Paper Moon Day Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Lincoln for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 April 2024. Open since 2004, with 34 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 7THWhat 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, 11 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are shown respect and their voices are heard in the nursery. For instance, staff ask them to form a council and to share their ideas of activities they would like to do. When children request waffle tasting, staff offer them this to encourage them to try different foods. Younger children in the toddler room develop a love of books, sitting with staff to listen to favourite stories. They are excited to see familiar characters in the story and shout 'a bear'.
Children show kindness and are supported to share. For example, when children in the toddler room play with bubble mixture, staff ask them if they will pass some of the mixture to their friends. Children in the pre-school room are asked to use sand timers to give them a visual prompt when it is time to let another child play with toys. Children in the pre-school room have opportunities to learn how to use tools safely. When they play with toy hammers and drills, they are asked to wear safety goggles. Staff help them to understand that the goggles help to stop things from hitting them in their eyes. This contributes to children's understanding of how they can keep themselves safe.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more closer monitoring of staff's practice, particularly in the toddler room, to ensure that the curriculum for communication and language is delivered consistently well, so all children benefit from high-quality back-andforth interactions.
- 11 April 2024Good
- 27 June 2018Good
- 24 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Paper Moon 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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