The Psalter Lane Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Sheffield for from 1 year up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £93.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1993, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £65.00or FEL £93.00 | £28.00Or FEL |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 refundable depositto secure your child's place at nursery, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 SUN CREAMPER APPLICATION
- £1.00 NAPPIESPER NAPPY
- £1.50 BABY WIPESPER PACK
- £5.00 a session early start, must be pre-booked
- £5.00 a session Late finish, must be pre-booked
- £9.00 a session Core Day Late Finish 3pm-3:30pm
- £10.00 a session Extended late finish
- £12.00 a session Breakfast Club (including toast, cereal and drinks)includes toast, cereal and drinks
- £15.00 per 15 minutes Unauthorised Late Collection Chargeup to each 15 minutes after the agreed collection time
- £17.00 a session After Nursery Club (including snack)includes snack
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.50 an hour Voluntary Consumable Chargeper funded hour
- £4.50 a session core morning or afternoon session consumable chargeIf your child attends for a core morning or afternoon session
- £9.00 a day core full day consumable chargeIf your child attends a core full day
Funded hours
15 hours FEL for 3-4 year olds, 15 hours 2YR FEL for eligible 2 year olds, and up to 30 hours WPE for eligible working parents from 9 months.
Worth knowing. Voluntary consumable charge of £1.50 per funded hour; £4.50 per core morning/afternoon session; £9 per core full day. Funding does not cover Breakfast club, Activity School, early starts and any sessions after the core hours. Minimum 2 sessions for 2 year olds and under, 3 sessions for 3 year olds and over. Only 4 weeks of holiday funded per year.
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 8UXWhat 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.
- 22 December 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make a strong start to their learning in this warm and nurturing nursery. Babies are helped to build strong bonds with the experienced staff and they smoothly settle into nursery life. Staff plan a rich curriculum that helps children to build on their strong start. Children make good progress overall and are well prepared for their future learning, including starting school. For instance, children learn to listen to each other and to share ideas as they mix their 'soups' in the mud kitchen and correctly name ingredients from the garden, such as 'rosemary' and 'lavender'.
Children feel safe and learn to behave well. They show concern for others. Children rise to staff's high expectations and are polite and considerate. For instance, they learn to take turns and be gentle as they let the stick insects they are learning to care for crawl along their hands. Staff encourage children to take sensible risks and to challenge themselves. Babies become increasingly confident to explore new sensory activities, such as cereals or rice. Older children learn to climb and balance on the extensive outdoor resources. Parents are very appreciative of staff's constant attention to their children's needs and the practical guidance they offer.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's interactions with children to more consistently extend and deepen their knowledge and understanding.
- 5 November 2024Good
- 20 March 2019Good
- 17 March 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Psalter Lane Nursery
- Meals
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 £93.00 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.
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