Alconbury Community Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Huntingdon for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2023. Open since 2003, with 20 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 Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
PE28 4EQWhat 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, 19 December 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children happily arrive at the pre-school, keen to start their day. They confidently separate from their parents, demonstrating they feel safe and secure in the environment. Caring and nurturing staff know the children and their families well.
They build close bonds and attachments with their key children and subsequently, children feel emotionally safe and are eager to learn. Children are happy, confident and settled.
The curriculum is well designed to support children's interests and builds on what they know and can do. Staff focus on what they know about children to create a rich variety of activities and experiences, both inside and outside. For example, children develop fine motor skills as they use pipettes to squeeze vinegar onto bicarbonate of soda. They delight as they watch and describe the reactions they see. Staff model appropriate language and ask open-ended questions about what changes are happening to the bicarbonate of soda as the vinegar is squeezed onto it. This gives children the opportunity to develop their critical thinking skills and supports their growing vocabulary. As a result, children develop a positive attitude to learning and make good progress across all areas of the curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide a higher level of challenge to the most able children to help extend their learning even further n support staff to recognise when to encourage children to do things for themselves, to further enhance their independence skills.
- 19 December 2023Good
- 3 May 2018Good
- 27 November 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Alconbury Community Pre-School
- 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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