Partou Small World Day Nursery & Pre-School
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Doncaster 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2022. Open since 2019, with 97 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 Doncaster
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Doncaster 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
DN7 6RYWhat 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, 3 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure because they are supported to develop settled relationships with their key person. Staff continually work closely with parents and carers to ensure children's care and learning needs are met. Children are encouraged to develop confidence and a joy for learning. They behave well as staff encourage them to share, take turns and interact positively with their peers.
Managers have identified a clear curriculum, which focuses on building children's core skills in preparation for school. For example, children of all ages are provided with lots of opportunities to develop their fine manipulative skills. Children develop the muscles in their fingers when manipulating dough or using tweezers to pick objects up. Staff understand how this helps children to develop the skills needed for holding their pencils correctly when learning to write.
Books and stories are another key feature of the curriculum. Staff understand how these can be used to support children's communication skills. They not only read stories to children but they also re-enact them. Two-year-olds have great fun recalling familiar parts of a story as they go on a bear hunt in the outside play area. Children who speak English as an additional language are supported well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review how planned activities are delivered, especially to pre-school children, so that staff consistently model language that promotes thinking and challenges children n ensure staff provide children with explanations of unfamiliar words to support their growing vocabulary and understanding.
- 3 August 2022Good
- 3 February 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Small World Day Nursery & Pre-School
- 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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