YMCA Beginnings Day Care
YMCA Beginnings Day Care is a day nursery in Gainsborough for children aged 0 to 4, with 62 registered places. Ofsted, 5 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective.
Beginnings Day Care Ltd, Park Springs Road, Gainsborough, DN21 1NY
Key facts
- Type
- Day nursery (Full day care) (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Ages
- 0 to 4 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Registered places
- 62 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
- Children on roll
- 79 (Ofsted report, inspection on 5 August 2024, published 10 September 2024)
- Funded early education
- Yes, the report says it provides funded early education (Ofsted report, inspection on 5 August 2024, published 10 September 2024)
- Staff
- The setting employs 17 members of childcare staff. Of these, 16 hold relevant early years qualifications at level 2 or above. (Ofsted report, inspection on 5 August 2024, published 10 September 2024)
- Registered
- 17 June 2009 (Ofsted childcare register, as at 30 June 2026)
Opening hours
The setting is open Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm.
Source: Ofsted report, inspection on 5 August 2024, published 10 September 2024
Who runs it
YMCA Beginnings Day Care is run by Lincolnshire Y.M.C.A Ltd (Ofsted register).
Latest inspection
- Overall: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
- Safeguarding is effective
Source: Ofsted, inspection on 5 August 2024, report published 10 September 2024. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
What is it like to attend this early years setting?
Children are excited to attend the setting and are warmly welcomed by happy staff, who are genuinely pleased to see them. Children leave their parents with ease and enthusiastically settle at an activity of their choice. Staff remind children to sit down when using scissors, so they learn to keep themselves safe. Staff display children's drawings on the wall. Children show pride as they point their pictures out to visitors.
Staff support children to be independent from an early age. They help younger children to learn to pour their own drinks. Staff hold the jug handle with them and count 'One, two, three' as they pour, so they learn when their cup has enough in. Staff encourage older children to label their bottles with their names. Consequently, children learn to recognise their names and their friends as they give them their bottles to drink from throughout the day.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They encourage children to remember the 'Pre-school promises'. Children show their understanding as they say they need to use their listening ears to hear instructions from staff. Children learn how to work together and to be kind. Pre-school children confidently relay staff instructions as they say that if they want a turn with a toy, they need to ask their friends, get a timer and wait until it has run out.
What the setting must and should do next
The provider should:
- support staff to develop their interactions further so babies benefit from high-quality teaching experiences.
Ofsted's words, from the report on the inspection on 5 August 2024 (report published 10 September 2024). Read the full report on the Ofsted website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history
Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)
Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.
Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.
Source: Ofsted reports
Funded childcare hours in England
All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.
Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.
Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.
The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.
Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)
Other nurseries nearby
- Gapa Nursery - Day nursery, Gainsborough DN21 1NL, ages 1 to 4, 45 places, 0.2 milesOfsted, 22 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Hillcrest - Little Treasures - Pre-school, Gainsborough DN21 1SW, 15 places, 0.6 miles
- YMCA Lincolnshire Honeypot Daycare - Pre-school, Gainsborough DN21 1TE, 20 places, 0.7 miles
- Riverside Day Nursery - Day nursery, Gainsborough DN21 2DY, ages 0 to 4, 33 places, 1.0 milesOfsted, 29 February 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Lea Pre-School & Kids Club - Day nursery, Gainsborough DN21 5EP, ages 2 to 11, 48 places, 1.5 milesOfsted, 28 May 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Schools nearby
- St George's Church of England Community Primary School, Gainsborough - Primary, under 0.1 miles
- Benjamin Adlard Primary School - Primary, 0.5 miles
- The Gainsborough Hillcrest Early Years Academy - Primary, 0.6 miles
- Warren Wood - A Specialist Academy - Special, 0.6 miles
- The Gainsborough Charles Baines Community Primary School - Primary, 0.7 miles