Anker Bridge Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Polesworth for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £62.00 a day for 2 – 4 years old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2018, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 – 2 years oldbirth to 2y | £55.00Fully paid child places (non funded) £64.00Fully paid child places (non funded) | £46.00Full paid child places (non funded) | |
| 2 – 4 years old2y to 4y | £53.00Fully paid child places (non funded) £62.00Fully paid child places (non funded) | £44.00Fully paid child places (none funded) |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.00 to £9.00 a day AM session mealsFunded child places, includes Breakfast, Milk and Lunch
- £8.00 to £9.00 a day PM session mealsFunded child places, includes Dinner
- £9.00 to £10.00 a day Short day mealsFunded child places, includes Milk and Lunch
- £10.00 to £11.00 a day Full day mealsFunded child places, includes Breakfast, Milk, Lunch and Dinner
Funded hours
Funded hours, funding is only available during term time.
Worth knowing. You will be charged for your child’s sessions places during the school holidays. Meals are not included in funded sessions.
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
B78 1DRWhat 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.
- 26 October 2021 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff warmly welcome children into the nursery. Children arrive smiling and confidently separate from their parents. They quickly settle, choosing what they would like to play with. Staff offer children frequent reassurance and plenty of cuddles. This helps children who are new to the nursery build bonds with staff.
Staff have high expectations for children's good behaviour. They offer children gentle and age-appropriate reminders. As a result, children learn the rules of the setting. Staff help children to understand their emotions. This helps children to learn how to self-regulate their feelings and gives them strategies when they become overwhelmed or upset.
Staff provide children with a good range of activities and experiences. Babies show excitement and enthusiasm as they join in with playing the various musical instruments. Older children enjoy exploring the garden, searching for bugs and insects. They develop their physical skills as they use the climbing frame and ride on wheeled toys, negotiating space. Children learn to recognise their name, finding their own place mat at the dinner table. Children are making good progress in their learning. They are gaining the skills they need to help build on their future learning, including with regard to their eventual move to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide parents with more information about the plans for children's future learning needs to enable them to extend this further at home n build on staff's already good teaching skills to enhance children's learning even further.
- 5 October 2023Good
- 9 March 2022Good
- 30 September 2021Inadequate
- 20 May 2021Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Anker Bridge Nursery
- 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
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.
- Is £62.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- 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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