Blakeney Under Fives
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Blakeney for children from birth to 5, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2001, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Years Funded Entitlement is available to all children aged three and four years old (from the term after their third birthday) up to 15 hours of funded early years provision a week for 38 weeks a year. We also offer 30hrs funding for working families that are eligible, and 15 hours for eligible 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Your Funding can be used for any session ( Monday to Friday -9am -3pm ) however, you will be invoiced for times that fall outside our funded periods ( Holiday clubs and early drop off's. ).
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL15 4EBWhat 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, 23 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and eager to learn at this welcoming pre-school. Children who are new to the pre-school, or those finding it harder to settle, value the reassurance and comfort their key person gives them. Staff plan a range of purposeful and fun activities that support children's individual learning in all aspects of their development. Children make choices from the range of activities and resources available. For example, older children use wooden sticks to build bridges and play imaginatively with them, retelling the story of 'The Three Billy Goats
Gruff'. Younger children engage in arts and crafts that spark their creativity. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
and those in receipt of additional funding, are well supported by staff and make good progress in their learning. Staff recognise the benefits and importance of working in partnership with parents and other professionals. For example, children with SEND have plans in place that include specific strategies and teaching techniques that therapists advise staff to use to best meet children's needs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the use of the physical environment for group storytelling to help all children fully participate, develop a love of literacy through books and enhance their listening and attention skills n enhance staff's interactions during free play sessions to extend the learning of the two year olds and to help them to learn new things beyond what they already know.
- 23 April 2024Good
- 19 June 2018Good
- 11 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blakeney Under Fives
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.