Blue Hoots Pre School Ltd
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A day nursery in Kidderminster for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £8.40 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2010, with 52 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Additional hours are charged at an hourly rate of £8.40 per hour
One published rate, dated April 2026. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
30 and 15 hours Government funded places; 30 hrs available for children the term after they turn 9 months if you meet the criteria; Free Government funded places for 2 year old children for families on low income.
Worth knowing. Funding is available for 38 weeks per year between the hours of 8:30-4:00pm for all children; funding can only be claimed during term time; if funding is being claimed you will be charged £8.40 for any additional hours.
What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire 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
DY10 3JNWhat 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, 2 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into this friendly and nurturing environment by enthusiastic, happy staff. Staff spend time getting to know the children in their care very well. They form mutually warm and trusting relationships. This helps children to feel safe and secure. Children's personal, social and emotional development is supported well. Children are evidently very happy in this setting.
Children benefit from plenty of opportunities to explore and gain new skills in this well-resourced learning environment. For example, babies develop their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination as they hang wooden rings on a mug tree. Staff encourage older children to explore their emotions and feelings. For instance, they talk about how different music makes them feel. Children make good progress and develop the skills they need to be ready for the next stage in their learning.
Staff are excellent role models. They calmly remind children about sharing and turn-taking as they play. Children have beautiful manners. For example, two-yearold children say 'thank you' when they are given a toy. Children behave very well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to fully understand the intent of activities, and ensure they provide children with a clear explanation of what is expected of them so that they make continued progress in their learning.
- 2 August 2023Good
- 18 December 2017Good
- 13 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blue Hoots Pre School Ltd
- 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 £8.40 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.
- 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.
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