What Ofsted grade does Madcaps have?

Madcaps was rated Good at its inspection on 14 March 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.

How many children can Madcaps take?

Ofsted registers Madcaps for 62 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Lincolnshire has 59.

How much does Madcaps cost?

Madcaps sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Madcaps offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Madcaps how it offers them.

When was Madcaps last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Madcaps on 14 March 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Madcaps?

Nearby in PE6: Enya's Childcare Ltd, Helpston Playhouse and Under Fives, Playzone Kids Club Ltd.

Madcaps

Day nursery in Lincolnshire, PE6.

Market Deeping CP School, Willoughby Avenue, Market Deeping, Peterborough, PE6 8JE

62 places

1995 registered with Ofsted

40 of 201 in our Lincolnshire ranking

£123 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, East Midlands average

What Ofsted found

Good Inspected 14 March 2025

Ofsted grades for Madcaps, inspection of 14 March 2025
Judgement	Grade
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.

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What a place could cost

Madcaps sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in East Midlands, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£128	£404
2 years old	£130	£411
3 to 4 years old	£123	£389

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Madcaps against Lincolnshire

	Madcaps	Lincolnshire average
Places	62	59
Ofsted outcome	Good	89% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Madcaps

What Ofsted grade does Madcaps have?: Madcaps was rated Good at its inspection on 14 March 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
How many children can Madcaps take?: Ofsted registers Madcaps for 62 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Lincolnshire has 59.
How much does Madcaps cost?: Madcaps sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in East Midlands charges £165 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Madcaps offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Madcaps how it offers them.
When was Madcaps last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Madcaps on 14 March 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Madcaps?: Nearby in PE6: Enya's Childcare Ltd, Helpston Playhouse and Under Fives, Playzone Kids Club Ltd.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.