Rainbow Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Spalding for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2003, with 49 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded places for eligible babies the term after they turn 9 months, 2 year olds and 3/4 year olds.
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
PE12 9LFWhat 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, 21 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show positive relationships with staff. For example, children in the baby room smile at staff when they hide behind scarves and play a game of peekaboo with them. Children are supported to develop an understanding of staff's behavioural expectations. For example, staff model being polite to encourage children to copy. Children are asked to take turns with their peers, for example, when they spoon crushed fruit into trays to make fruit lollies.
Children are supported to develop their physical skills. Children in the baby room are given time and encouragement by staff to hold onto a low-level banister when they walk down steps in the garden. Staff supervise them closely and offer a helping hand to promote their safety. Children in the pre-school room are provided with opportunities to develop their large arm movements. For example, staff show them how to use chalk on a large blackboard to make marks. Children in the toddler room have opportunities to develop their imagination. For example, in the role-play area, staff show and talk to children about how to care for a doll. Children use objects to represent food and pretend to eat them from a toy spoon.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff in the pre-school room to adapt their interactions during planned activities to meet the individual learning needs of the children who take part n help staff to offer all parents ideas and suggestions about how they can support their children's learning at home.
- 21 August 2023Good
- 8 January 2018Good
- 28 September 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rainbow Nursery
- What it costs
- Meals
- Nappies
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
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