Woodthorpe Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham for babies from a few weeks old up to 5 year olds, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2010, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government-funded early education and childcare entitlement.
Worth knowing. Parents who do not wish to pay for our optional food charges may provide their child's food from home instead.
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
NG5 4FEWhat 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.
- 14 February 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 17 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and settle quickly after being greeted by friendly and kind staff. They explore their environment and make independent choices from the interesting resources available to them. Children stand at the water tray, exploring with pipettes. They develop their small-muscle skills as they squeeze the pipettes, drawing up coloured water and transferring it to a variety of pots. They are supported by staff to use mathematical language as they play, talking about the
'smaller' and 'larger' pots they are using. Children grasp large pieces of chalk as they make marks on the floor. They develop their literacy skills, as they are encouraged by staff to think about the first letter of their name. Children are warmly praised as they carefully write and form letters.
Children develop their balance and coordination as they scramble up the climbing apparatus. They further develop these skills as they balance on the stepping stones, holding out their arms to steady themselves as they carefully and successfully complete the task. They use their imaginations as they run around the playground shouting, 'Quick! The dinosaurs are coming.' Younger children are encouraged to develop their communication and language skills as they pretend to talk on the phone. They develop this further as they snuggle into staff for stories and songs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - focus the management team's monitoring on individual staff practice in order to strengthen the feedback they receive and enhance the quality of education n develop staff's skills on how they use questions when they interact with children so that children have time to process the question and develop an answer.
- 17 February 2023Good
- 17 February 2017Good
- 20 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Woodthorpe Day Nursery
- 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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