Baynards Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Tiptree for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 14:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 1992, with 45 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 | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.00more than 9 hours £7.509 hours or fewer |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 8.40 am start
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 a session Meals/Snacks
- £2.00 a session Total additional cost
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours of Government funding is available to all children for 38 weeks of the year starting from the term following their third birthday. An additional 15 hours (totaling 30 hours) of Government funding is available if you meet the qualifying criteria. We also accept two year old funding.
Worth knowing. Voluntary charge for meals/snacks, consumables or additional services such as trips, detailed in Agreement. Meals/Snacks: £1.00 per session; Consumables: 75p per session; Additional Services: 25p per session; Total additional cost: £2.00 per session.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CO5 0NDWhat 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, 27 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily at this pre-school and are welcomed by attentive staff who support them to put away their belongings. Staff provide children with stimulating and responsive interactions, which helps to build trusting relationships. Children listen attentively to familiar songs with staff and enjoy moving in response to the music. Staff are passionate in supporting children to be physically active in their play. For example, while riding their bicycles and scooters in the garden, staff challenge children to go at different levels of speed. Staff ensure children have continuous access to learning, both indoors and outdoors, to support their physical health. This helps children to develop confidence in making independent choices in their play.
Children are inquisitive learners and show good levels of concentration. They smile and laugh with excitement as they tick off the insects they find while engaging in a bug hunt activity. Children learn early mathematical concepts of size as they eagerly discuss the length of the worm that they find with enthusiastic staff.
Children are learning to be increasingly independent with their self-help skills. They pour their own drinks at mealtimes confidently. Children enjoy looking at the visual guide when washing their hands. This helps them to learn effective hygiene practices.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children to understand the impact their behaviour may have on others, to allow them to develop an awareness of their own actions n provide consistent opportunities for children to develop their communication and language development, and allow them to share their own ideas and thoughts during activities.
- 27 February 2023Good
- 19 July 2017Good
- 19 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Baynards Playgroup
- Youngest age taken
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 £7.00 an hour 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.