Parkfield Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Carlisle for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £9.40 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 1993, with 42 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £9.40Lunch Time, 3.00pm – 4.00pm, 5.00pm – 6.00pm £11.757:45am – 9:00am or Breakfast Club £14.103.00pm – 4.30pm or 4.30pm – 6.00pm, 1.5 hrs £28.20Afternoons or Mornings, 3 hrs | £9.40Additional hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Registration Feenot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.80 a session Morning Snack
- £0.80 a session Afternoon Snack
- £0.80 Snacks
- £3.15 Breakfast
- £3.15 Tea
- £4.20 Lunch
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hours, 15 hours, and 22.5hrs/11.5hrs stretched all year round.
Worth knowing. Free Entitlement Option (Pre-School Term Time Only) and All Year Round: Stretched Hours (Max Grant 6 hrs each day).
What childcare usually costs in Cumberland
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cumberland 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
CA2 5PGWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and staff cherish each and every child. They place children at the very heart of everything that they do. Bespoke settling-in sessions are carefully tailored to children's specific needs. Children benefit immensely from the personalised oneto-one support they receive from their key person on arrival. This contributes towards the very special bonds that are formed between children and staff.
Children are incredibly happy and settled. They enjoy every minute of their time at this wonderful nursery. Children's behaviour is impeccable. They use polite phrases, such as 'excuse me', when trying to move past others.
Leaders and staff have high aspirations for every child. They strive 'to ensure that all children are continually challenged and have oodles of fun'. Children are extremely motivated learners. Babies babble continuously during play. They show immense trust in their key person and confidently let go of one of their hands when learning to walk. Younger children actively reflect on their home-life experiences during pretend play. They use tools carefully and competently, when cutting up vegetables to make their very own 'carrot pasta'. Older children ride a bike with precision and skill outdoors. They negotiate a safe pathway when travelling at speed along platforms, up and down ramps and around cones. Children who speak
- 8 November 2022Outstanding
- 14 November 2016Good
- 2 December 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Parkfield Nursery
- 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.
- Is £9.40 a session 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.
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