Barrow Pre-School Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Barrow upon Soar for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:15 to 15:25, 5 days a week. £15.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 1972, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £15.00non-funded children |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.15 a day Early startpayable extra that funding does not cover
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Funded childcare places for 2, 3 and 4 year olds; up to 30 hours of free childcare per week, term-time only; 15 hours per week for eligible 2 year olds; 15 hours free childcare per week for a child aged 9 months to 2 years; 30 hours free childcare per week for a child aged 3 or 4; all children entitled to 15 free hours per week term-time from the term after their 3rd birthday.
Worth knowing. If your child attends additional sessions, above what is covered by any funded hours, then you will be charged £15 per session. Early start is a payable extra that funding does not cover. 9am starts are charged at £1.15 per day.
What childcare usually costs in Leicestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Leicestershire 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
LE12 8QAWhat 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, 8 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are greeted warmly by staff when they arrive at the pre-school. Staff encourage them to talk to them about their experiences at home, helping them to feel that their comments are valued. Children receive praise from staff for their achievements, which helps to raise their self-esteem and confidence. This includes when younger children pass toys to others when they play in water and when older children use scissors safely to cut wool.
Children are keen to engage in activities staff plan for them. One example of this is when staff ask children to look for numbers that are displayed in the playroom.
They say, 'On your marks, get set' and before they can say 'go', children laugh and start to explore, struggling to maintain their excitement. Children use clipboards with paper and pens to record when they see the same number in the environment that is written on their paper. This helps children to recognise numbers that are the same. Children benefit from staff planning the environment to promote their interests and learning. For example, children show their imagination when they use cardboard boxes to build and construct to make a pretend robot. Staff ask children to draw eyes and arms to their robot, encouraging their early writing skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to help older children to take turns to answer questions and to listen to the views of others during group times n review daily routines, making sure that children's learning time is not unnecessarily lost and they remain purposefully engaged.
- 8 June 2023Good
- 5 October 2017Good
- 13 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Barrow Pre-School Playgroup
- 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 £15.00 a session 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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