The Collegiate Montessori Nursery LTD
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A day nursery in Sheffield for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £95.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2025. Open since 2007, with 94 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
49 weeks a year, minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Full day | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £95.008.00am -6.00pm | £9.50 £12.00subject to availability |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 an hour Funded hours consumables chargeup to 15 hours of funding, subject to eligibility during term time, includes all snacks, baking, wipes, Calpol, nappy sacks
- £2.50 an hour Funded hours consumables charge from September 2025up to 30 hours of funding, subject to eligibility during term time
Funded hours
Currently up to 15 hours of funding is available subject to eligibility during term time weeks; from September 2025 up to 30 hours of funding is available, subject to eligibility during term time weeks.
Worth knowing. Funded hours have a consumables charge of £2.00 per hour (rising to £2.50 per hour from September 2025). Minimum hours are 9am-3.30pm x 2 days. We do not have a term time option.
What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield 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
S11 9AWWhat 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, 1 August 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, families and staff are very happy at this nursery. Leaders have carefully designed the environment, routines and teaching to help children settle well and be prepared for the next stage of their education. For example, baby rooms are quiet, calm spaces. Staff chat warmly with babies as they feed them. Calming music plays softly in the background. Older children experience lining up and going for lunch in a larger space. This helps to get children ready for eating meals in a noisier dining hall when they go to school.
Children benefit from daily time outdoors. They collect natural objects and create a group collage. Children remember what they have learned, such as pine needles are brown because they are no longer attached to the tree. Leaders plan regular opportunities for children to help other people in their community. They raise funds for the local children's hospital. Staff celebrate children's similarities and differences. Children develop a good understanding of the world they live in and what makes them unique.
Staff provide engaging learning opportunities. As a result, children concentrate for long periods. Children sing the songs they have learned as they play and enjoy stories. Children are curious about new words. Staff talk to them about what words, such as 'forbade' and 'fled', mean. This helps children to understand and develop their vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- further enhance the good support of children's communication and language skills, including by considering staff's use of questioning n further support children's learning and development by seeking guidance and support from other professionals who support them.
- 1 August 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 16 October 2019Good
- 15 November 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Collegiate Montessori Nursery LTD
- 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 £95.00 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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