Zoe's Childcare Dallas Street
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Mansfield for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2013, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2 Year Funding low income/ none working families, 3 &4 Year old funding, 30 hours funded childcare 9 month to 4 Year.
Worth knowing. Meals & snacks for the three full days are charged at £3 per meal or a healthy packed lunch can be provided. We do not have facility to store in the fridge or reheat food.
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
NG18 5TAWhat 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, 10 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff plan an enticing outdoor environment for children to explore. Children use their leg muscles, pushing themselves along on ride-on vehicles as they skilfully negotiate an obstacle course that staff have created. Staff supervise children as they carefully climb large apparatus and help them sit safely as they use the slide.
Children laugh as they play musical chairs with staff and their friends. They remind them of the rules, and children show delight as they reach 'the final'. Children devise their own games. They use a plank balanced on tyres to make a pretend bus. Children decide who the driver and passengers will be, and they tell staff they have tickets and are going on a journey. This supports children's creativity and imagination.
Children are curious about the world around them. For example, they are full of awe when they find a snail. Staff encourage children to look at the snail's shell, and children learn this is the snail's home. Children recall they need to be gentle as snails are living things. Staff introduce new vocabulary, explaining snails 'slither'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to organise the transition between activities in a way that helps children finish what they are doing and prepare for these changes n strengthen staff's practice to ensure that all children consistently receive highquality interactions at all times.
- 10 June 2024Good
- 3 July 2023Needs improvement
- 14 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Zoe's Childcare Dallas Street
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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