St Margaret's Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Grimsby for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £22.00 a session for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 1983, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £22.00 | |
| 3 & 4 year olds3y to 4y | £20.00 |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 a session Consumables charge per sessionfor all children who used funded childcare
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Years Payments for 2, 3 and 4 year olds; 15 hours of Government Funding (and the universal extra 15 hours for working parents) for 3-5 year olds; Funding for 2 year olds allocated by the Local Authority.
Worth knowing. £1 per session consumables charge for all children who used funded childcare.
What childcare usually costs in North East Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North East 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
DN37 7DBWhat 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, 30 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are safe and secure in the pre-school. They enter happily and find their name on their coat peg. They quickly settle to their play and enjoy talking to staff.
As children gather on the carpet for the register, they share warm hugs with their key person. Children have good relationships with staff, which helps them to develop their personal, social and emotional skills.
Children are excited in their learning. They use the resources imaginatively and are curious as they play. For example, children make soup together. They pour the water and find chives to add to their soup. When they are happy with their creation, they share it with staff. They show lots of enjoyment in achieving what they set out to do. This helps children to develop their imagination and thinking skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen further already good partnerships with parents by telling them what their children are learning and how they can further support this at home n continue to develop communication with other settings children attend to fully support children's individual learning and development.
- 30 June 2022Good
- 14 April 2016Good
- 27 April 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Margaret's Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £22.00 a session 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.