White House Farm Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Grantham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2024. Open since 2009, with 71 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 Lincolnshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in 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
NG32 2ENWhat 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.
- 4 April 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children in the pre-school room are supported by staff to take and manage controlled risks in their play. For example, when children help staff to start a fire to heat water outdoors, staff ask them to remember what they need to do before they strike a fire starter. Children say they need space, a personal bubble, so they do not get fire on their friends. This shows children's understanding of how to keep themselves and others safe. In the baby room, children are supported by staff to form close attachments with them, helping them to feel emotionally secure. For example, when children hold scarfs to their face, they smile when staff play peekaboo with them. Children in the baby room develop their core strength. For example, staff place very young children on their tummies and put toys to the side of them, encouraging them to roll to reach them. Children in the toddler room develop their small-muscle skills. They copy staff who show them how to take it in turns to use tweezers to pick up spaghetti. Children express pride in their achievements, showing visitors how they can use their hands to move the tweezers in and out.
Additional funding for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND) is used effectively. For example, the manager uses the money to enhance adult to child ratios and to provide one-to-one support for children. This enables staff to provide small-group times and focused support to meet children's individual needs.
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 in the toddler and pre-school rooms to help engage and maintain children's focus and attention during planned group times n support staff in the toddler and pre-school rooms to help children learn how to take turns in conversations and to listen to the views of others during group times.
- 7 February 2024Good
- 16 April 2018Outstanding
- 30 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for White House Farm 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.