Parkside Academy Baby Room
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Barrow-In-Furness for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 2022, with 12 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
30-Hour Funded Childcare; 15-Hour Funded Childcare.
Worth knowing. Children staying for the full day will receive lunchtime provision free of charge, meaning that children accessing their 30-hour entitlement will benefit from almost 33 hours per week of care and learning at no extra cost. During lunchtime, parents are asked to provide a packed lunch.
What childcare usually costs in Westmorland and Furness
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Westmorland and Furness 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
LA13 9BYWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 10 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 15 January 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Parkside Academy Baby Room
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.