Rand Farm Park Day Nursery, Pre School and Activity Day Camps
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Market Rasen for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2022, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9 months, 2, 3 and 4-year-old funding, up to 30 hours.
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
LN8 5NJWhat 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.
- 19 March 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 22 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery. Staff create an environment where children access a variety of opportunities to learn about the world around them. For example, staff ensure that children have daily access to the adjourning farm. Pre-school children listen intently to instructions about how to care for animals. They take it in turn to gently stroke rabbits and brush the guinea pigs'
coats. Staff encourage children to consider what the animals may eat. Children learn to handle the animals carefully in case they scare them. This helps children to understand how to take care of other living things.
Staff ensure that there are multiple opportunities for physical play. For instance, pre-school children explore the outdoor environment. They work together with staff and their friends to safely build a train out of pallets. They present their pretend tickets to staff, explaining they are going to visit an ice castle. Toddlers sit with staff and take turns rolling balls back and forth to each other. Babies are supervised by staff as they negotiate the play equipment. They use their muscles, pulling themselves up to take part in low table-top activities. Babies enjoy exploring the textures of paint and making water splash, where staff gently encourage less confident children to take part.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff skills, with particular reference to the staff who work in toddlers and the older baby room, in order to provide consistent and purposeful interactions for children which build on their existing skills and knowledge n support staff to enhance their confidence in implementing the curriculum to help toddlers make the progress they are capable of. Camps
- 22 January 2024Good
Still missing for Rand Farm Park Day Nursery, Pre School and Activity Day Camps
- What it costs
- 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.