Sandfield Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £60.00 a day for 2-3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2004, with 86 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Yearsbirth to 2y | £60.00 | £37.50AM or PM | £275.00Full Time* | |
| 2-3 Years2y to 3y | £60.00 | £37.50AM or PM | £275.00Full Time* | |
| 3-5 Years3y to 5y | £60.00 | £37.50AM or PM | £275.00Full Time* |
Discounts
- 10% 10% discount for studentsfull-time basis only
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funding from 9 months old and up to 30 hours; two year old early learning programme; 15 hours free childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds; 30 hours free childcare for eligible working parents.
Worth knowing. There are no additional charges if you would like a fully funded place with us, meals will be included.
What childcare usually costs in Nottingham
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottingham 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
NG7 1QDWhat 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, 23 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled and enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery.
Staff make sure that children are provided with a wide range of interesting activities, both inside and outside, to support their learning. All children develop their social skills and behave well. Babies hold hands with one another as they move their bodies to familiar nursery rhymes that are sung enthusiastically by the staff. Toddlers use chalks to make marks and happily share what they are drawing with staff. Pre-school children play cooperatively. They help one another and take turns to mix paint in water. They proudly tell staff that mixing blue and red together makes the colour purple.
Staff particularly focus on supporting children's communication and language development, including children who speak English as an additional language. The staff who work with pre-school children ask open-ended questions and provide plenty of time for children to think about and respond to their questions. Staff who work with younger children introduce them to new vocabulary, such as saying
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the planning of activities for babies so that they are more precisely tailored to support their individual learning n review and extend the curriculum progression for the older children so that this focuses sharply on helping them to be ready for their transition to school.
- 23 August 2023Good
- 2 January 2018Good
- 3 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sandfield 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 £60.00 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.
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