in water. Children watch staff and copy, helping them to develop the small muscles in their hands. They laugh with staff when they squirt the water from the pipette into the air.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to help older children in the baby room to build on their large physical skills indoors n help staff to minimise distractions during planned group times with children in the pre-school room to help maintain their focus and attention.
- 4 September 2023Good
- 15 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ The Chimes
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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