The Ark Day Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Scunthorpe for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £8.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2016, with 59 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 yearsbirth to 2y | £52.00 | £31.00 | |
| All ages | £32.00school aged children ONLY £40.00school aged children ONLY £50.008 hours) - Rainbow's £51.008 hours) - Sunshine's | £8.00Breakfast club 8.00 – School or After School Club Brumby Outwood 3.05 – 4.05, 1 hrs £10.50Breakfast club 7.30 – School £12.00After School Club Brumby Outwood 3.05 – 5.05, 2 hrs £15.00After School Club Brumby Outwood 3.05 – 5.30, 2.4 hrs £29.00Half Day (4 hour) - Rainbow's £30.00Half Day (4 hour) - Sunshine's |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.75 a day Dinners (funded children)
- £3.00 a day Holiday Club cooked dinner
- £10.00 Late collection - first half hour
- £10.00 an hour Holiday Club extra hours
- £10.00 an hour Extra hours
- £20.00 Late collection - anything after half hour
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
30 hour funding.
Worth knowing. Those claiming 30 hour funding will receive a different price structure completely. Dinners will be a extra charge of £2.75 per day (funded children) to be paid at the start of each half term.
What childcare usually costs in North Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North 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
DN16 1STWhat 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, 12 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have high aspirations for children's development. They guide children through exciting learning experiences that enhance their current skills. Staff also connect learning very well. For example, as older children practise their counting skills, staff consider ways to enhance their physical development and explore colour. Older children show excellent concentration skills as they use tweezers to pick up objects.
Children are happy and have consistently positive attitudes to their play and learning.
Staff adjust their practice appropriately and use various teaching strategies to support children's communication skills and knowledge of how to stay safe. For instance, they encourage the use of signs and words to demonstrate walking indoors to toddlers. Staff also use visual prompts when teaching children the language of feelings. Toddlers use words such as 'shocked' as they label and copy expressions they see. These systems develop children's emotional literacy very well. They also help to support children who speak English as an additional language, contributing to their sense of security and belonging.
- 12 January 2024Outstanding
- 16 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Ark Day Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £8.00 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.
- 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.
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