Spinning Tops Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Skegness for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 June 2023. Open since 2021, with 36 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
PE25 2AGWhat 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, 20 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop extremely close bonds with staff and settle quickly in their care.
They arrive smiling and eager to learn in the homely and welcoming environment that staff create. Children rapidly gain confidence in sharing their ideas as they use play dough to make pretend ice creams with staff. They develop their hand muscles as staff encourage them to use a variety of tools, such as rolling pins, to manipulate the dough into pots and cones. Children learn new vocabulary and knowledge from staff, including what a 'Neapolitan' ice cream is and why ice cream drips when it is melting. They use their imagination to add different objects to their play, such as a wooden stick to mimic a 'flake'. Staff praise children for persevering to make their creations. This motivates children to extend their play further, for example feeding ice creams to toy dinosaurs. Staff teach children about ways to stay healthy, suggesting that they might have to brush the dinosaurs' teeth after eating all the ice creams.
Children behave extremely well and know what staff expect of them from a young age. They all stop, wiggle their fingers and listen so staff can explain instructions to them. Children follow the instructions and put the resources away without needing support. Children show their strong friendships and happily invite their friends into their play, sharing resources willingly. They demonstrate their care of others and imitate the language that staff use to make sure others are alright when they have a minor trip in the garden.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's ability to focus further on children's individual learning needs during the planning and implementation of activities so that children make the best possible progress n strengthen how leaders identify and provide the necessary support for individual staff to be able to implement the setting's chosen curriculum more effectively.
- 20 June 2023Good
- 5 January 2023Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Spinning Tops Day Nursery
- 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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