Paskals Day Nursery Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 2.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Doncaster for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2016, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding available from 9 months to 4 Year Old (Subject to eligibility); Funding available for 2, 3 & 4 Year Olds (Subject to eligibility).
Worth knowing. Please note that government funding does not cover the cost of meals or snacks.
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
DN4 8TSWhat 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, 14 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children are supported to make progress. Staff interactions are positive and respectful. Children eagerly participate in an interesting range of hands-on learning experiences, which are planned around their individual needs and interests. The special educational needs coordinator is extremely skilled at supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Targeted interventions are identified and implemented skilfully, supporting achievement gaps to narrow. For example, objects of reference, visual props and pictures enable nonverbal children to have a voice so that they can make their needs known. It also enables staff to identify children's abilities and levels of understanding so that they can plan further quality interactions to support each child.
Staff implement the nursery curriculum well, helping children to develop a broad range of skills and knowledge over time. Through staff's ongoing observations and monitoring of children's progress, they have identified a need to focus on supporting children's listening and attention skills. Children's good behaviour is encouraged and their safety maintained through the introduction of clear routines, boundaries and expectations. Staff help children to learn new words, extending their vocabulary. For example, when exploring pasta, staff pick a handful up and squash it. They advise the babies that this makes a 'crunchy' sound. When staff come across more complex words in stories, they ask children about these. For example, staff ask older children if they know what 'furious' means. Children confirm that it means 'angry'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider children's varying abilities when planning large-group activities, including story times, so that all children benefit fully from the learning provided n help all staff to develop confidence in their abilities to implement planned activities that support children's awareness of size.
- 14 May 2024Good
- 13 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Paskals Day Nursery Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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