The Cabin Childcare Centre, YMCA
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Plymouth for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2023. Open since 2011, with 38 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funded childcare, equivalent to 15 or 30 hours per week, to eligible children who are two, three and four years of age.
What childcare usually costs in Plymouth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Plymouth 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
PL5 3NGWhat 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, 24 April 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly and are keen to explore the stimulating learning environment. Staff interact positively with children, showing them warmth and kindness. Children respond affectionately and snuggle up with staff in a blanket as they share stories together. Children feel comfort and a sense of security. Staff help children to learn about their emotions and provide quiet spaces where children can feel safe. Children sing songs about how they feel using different voice tones.
They confidently link their feelings to actions to support their emotional development.
Children enjoy the free choice between indoor and outdoor play. They show curiosity and a positive attitude to learning. Staff provide children with opportunities to help develop their physical skills. They place items of interest high up in trees to encourage children to stretch and strengthen their muscles. Children enjoy navigating the uneven ground. They persevere when climbing up the small hill mounds and relish shouting to their peers from the top, which aids their communication.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- encourage children to find answers to their questions to help them to solve problems independently - plan and implement whole-group times more effectively to help every child build on what they already know and can do.
- 24 April 2023Good
- 27 September 2017Good
- 15 August 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Cabin Childcare Centre, YMCA
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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