Mossgate Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Morecambe for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £8.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2015, with 60 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £8.50Lunch or Late, 1 hrs £25.50Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | £8.50fees |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £4.25 a session Breakfast clubincludes breakfast cereals and toast
- £4.25 a session Early start
Funded hours
Universal 3&4's funding, Working Parent 2,3,4's funding and Golden Ticket 2's funding entitlement.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
LA3 2EEWhat 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, 30 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome children warmly as they arrive at the nursery. They ask parents for any key information about how their children have been, to ensure that they can care for children's needs. Through a varied curriculum, staff support children's developing independence and sense of self. For instance, children learn to put their belongings away and wash their hands on arrival. Staff gather extensive information about children before they start attending. They use this to implement routines and activities that develop each individual child's confidence. The keyperson system is strong. Staff build positive relationships with children and quickly get to know them very well. Children who are new to the nursery are given lots of reassurance. They happily seek staff out for a cuddle or to involve them in their play.
Staff well-being is important to leaders in the nursery. Staff clearly enjoy their work and morale is high. This contributes to the very positive atmosphere in the nursery.
Children behave well, are confident in their play and keen to share their learning with others. For example, children excitedly tell adults about their achievements being recognised on a 'celebration leaf' display. Children benefit from praise and encouragement from staff, which helps them to develop a sense of pride and high levels of self-esteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve children's understanding of the possible risks and consequences of their actions, so they are better able to assess risks for themselves.
- 30 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 18 February 2019Good
- 29 May 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mossgate Day Nursery
- 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 £8.50 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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