Food
Healthy meals and snacks are freshly prepared daily and included in the fees for all full fee-paying children. For children attending funded-only sessions, meals and snacks can be provided at an additional charge.
Beacon Lane Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2022)
Number of places
77 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2022
Local authority
Lincolnshire
About this day nursery
Beacon Lane Day Nursery offers a warm and nurturing environment in Grantham, dedicated to helping children explore and develop at their individual pace. The nursery prioritises safety and provides a stimulating setting where children can confidentially learn and grow.
They achieve this through thoughtfully planned activities, engaging play, and cosy spaces. The curriculum is based on the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, supporting holistic development across prime and specific areas like communication, physical development, personal-social-emotional growth, literacy, mathematics, understanding the world, and expressive arts.
The nursery emphasises play-based learning, allowing children freedom to experiment and express themselves. Each child benefits from a personalised learning journey, observed and documented by a key person using Tapestry, an online journal which also facilitates parent communication.
Healthy meals and snacks are provided, with options for funded-only children at an additional charge. Beacon Lane fosters a love of learning, resilience, and curiosity, preparing children for school and broader life experiences.
Our ethos
Beacon Lane Day Nursery's approach is rooted in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, emphasising play-based learning and allowing children the freedom to experiment and express themselves. They focus on holistic development and foster a love of learning, resilience, and curiosity through a personalised learning journey, observed and documented by a key person.
What it's like
Children feel safe and secure, separate confidently from parents, and show a strong love of books and sustained interest in activities. Staff provide a wide range of resources and plan activities based on individual needs and interests, which supports curiosity, exploration and progress.
Play-based learningEYFS curriculumHealthy meals and snacks includedPersonalised learning journeys
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)
- Full Day (8:00am – 17:50pm)£58.00 / day
- Morning Session (8:00am – 12:50pm)£35.00 / session
- Afternoon Session (1:00pm – 17:50pm)£35.00 / session
- Full Week (Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 17:50pm)£280.00 / week
- Breakfast (funded children)£0.50 / session
Key facts
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8am until 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas.
Term time / All Year
All Year
Established
2014
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Beacon Lane Day Nursery
Last inspected 6 December 2022 · Sharon Alleary
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Children feel safe and secure, separate confidently from parents, and show a strong love of books and sustained interest in activities. Staff provide a wide range of resources and plan activities based on individual needs and interests, which supports curiosity, exploration and progress.
Inspector highlights
- Children feel safe and secure and settle well.
- Staff plan a wide range of interesting activities tailored to children's individual needs.
- Children show high levels of curiosity and sustained engagement in activities.
- The nursery's superb natural garden promotes risk-taking and physical development.
- Children learn about nature and care for animals, and parents report children make good progress.
Areas to develop
- 1support newer and less-experienced staff to develop their interactions, to help all children have quality adult interactions consistently.
Inspection #10236494 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
There is a clear focus on ensuring that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children who are at risk of falling behind receive prompt support. Staff work in partnership with parents to put targeted plans in place while awaiting professional support from other agencies.
Outdoor space
Children have access to a superb natural garden space where risk-taking, swinging and climbing are given high priority and where staff encourage physical skills. Staff add to outdoor experiences, for example encouraging children to use brushes to paint on trees and to flick paint up the tree trunk.
Parent Reviews of Beacon Lane Day Nursery
5.0
(6)
Miss Browning ward
7 years ago
My little boy started here just after his 1st Birthday. He absouletly loves going and has bonded with all the staff beautifully. The staff make any new mum leaving their child for the first time that little bit better easier with sending pictures through tapestry so you can see your child having lots of fun throughout the day at nursery. His development since starting nursery has gone from strength to strength and it's all down to the hard work of all the girls at nursery.
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Laura Cunnington
7 years ago
I would recommend this nursery to anyone. My two daughters started in baby room and progressed throughout the nursery until school. Both loved every minute of their time at nursery. My youngest is currently in baby room and has settled really well, the staff are absolutely lovely and nothing is too much trouble.
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lisa cant
7 years ago
My son loves it at the nursery, he settled so well in the baby room and has now moved to the toddler room where he has come on in leaps and bounds. The staff are all so friendly and will do anything to help. The garden is wonderful and my son loves exploring the different areas.
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Emzymillion
5 years ago
Our son started for the first time in Feb 2020, and since then he has had the BEST experience! Gosh, we can't list everything they have done with him, but this place is seriously a hidden gem and here are a few examples why you may want your child to attend: 1. Lots of settling in time and reassurance from the friendly staff. 2. Loads of messy play! The kind you don't want to do in your own home, these guys absolutely specialise in and the kids LOVE it! 3. They are members of Tapestry so you have some adorable moments captured of their day and also receive regular updates. 4. They have key workers who feel like an extension to your family as they invest a lot of time, love and encouragement into your child. 5. Our son was once hesitant and unsure, but now strolls straight into nursery, bursting with confidence, waves bye and cracks on with his day. 6. They do so many activities and have an exceptionally large back garden (looks a bit like Peter Pan and the lost boys camp!) that our Son comes home tired and very content. He will be back in 2021 and moving up to the next nursery stage, for which he has had many settling in sessions so he is all setup to have the best start again. Covid has made it extremely difficult for everyone, and having this nursery take care of our son was certainly one less worry, so we'd like to take the opportunity to thank Liz and Gillian in particular, and all the Beacon Lane Day Nursery staff for doing such a fantastic job.
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Zhu the Baby Cockatoo
2 years ago
This is the best nursery. Methods such as Montessori are also used. It is very important right now to get this development for the child.
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Inspection history
Date: September 2016
- December 2022Good
- January 2017Good
- September 2016Inadequate
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