Nutwood Day Nursery
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Lincoln for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2022. Open since 2014, with 49 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
LN6 8RYWhat 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, 24 January 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show a willingness to help staff. For instance, when routines of the day change, two-year-old children thrive on the responsibility of helping to tidy away the toys before mealtimes. Children have positive relationships with staff and their peers. For example, one-year-old children laugh and giggle together when they jump up and down on a foil blanket and listen to the noise it makes. Two-year-old children snuggle into staff for a cuddle and reassurance. Children show kindness to others, such as when they pass bowls of potatoes to their friends at mealtimes and take it in turns to serve themselves.
Staff support children to progress in their learning effectively. For instance, when staff read children stories, they show excitement and use different tones in their voice. This helps to engage children. They sit and listen well. Children join in and say words in the story, helping to extend their vocabulary. Children are physically active. Three- and four-year-old children develop strength in their bodies when they use spades safely to help staff to dig soil in the garden. They show excitement when they uncover a toy car and spade in the soil. Children tell visitors that they think the objects have been stuck for 'ever and ever'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to make greater use of planned activities to help develop children's thinking skills and learning n improve staff's understanding of how to continue to help children to recognise further potential risks at home.
- 24 January 2022Good
- 15 July 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nutwood Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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