Rosebery Avenue Community Playgroup
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Boston for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 1992, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
PE21 7QGWhat 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, 16 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily leave their parents at the door and enter the playgroup. They are warmly greeted by nurturing and kind staff, which helps children to feel valued and secure. Children instantly interact with the staff and engage with the resources on offer. They make friends and enjoy their play with each other. Children are interested and motivated learners, who enjoy the activities that are linked to their interests and next steps in learning. Particularly popular is the role-play hairdresser and nail studio. Staff and visitors are treated to a new hairdo and children pretend to paint their nails. Children show excellent imaginative skills as they re-enact what they have learned from outside of the playgroup.
Children thoroughly delight in listening to and singing songs. They smile, clap and sing with great enthusiasm to the familiar rhythms and rhymes. They join in with repeated words, which help to develop their early vocabulary. Children demonstrate strong self-care skills as they cover their mouths when they cough and fetch tissues to blow their noses. Staff gently remind children to wash their hands after wiping their noses and sneezing. Staff have high expectations of what children can do for themselves. When children spontaneously say please and thank you. Staff thank them for their good manners. This helps to raise children's selfesteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to support staff to challenge and extend children's learning, to help them to achieve as much as they can - strengthen strategies to extend children's communication and language, particularly for children who speak English as an additional language.
- 16 January 2023Good
- 19 April 2017Good
- 6 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rosebery Avenue Community Playgroup
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
- 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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