Alcester Nursery Studio Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Alcester for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2010, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2 year funding is available if eligible, which means up to 15 hours per week free. All 3 and 4 year olds can access free funding for up to 15 hours.
What childcare usually costs in Warwickshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warwickshire 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
B49 6AGWhat 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, 1 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
On arrival at the nursery, children receive a warm welcome from familiar staff.
Children happily go inside and settle quickly in to play with their peers. They build close relationships with staff who know them well. This helps children to feel safe and secure in their care. Children are keen to speak with staff and show their chosen toys and creations. Staff take time to listen and respond to children's thoughts and ideas. For example, pre-school children say they are building a house.
Staff engage them in thinking and talking about what they will need to build the floor, the walls and then the roof.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- make use of the opportunity when children first start, to gather more detail from parents about what children know and can do to inform plans for what these children are ready to learn next from the outset n sharpen the focus of teaching during interactions to include the learning that individual children need to help them make the most progress they are capable of.
- 1 May 2024Good
- 23 September 2022Good
- 26 November 2021Needs improvement
- 13 February 2020Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Alcester Nursery Studio Limited
- What it costs
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.