Serendipitys Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Grantham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 2016, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Free childcare to eligable 2 year old children; free government places for both the 15 hours and 30 hours. 15 hour funding is automatic for all 3 and 4 years olds. However 30 year funding is only available to those parents that are eligible.
Worth knowing. You may still be charged for extra’s like consumables, nappies and trips.
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
NG31 8ANWhat 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 June 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show positive relationships with staff. For example, in the baby room, they give staff good eye contact and excitedly anticipate when staff play games with them. Children openly go to staff for cuddles.
Children have opportunities to develop their physical skills. For example, in the baby room, staff provide climbing equipment for children that encourages them to take and manage risks in their play. Children hold on to the sides of low-level slides as they climb. In the toddler room, staff play music and ask children to copy action rhymes. Children show good listening and attention skills as they copy movements such as waving their arms and moving their fingers. Pre-school children learn about shapes. For example, staff talk to them about shapes in the environment, such as the wheels on a tractor. Children draw shapes and use scissors to cut around them.
Staff support children to use scissors safely, showing them how to hold them and holding on to the paper to enable children to cut more easily. Children say, 'I did it,'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to develop children's awareness of the similarities and differences between themselves and their peers n support staff in the baby room to strengthen their interactions during planned activities to help all children to build on their learning.
- 4 January 2024Good
- 4 April 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Serendipitys Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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