Food
Meals included in full-time/full-day fees. Otherwise, meals can be booked and paid for separately. Healthy, nutritious, and balanced meals are freshly prepared daily.
Havelock Day Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
Number of places
55 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
North East Lincolnshire
About this day nursery
Havelock Day Nursery and Pre-School, located on the grounds of Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby, has been providing childcare for nearly 36 years, opening its doors in October 1990. In 2003, the nursery moved into a purpose-built facility.
While operating in partnership with the NHS, it is also open to the general public. The nursery operates from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year, closing only for the Christmas week and bank holidays.
It proudly holds the NDNA Quality Counts Award, reflecting its commitment to high standards. They offer healthy, nutritious, and balanced meals prepared daily and emphasise learning through play, fostering a sense of self-worth and concentration in children.
The nursery provides an affordable pricing plan and encourages parents to inquire about eligibility for government funding. Discounted rates are available for NHS employees.
What it's like
Staff greet children warmly and have positive relationships with them, helping children to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. They provide interesting and challenging activities tailored to children's interests and needs, building on existing knowledge and promoting good progress in learning and development.
NHS PartnershipEstablished Since 1990NDNA Quality Counts AwardLearning Through Play
Pricing & funding
The nursery structures its fees by age bands for children under and over two years old, offering weekly, daily, half-day, and hourly rates. Standard weekly and full-day sessions include lunch and tea. For other booking types, meals can be purchased separately, and additional hours are charged at an hourly rate.
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
Good to know
- Lunches and teas are included in the fees for full-time weekly and full-day places only.
- Any hours booked over sessional rates are charged at the standard hourly rate.
- Meals (breakfast, lunch, and tea) can be purchased separately for sessions where they are not included.
Key facts
Opening hours
07:00-18:00, Monday-Friday, 51 weeks per year (closed Christmas week and bank holidays)
Session types
Weekly (50 hours), Daily (10 hours), Half Day (5 hours), Hourly
Age range
9 months to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Havelock Day Nursery
Last inspected 21 August 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff greet children warmly and have positive relationships with them, helping children to settle quickly and feel safe and secure. They provide interesting and challenging activities tailored to children's interests and needs, building on existing knowledge and promoting good progress in learning and development.
Inspector highlights
- Staff have positive relationships with children and families, helping children to settle quickly.
- Children behave well as staff are good role models and teach them about expectations, turn-taking, and kindness.
- Staff provide interesting and challenging activities that build on children's knowledge and promote good progress.
- Staff teach children how to keep themselves healthy through good hygiene routines and healthy meals.
- Children make good progress in their physical development in the large outdoor areas.
Areas to develop
- 1provide more opportunities for children to practise counting and mathematical concepts during their play, to build on their mathematical skills and knowledge.
Inspection #10325882 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff know children well and provide interesting and challenging activities that build on what children already know to further expand their learning and development, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. The knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) knows children's needs well and communication is effective within the team, ensuring concerns are brought to the SENCo and parents quickly. Strategies are put in place straight away to ensure that children's gaps in development close quickly. The SENCo has good links with outside agencies, who are invited into the setting to support children and staff.
Outdoor space
Children make good progress in their physical development and develop their physical skills in the large outdoor areas. Staff plan opportunities for them to climb and build, and explore many textures, such as sand, water and mud. Babies and toddlers build their core strength, such as when they push and pull the prams and bicycles.
Parent Reviews of Havelock Day Nursery
3.0
(2)
Ciel Star
6 months ago
I was realy disappointed, not clean , no good ventilation at rooms , toilets are dirty with a lot of mould , but there was a lovely one called Tania .. this was only the positive thing My girl didnt like it at all
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Nicola Ryan
5 years ago
Lovely nursery, its my daughters first time going to nursery and she absolutely loved it, the staff are lovely and very considerate to each parents needs and wants for their child.
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Inspection history
Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2024
Date: September 2011
- August 2024Good
- November 2023Requires improvement
- January 2018Good
- February 2014Good
- May 2013Requires improvement
- September 2011Good
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