Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave

Cotgrave Futures Building, Candleby Lane, Cotgrave, Nottingham NG12 3JG
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  • Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave, Nottingham
Serendipity’s Cotgrave is situated in the Cotgrave Futures Community Building, next to Candleby Lane Primary School, based in the heart of Cotgrave and have excellent links with the growing community.

The nursery has three spacious rooms; Babies (0-2), Toddlers (2-3) and Pre School (3-5) which are bright and welcoming.

Serendipity's Cotgrave has a large outside play area with an interactive activity frame, with soft surfaced flooring and fencing around to enable a safe and secure environment with lots of interesting activities to stimulate and challenge children’s learning.

Staff at Serendipity's have a range of qualifications which include NVQ level 2 & 3 in childcare or young person’s workforce, Foundation Degree in Early Years Childhood Studies, First Aid and Food Hygiene level 2 & 3 with the option of developing skills by attending training courses. Staff are able to develop close relationships with the children and their parents/carers, giving daily feedback about the children's day.

Food is freshly prepared and meals are nutritionally balanced allowing children to experience a wide variety of tastes, textures and flavours, whilst also catering for children with special dietary requirements such as food allergies, intolerance's and cultural preferences.
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Joseph Boylan (Nursery Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 25

Total Places for Children

  • 74

Age Range

  • from 0 years 2 months
  • to 5 years 0 months

Funding & Fees

  • Half Days cost £41.25 (8-1 or 1-6)
    Full Days cost £77.00 (8-6)
    Early Starts cost £8.50

  • We offer a number of delivery models for FREE childcare for eligible children from 9 months old.

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Parking

  • A private Car Park is located on site.

Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave Reviews (115)

9.9

Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.946) out of 10, based on 14 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave has 115 reviews.

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Review from J B (Mother of Child) published on 21 March 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very polite, my child is happy here, she has come on leaps and bounds.
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Review from L L (Mother of Child) published on 18 March 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I am more than happy with the experience from the nursery, they have supported and helped with all my child's needs.
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Review from Sheridan S (Mother of Child) published on 13 March 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All staff are lovely and welcoming. My baby daughter loves spending time here which makes me feel at ease and relaxed about leaving her with them. They do an amazing job.
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Review from Aimee L (Mother of Child) published on 13 March 2025 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
All of the staff are always so lovely and welcoming. My little girl loves coming here! (and often seems a little disappointed I've come to collect her) It makes things so much easier knowing she's well looked after!
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Review from E T (Mother of Child) published on 4 November 2024 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My son absolutely loves this nursery, the staff are friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. They have been great with my son who has had a rough start to life with some breathing difficulties. Their morals are everything we look for in a nursery and the bond my son has with the staff is incredible
as he has only been there a few months. We had a lovely time at the Halloween party tonight, with excellent sensory actives, food and drinks and was nice to see the children interacting with the staff. Baby room staff are amazing, thank you so much for doing such a great job with my little boy he's coming so much since starting with you. Excellent variety of food provided while he is there, foods I wouldn't even think of cooking at home.
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Review from Emma L (Mother of Child) published on 6 June 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has been loving nursery here. She regularly tells me (and everyone else) that nursery is fun. She is always happy and confident going into nursery and gets up to a large range of activities each day. It's really reassuring to know she is happy and thriving. Thanks so much!
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Review from A G (Mother of Child) published on 17 April 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My little girl has come on heaps and bounds. She has come on with her confidence. They are all friendly and helpful.
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Review from Tom P (Father of Child) published on 2 April 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent, our daughter has settled really well and she couldn't have had a better experience.
The staff have been amazing and made the settling-in period so early for us.
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Review from C R (Mother of Child) published on 7 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Never any issues, both girls love it! Love the handover. Really helped with girls' development.
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Review from Francesco S (Father of Child) published on 4 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Definitely super happy. Great staff always giving 100%. Excellent and always super professional. Well done.
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Review from Sarah S (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Can't fault the care at Serendipity. The staff are wonderful and my little boy always has a fun-filled day. I can't believe how much they get up to! I love how much effort they put into everything they do, nothing is half-hearted! Lucky to have such a fabulous nursery on our doorstep.
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Review from Sophie M (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I couldn't be happier with how well my child has settled and how amazing the staff are. Always happy and welcoming.
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Review from L C (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Really great. My kids all love it here.
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Review from A E (Mother of Child) published on 4 March 2024 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
They're amazing staff. Little one loves going.
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Review from Daniel W (Father of Child) published on 17 November 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Overall, we are extremely happy with everything. The staff are amazing and my child loves going every time.
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Review from Adam N (Father of Child) published on 17 November 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter absolutely loves coming to nursery. The staff do such a wide array of activities with the kids, they are always entertained and happy. The meals they have are absolutely brilliant. I couldn't be happier with it, I would recommend it to anyone.
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Review from Rebecca G (Mother of Child) published on 12 October 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Fantastic service, staff are all amazing! My daughter loves it!
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Review from Ashton V (Mother of Child) published on 12 October 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Staff are very caring and thoughtful. My daughters are both smiley and happy upon drop off. Staff are always helpful to discuss any queries.
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Review from Claire J (Aunt of Child) published on 21 April 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Excellent nursery. Staff are amazing - great customer service. Great values, outstanding nursery. I pick my niece up every week and always receive an amazing handover - very informative.
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Review from Kirsty W (Mother of Child) published on 14 April 2023 Submitted via Postal Card • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I was very anxious about sending my youngest to the nursery at eight months old, but nothing was too much to ask of the team, who reassured me, communicated regularly and made my return to work much easier knowing my girls were in safe hands. One has settled better than we ever imagined, and both girls
return home with smiles on their faces. One regularly plays preschool at home, pretending to be one of her teachers. The staff are fantastic, friendly and caring. The girls always eat well and take part in a variety of activities. Thank you so much!
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Current Review Score: 9.9 (9.946)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 9.9 (9.946) out of 10 for Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 5.0 out of 5 from 14 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 4.9 out of 5 from 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 5.000 for Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave is calculated as follows: ( (168 Excellents x 5) ) ÷ 168 Ratings = 5
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 4.946 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave is based on 14 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.125 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 4
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 74 number of registered child places is 14.8. 14 Positive Reviews ÷ 14.8 = 0.946
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Meet the Team (4)

Joseph

Joseph Boylan

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2013

Hi, my name is Joseph Boylan I joined the Serendipitys team as an apprentice, and I have now completed my NVQL3 in childcare.

Tina

Tina Tomblin

Job Title: Nursery Nurse Joined: 2009

Hi my name is Tina, I am a lunch time cover and work in all the rooms around Nursery.
I hold a full NVQL2 .

Joanne

Joanne Lashley

Job Title: Nursery Cook Joined: 2011

Hello my name is Joanne Lashley.


I am the nursery cook

Rebecca

Rebecca Meagan

Job Title: Early Years Practitioner Level 3 Joined: 2010

Hello my name is Rebecca Meagan.


I work in our Toddler Room and have worked at the nursery for 5 years. The favourite part of my job is helping the children develop their first spoken words.

Frequently Asked Questions about Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave

What is the Age Range of Children that Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave accepts?

Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave accepts Children aged from 0 years 2 months to 5 years 0 months.

What Days & Hours is Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave Open?

Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave is open: Monday 08:00-18:00, Tuesday 08:00-18:00, Wednesday 08:00-18:00, Thursday 08:00-18:00, Friday 08:00-18:00.

How many Children does Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave have capacity for?

Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave has capacity for a total of 74 Children.

How far is Serendipitys Day Nursery Cotgrave to the centre of Nottingham?

5.4 mile(s) as the crow flies, distance by road may be significantly further.

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