Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Building Blocks Day Nurseries
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2025)
Number of places
103 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2025
Local authority
Lincolnshire
About this day nursery
Building Blocks Day Nurseries provides high-quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years across its locations in Spalding, Pinchbeck, and Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The nursery groups children by age into "Little Lambs" (3-12 months), "Super Sheep" (13-23 months), "Happy Hens" (2 year olds), and "Creative Chickens" (3-4 year olds), ensuring age-appropriate activities and care.
The nursery focuses on supporting children in acquiring essential skills and building strong foundations for their lifelong learning journey. They are committed to creating a nurturing and inspiring learning environment where children feel safe, secure, and happy, fostering a sense of awe and wonder.
Building Blocks Day Nurseries emphasises close collaboration with families to ensure each child's individual needs are met and prioritises health and safety. The facilities boast vast outdoor play spaces with age-appropriate educational toys, and covered areas allow for all-weather outdoor play, stimulating exploration, curiosity, and adventure.
A resource-rich and engaging environment aims to stimulate young minds through various activities like painting, gardening, sand play, role play, weekly music and movement, sports sessions, library time, water play, and community exploration.
Our ethos
Our core aim is to support children from 3 months – 5 years to acquire the necessary skills and secure foundations which become the building blocks to their lifelong learning journey. We are committed to creating a nurturing learning environment where children feel safe, secure and happy. An inspirational educational atmosphere of awe and wonder. We work closely with our families to ensure the individual needs of each child are always at the centre.
What it's like
Children learn to use knives safely for snack time and are encouraged to keep the environment tidy, fostering responsibility. Staff support children with SEND in regulating emotions during routine changes. Children engage in physical activities, with staff challenging their abilities in climbing and jumping.
High-quality childcareAge-appropriate groupsNurturing environmentExtensive outdoor playFamily collaboration
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Age range
3 months - 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Building Blocks Day Nurseries
Last inspected 14 August 2025
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 learn to use knives safely for snack time and are encouraged to keep the environment tidy, fostering responsibility. Staff support children with SEND in regulating emotions during routine changes. Children engage in physical activities, with staff challenging their abilities in climbing and jumping.
Inspector highlights
- Staff are quick to put early intervention in place to help close any gaps in children's learning.
- Children with SEND are supported very well.
- Mealtimes are sociable occasions, with staff providing nutritious meals and snacks and discussing their benefits.
- Additional funding is used effectively to support individual needs, including providing extra staff and sensory equipment.
- Staff feel supported and are encouraged to incorporate their talents and interests into children's learning.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to build on children's speaking skills
- 2strengthen partnership working with parents and encourage them to help their children to develop a love of books and reading at home.
Inspection #10415306 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are supported to regulate their emotions. For instance, staff give them small toys to hold when routines change during the day. Staff work in partnership with parents and other professionals to identify and implement specific targets to support children's individual needs, and put in place individual plans in preparation for when children go to school.
Outdoor space
Children have experiences to be physically active. Staff skilfully challenge children's abilities, such as supporting young children to walk backwards when climbing steps and encouraging older children to use their leg strength when jumping from one object to another during games without touching the floor. The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.
Parent Reviews of Building Blocks Day Nurseries
5.0
(3)
Kaela Krawczak
a year ago
Cannot recommend Building Blocks highly enough. Joshua, Lorraine and the whole team work so hard to provide a fun, engaging and nurturing pre-school setting. We never had any doubts, after the initial tour, that Building Blocks was the perfect environment to help prepare our daughter for school. The staff are all wonderful and it is obvious how much they care for the children. We couldn't be more grateful for how they have loved and encouraged our little girl to be the very best version of herself. We only wish Building Blocks had been around when we started our nursery journey! Building Blocks will, without a doubt, be our first choice when we need childcare in the future. Thank you all so much for everything 💜
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Amy I
9 months ago
My 2 kids loved going to Building Blocks in Spalding.
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Rumbi
a year ago
Highly recommend the nursery.
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Inspection history
Most recent inspection
14 August 2025
Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.
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About the setting
Building Blocks Day Nurseries registered in 2023 and is situated in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff, with various qualifications including a manager with early years teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, from 7.30am until 6pm and provides funded early education for children aged from nine months upwards.
- URN
- 2728978
- Registered person
- Watson, Albert Nathanial
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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