Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8am until 6pm
Skendleby Playgroup
Ofsted: Good
(Jul 2025)
Number of places
16 places
Age range
0–5 yrs
Last inspected
Jul 2025
Local authority
Lincolnshire
About this early years setting
Skendleby Playgroup, located in Spilsby, offers a nurturing and secure environment where children aged 0 to 15 years can flourish and learn through engaging play-based activities. The dedicated team of educators is committed to instilling a love for learning in every child.
In addition to their playgroup services, they also operate a holiday club, providing continuous care and entertainment during school breaks. The playgroup emphasises creating a supportive atmosphere that prepares children for their future endeavours, fostering a positive and memorable childhood experience.
For inquiries or to arrange a visit to meet the staff and tour the setting, interested parents can easily contact the playgroup directly. Skendleby Playgroup operates as a registered charity and is based in the Old School on Main Road, Skendleby.
Our ethos
Skendleby Playgroup is committed to fostering a love for learning through engaging, play-based activities in a nurturing and secure environment, preparing children for their future endeavours and ensuring a positive childhood experience.
What it's like
Children are greeted warmly and supported to become familiar with routines and the environment, helping them to settle. They are encouraged to be independent, knowing routines and selecting items from lunchboxes for the fridge. Older children take responsibility for wiping wet equipment in the garden before use.
Play-based learningHoliday clubRegistered charity
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
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Age range
0 Years to 15 years old
Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Skendleby Playgroup
Last inspected 24 July 2025
Overall effectiveness
Good
What it's like to attend
Children are greeted warmly and supported to become familiar with routines and the environment, helping them to settle. They are encouraged to be independent, knowing routines and selecting items from lunchboxes for the fridge. Older children take responsibility for wiping wet equipment in the garden before use.
Inspector highlights
- Children are supported to be independent.
- Children develop their physical skills.
- Staff support children's communication and language skills well.
- Staff support children to develop their mathematics skills.
- Staff provide children with nutritious snacks.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to involve all children during planned group time to encourage them to focus and build on their learning
- 2share and gather information about children's development from other early years settings children also attend.
Inspection #10381365 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
when staff help their children to learn words to describe parts of their bodies, they continue this learning at home
they appreciate staff supporting children to sit when they eat their lunch
this helps their children to sit when they eat at home
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
Outdoor space
Older children take responsibility for wiping wet equipment in the garden before using it. The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning.
Google Reviews of Skendleby Playgroup
1.0
(1 Google review)
Richard Lee
2 months ago
Removed our baby within first few months, over priced and lazy staff
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Inspection history
Date: December 2024
- August 2025Good
- July 2025Good
- January 2025Requires improvement
- December 2024Requires improvement
Frequently asked about Skendleby Playgroup
About the setting
Skendleby Playgroup re-registered in 2023 and is situated in Skendleby, Lincolnshire. The playgroup employs six members of childcare staff, five of whom hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3. It opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, with sessions from 8am until 6pm, and provides funded early education for children age nine months upwards.
- URN
- 2737172
- Registered person
- Skendleby Playgroup CIO
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
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