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Granby Nursery Doncaster

Ofsted: Strong standard·
4.7(13 parent reviews) ·34 Goodison Boulevard, Doncaster, DN4 6BX · Doncaster
Number of places
60 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Doncaster

About this day nursery

Granby Nursery Doncaster, registered in October 2023, provides childcare for children aged 1 to 4 years. The nursery has been commended for its strong approach to ensuring children make consistent progress, particularly in communication, language, and mathematics.

Staff are dedicated to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment, adapting their teaching methods to support each child's individual needs, including disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Children benefit from a curriculum that provides a wide range of engaging experiences, both indoors and outdoors.

Through activities like mark-making with chalk, riding bikes, and climbing, children develop their physical skills and independence. The nursery emphasises building warm, trusting relationships between children and staff, with clear expectations for behaviour that foster a calm and positive setting.

This focus on wellbeing and continuous development helps children feel secure, confident, and eager to learn, preparing them well for their next stage in education.

Our ethos

The Granby Nursery ethos is rooted in the belief that children are born ready, able, and eager to learn, actively interacting with people and their surroundings. Development and learning depend on unique children having opportunities for positive interactions and enabling environments. A close partnership with parents and families is essential for improving outcomes, as parents know their children best. The nursery prioritises "The Best for Every Child," ensuring equal chances for success and inclusive, high-quality early education, especially for disadvantaged children. Their "High Quality Care" focuses on the child's experience, with consistent, responsive practitioners who understand and support children's development. The "Curriculum" is a comprehensive plan aiming to build children's learning over time, with an emphasis on language development and flexibility to follow children's interests. The "Ethos, Helping Children to Learn" combines play, adult modelling, observation, and guided learning in carefully organised environments. "Assessment" is about noticing children's abilities and knowledge, rather than just data, to identify special educational needs and ensure timely support. "Self-Regulation & Effective Function" are fostered through executive function skills like attention, flexible thinking, and impulse control, with language development playing a central role. Finally, a strong "Partnership with Parents" is crucial for children to thrive, involving regular communication and encouraging parents to engage in learning activities at home.

What it's like

Children make strong progress, express their ideas, and develop independence across various tasks. They build warm, trusting relationships with staff, who set clear expectations for behaviour and promote a calm, positive environment. The setting prioritises children’s welfare and wellbeing, ensuring they feel supported, secure, settled and ready to learn.

Strong ProgressEngaging ExperiencesSupportive StaffInclusive CultureWarm RelationshipsEYFS Curriculum

Pricing & funding

Fees are structured around full day, morning, and afternoon sessions, alongside an hourly option. Standard rates include meals and drinks, while funded sessions can be supplemented with separate meal and consumable packages. A registration fee applies, which is treated as a refundable deposit for fully funded places.

Funding accepted

15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare

Good to know

  • Registration fee of £50 is non-refundable for non-funded bookings.
  • For fully funded bookings, the £50 registration fee is treated as a refundable deposit.
  • A late collection fee of £10.00 applies per 15 minutes.
  • Optional Meal & Consumables Packages are available for funded sessions.
  • Standard daily rate includes meals and drinks.

Key facts

Food

Meals and snacks are provided and included in the daily rate. An optional Meal & Consumables Package is available for funded sessions.

Session types

Full Day (8.00am to 6.00pm), Morning (8.00am to 1.00pm), Afternoon (1.00pm to 6.00pm)

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 7:30 am – 6 pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Established

2023

Ofsted Inspection — new report card

Strong standard

Last inspected Feb 2026

Headline: Strong standard

Grade summary

Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
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Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.

Category grades

AchievementStrong standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesStrong standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Granby Nursery Doncaster

Last inspected 19 February 2026 · Briani Morris

What it's like to attend

Children make strong progress, express their ideas, and develop independence across various tasks. They build warm, trusting relationships with staff, who set clear expectations for behaviour and promote a calm, positive environment. The setting prioritises children’s welfare and wellbeing, ensuring they feel supported, secure, settled and ready to learn.

Inspector highlights

  • Children make clear and consistent progress through the curriculum, particularly in communication and language and mathematics.
  • Children benefit from a wide range of engaging experiences that develop their knowledge and skills across all areas of learning.
  • Children build warm, trusting and respectful relationships with their key persons and feel secure and confident to express their needs and emotions.
  • Leaders and staff implement a well-thought-out and carefully sequenced curriculum that promotes the learning and development of all children.
  • Leaders establish a strong, inclusive culture where equity of opportunity underpins practice across the setting.

Areas to develop

  • 1Leaders should sustain their work to ensure continued improvement and high standards.
  • 2Leaders should focus on creating a transformational impact on the outcomes and experiences of disadvantaged learners, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, those who are known (or previously known) to children's social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children, including disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make consistent progress from their starting points because staff adapt teaching and provide targeted support to reduce barriers to learning and wellbeing.

Outdoor space

Children engage in outdoor learning activities, using chalks to make marks in the garden, riding bikes and scooters, and climbing on the climbing frame.

EAL / language support

The setting ensures that all children, including those with English as an additional language, are supported in making impressive progress from their starting points by adapting teaching and providing targeted support.

Parent Reviews of Granby Nursery Doncaster

4.7
(13)
Susan Sudworth
a month ago

This nursery and all the amazing staff have been a joy and a pleasure to deal with. From showing me round before my little boy started and explaining everything to me to now keeping me updated on what he’s been doing and how he’s getting on, they have shown compassion and understanding. With my own anxiety I was incredibly nervous sending him to any setting but every time he goes he walks in happy and most of the time needs reminding to say bye. He even points out the nursery when we go past and always has lots of fun when there. I love how they keep you informed on everything and share progress regularly. I honestly cannot speak highly enough of the setting and the staff.

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Charlie Barker-Chadwick
2 months ago

I was extremely anxious about sending my daughter to nursery, but when I came for my first visit they made me feel reassured, welcome and looked after straight away. They have done amazing with keeping us up to date with anything and everything from letting me know how she's getting on on her first days to even now 2 years later letting me know how shes getting on if she was particularly upset leaving us in the morning. I feel completely safe leaving her here as I know she is looked after like one of their own. She gets so excited to go and play with her friends and see all the staff, she spends her entire journey home telling us all about what she has done that day and who she has played with and which staff she has spent extra time with that day, she is so happy to be there and that says it all really. The staff here are like a second family to us and to our daughter xxx

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Charlotte Cooke
2 months ago

We’ve had two children attend Granby over the past three years, and our experience has been nothing short of wonderful. From the very beginning, all of the staff have made us feel like part of a family, creating a warm and supportive environment for both children and parents. Our children have always been genuinely happy to go in each day, which speaks volumes about the care and attention they receive. The team is consistently kind, attentive, and helpful, always going the extra mile to support both the children’s development and our needs as parents. We’ve also really appreciated the regular updates throughout the day, which provide reassurance and a lovely insight into what the children are learning and enjoying. We couldn’t be more grateful for the care our children have received and would highly recommend Granby Cantley to other families.

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Didem Pancar
2 months ago

Hello, both of my sons have been going to Granby Nursery for 3 years and we are very happy. My children are extremely excited when they go there and they return home happy. The staff are friendly and helpful; whenever I ask something, all the staff are attentive and do their best to help. Those who want to send their children there can do so with confidence. Thank you 🙏🏻

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Jodie Chadwick
2 months ago

My daughter has been in this nursery since just before she was one. I couldn’t have wished for a better place, they were so welcoming and friendly we didn’t even want to consider any where else. From the moment she started they have been amazing with all our worries and questions and asking advice. Always telling us anything we want to know and helping with anything we are unsure about being first time mums. They really are like a second family to us and I don’t know what we would’ve done without them. My daughter has learnt so much from the first week she started you could see her develop more and more and she has made so many friends. She doesn’t go to people she doesn’t know but she has come to love all the staff there. I would happily recommend this nursery xx

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

19 February 2026

Strong standard

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

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