Rockinghorse Daycare
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Dereham for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £66.50 a day for children aged 2-3. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2008, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day Care £66.50 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
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
NR20 3PJWhat 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 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy and eager to join their peers to play and explore. They receive a warm welcome from staff, which helps them to settle quickly. The strong relationships between the children and staff, promotes children's confidence and self-esteem. Children are confident communicators and are eager to engage in conversations as they play. Staff provide an exciting environment, which captures children's interest. For example, young children appear fascinated with a solar-powered water fountain. Through exploration they begin to understand that they can affect the flow by covering the panel.
Children behave well and show high levels of engagement in their play. Staff interact and facilitate children's play well to extend their learning. For instance, they engage in children's make-believe play about pirates by introducing a treasure hunt. All children excitedly join in the hunt. They listen attentively to staff and cover their eyes while the treasure is hidden in the garden. Staff encourage children to count and compare the amounts of treasure they find. Staff offer praise and encouragement to help children to persist.
Children learn about their local community through regular outings. Staff use these opportunities to provide the children with first-hand experiences of the natural world. For instance, they visit ponds and observe the life cycle of frogs and ducks.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to encourage children to take responsibility for small tasks that develop their independence.
- 4 July 2024Good
- 21 August 2018Good
- 6 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rockinghorse Daycare
- Funded hours
- 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 £66.50 a day still the rate? 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.
- 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.
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