The Enchanted Garden Day Nursery
Good★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Mansfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2012, with 55 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 Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire 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
NG21 9HLWhat 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, 29 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome the children and their families as they arrive at nursery. They offer warm cuddles and reassurance when children need additional time to settle. This helps children's well-being and builds their confidence. Children form strong emotional bonds with staff and they demonstrate a sense of belonging in the nursery.
Staff provide children with experiences in the environment to capture their interest and imagination. Children make choices and lead their play while staff provide teaching moments to help them to develop further. For example, staff help older children to use their physical skills, rolling tyres and lifting wood to create a den.
They explain to children how to improve their balancing and jumping, praising them for demonstrating their growing strength and skills. Children keenly explore the natural world around them. They confidently tell visitors which trees are
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- give children more time to think and respond to questions to encourage them to think of solutions and share their own thoughts and ideas n continue to monitor and focus on strengthening staff practice to raise the quality of teaching practice to even higher levels.
- 29 July 2024Good
- 14 August 2018Outstanding
- 18 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Enchanted Garden Day Nursery
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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