ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor
Outstanding★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Telford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2012, with 87 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Telford and Wrekin
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Telford and Wrekin from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
TF4 3TBWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 2 April 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this inspiring and nurturing setting. Children arrive extremely happy, and staff welcome them with smiles and warm greetings. They eagerly leave their parents and become engrossed in purposeful play. Staff provide an inspiring environment, both indoors and outdoors. It allows children to be free and independent and follow their curiosities. The use of open-ended resources invites children to explore and be creative, thereby increasing their skills in all areas of the curriculum. For example, babies develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they explore items inside baskets. Toddlers listen carefully to the different sounds they make with saucepans and spoons, taking them to different areas to vary the results. Pre-school children use their imagination as they create models from boxes. They proudly talk about their houses, dinosaurs and pumpkins that they have made. Staff support children in developing their independent skills.
The child-led curriculum enables children to follow their interests and make choices to work things out and solve problems for themselves. This supports children to become confident and have a love for learning.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour. They reinforce rules with gentle reminders when needed. They provide consistent positive praise and encouragement, which fosters excellent behaviour among the children. Staff actively support children in understanding and expressing their feelings, helping them to start to regulate their own emotions.
- 2 April 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 August 2019Outstanding
- 28 January 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for ABC Day Nursery Ltd Lightmoor
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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