Rascal's Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Great Yarmouth for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £62.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2025. Open since 2012, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £62.00All day | £38.00Morning or Afternoon |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Administration feenon-funded children, not refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Additional late collection feeanything later than 15 minutes late, for every 5 minutes late
- £20.00 per 15 minutes Late collection feecollected after closing times of 1PM and 6PM, within the first 15
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £25.00 a month Charge for children on the 15 hours Government fundingincludes Cost of Breakfast, snacks, dinner and tea
- £50.00 a month Charge for children on the 30 hours Government fundingincludes Cost of Breakfast, snacks, dinner and tea
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Education funding entitlement for +9 months, 2 and/or 3- and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. Maximum hours per week – 15 (Or 30 if entitled to 30 funded hours); Maximum hours per day – 10; Minimum hours per day – 5; We offer 5 - hour sessions and full days. There is a charge of £25 per month for children on the 15 hours Government funding - Cost of Breakfast, snacks, dinner and tea. There is a charge of £50 per month for children on the 30 hours Government funding - Cost of Breakfast, snacks, dinner and tea. Parents will not be charged a “top-up” fee.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR31 7BUWhat 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, 4 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders plan a well-rounded curriculum that staff tailor to meet each child's individual needs. It also provides children with the experiences and knowledge they need to prepare them for the next stages of their education. Staff focus their attention on supporting children to develop their communication and language skills through lots of conversation, singing and sharing stories, as well as building their confidence and social skills. Staff share new information to help children to build on their knowledge and understanding of the world. For example, staff show children the vegetable pak choi, and explain that it is a food which originates from
Children actively engage in learning. They become good communicators who hold thoughtful conversations. Children are keen to talk to each other and to the adults.
They follow their own interests and ideas. Older children chat to their friends as they play and learn, building on each other's ideas. When children need to develop their social skills and to understand how to get along well with others staff give them close and considered support. This helps children to develop new skills which they then successfully practise. Children are proud of their achievements and persevere to achieve their goals. For example, older children concentrate on using glue to make cards for their family, or focus on trying to cut up a real vegetables in the role-play kitchen. Children's thinking develops as staff encourage them to solve problems and set them challenges, including those about shape, space, measure and numbers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the staffing arrangements so that key persons spend more time supporting and interacting with their key children n support staff to develop a deeper understanding of how to deliver the curriculum consistently in order to raise the quality of education to a higher level.
- 4 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 September 2024Inadequate
- 12 November 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rascal's Day Nursery
- 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.
- Is £62.00 a day still the rate? 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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