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Dandelion Day Nursery and Kids Club

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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5.0(4 Google reviews)
·Dandelion Day Nursery & Kids Club, Clinton Park, Lincoln, LN4 4QZ · Lincolnshire
Number of places
145 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Lincolnshire

About this day nursery

Dandelion Day Nursery and Kids Club is dedicated to fostering confident communicators who grow into resilient, engaged, and lifelong learners. The day nursery aims to cultivate innovative, creative, and intelligent individuals.

They offer a diverse range of sessions catering to children from six weeks old up to school age, including full-day care, as well as morning and afternoon sessions. Additionally, they provide a Kids Club with both breakfast and after-school options, alongside a Holiday Club.

The nursery prides itself on its close relationship with Royal Air Force Coningsby, serving as their preferred childcare provider. They also welcome children benefiting from various government funding schemes, including those as young as nine months old, and accept payments via the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

Our ethos

Dandelion Day Nursery and Kids Club is dedicated to fostering confident communicators who grow into resilient, engaged, and lifelong learners, aiming to cultivate innovative, creative, and intelligent individuals.

What it's like

Children receive a warm welcome from staff and quickly become engaged in activities. Younger babies learn concepts like "in and out," while pre-school children recall prior learning through photos and discussions about their experiences. Children also begin to learn social skills, such as turn-taking and democratic decision-making.

Accepts government funding schemesKids Club and Holiday Club availablePreferred childcare provider for RAF Coningsby

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Session types

Daycare AM Session (07:30 - 12:30), Daycare PM Session (12:30 - 17:30), Daycare Full Day (07:30 - 17:30), Sessional Hours (Tuesday to Friday, 09:00 - 12:00), Sessional Hours (Tuesday to Friday, 09:00 - 15:00), Term Time Only (Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 12:00), Term Time Only (Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 15:00), Kids Club Breakfast Club (From 07:30), Kids Club After School Club (Closes at 17:30), Holiday Club Full Day (07:30 - 17:30), Holiday Club AM session (07:30 - 12:30), Holiday Club PM session (12:30 - 17:30)

Opening hours

07:30 to 17:30, Monday to Friday

Age range

6 weeks to school age

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Dandelion Day Nursery and Kids Club

Last inspected 13 January 2025

Safeguarding effective
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 receive a warm welcome from staff and quickly become engaged in activities. Younger babies learn concepts like "in and out," while pre-school children recall prior learning through photos and discussions about their experiences. Children also begin to learn social skills, such as turn-taking and democratic decision-making.

Inspector highlights

  • The management team has designed a broad and age-appropriate curriculum that supports children to progress in all areas of learning and development.
  • Staff respond positively to children's achievements, offering warm praise that boosts self-esteem and confidence.
  • Staff constantly review resources and change activities by adding new ones when children's attention dwindles, keeping them focused.
  • Staff communicate effectively with each other and with parents, ensuring important information about children's care and learning is shared.
  • Staff's accurate assessment of children's development means that gaps in learning are identified swiftly, and extra support is provided through effective collaboration with specialist services.

Areas to develop

  • 1build on the arrangements that are already in place for offering staff support, coaching, and training, so that staff's interactions with children are consistent and of high quality.
Inspection #10374655 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

"parents say that their children's transitions between different rooms are smooth because new staff know their children well and can meet their care and learning needs without delay."

"They explain how they feel informed about their children's learning, which means they can support this further at home."

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

The management and staff team work effectively with specialist services to make sure children get extra support if they need it. They closely monitor children's progress and support children to work towards appropriate targets, which have been mutually agreed by staff, parents and support services.

Google Reviews of Dandelion Day Nursery and Kids Club

5.0
(4 Google reviews)
Aimee Roberts
8 years ago

This is an amazing nursery staff are all great with the kids

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

13 January 2025

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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