YMCA Beginnings Day Care
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Gainsborough for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2024. Open since 2009, with 62 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
DN21 1NYWhat 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, 5 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are excited to attend the setting and are warmly welcomed by happy staff, who are genuinely pleased to see them. Children leave their parents with ease and enthusiastically settle at an activity of their choice. Staff remind children to sit down when using scissors, so they learn to keep themselves safe. Staff display children's drawings on the wall. Children show pride as they point their pictures out to visitors.
Staff support children to be independent from an early age. They help younger children to learn to pour their own drinks. Staff hold the jug handle with them and count 'One, two, three' as they pour, so they learn when their cup has enough in.
Staff encourage older children to label their bottles with their names. Consequently, children learn to recognise their names and their friends as they give them their bottles to drink from throughout the day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to develop their interactions further so babies benefit from highquality teaching experiences.
- 5 August 2024Good
- 29 August 2018Good
- 18 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for YMCA Beginnings Day Care
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.