Start Right Nursery Ancaster Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Grantham for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2008, with 52 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
NG32 3PPWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children behave well and show kindness to their peers. When they see other children upset, they show them toys and try to distract them. Children share resources with their friends, such as scissors. They show positive relationships with staff. Young children sit on a member of staff's knee to take off their boots. When staff provide them with comfort, children smile and show that they are happy.
Children are supported to develop their self-care skills. Very young children are given a spoon and encouraged to begin to feed themselves. Pre-school children use spoons to serve themselves meals. Staff understand how children learn. They support very young children to develop their understanding of gravity. Children are excited to watch staff hold leaves up high and let them drop through their fingers.
Toddlers look in fascination when they watch how the wind blows flour out of their hands in the garden. Older children explore how to use equipment in different ways. For example, they use plastic pipes to try to dig for worms in soil. Staff help to extend children's understanding of the objects they play with. For example, when children play with toy dinosaurs, staff tell them what the dinosaurs are called and read them information from books about each dinosaur's individual traits, such as what they ate.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully identify how to build on all children's learning during their chosen activities.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 14 November 2016Good
- 9 July 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Start Right Nursery Ancaster Ltd
- 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.