Boley Park Pre-School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Lichfield for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:15 to 12:30, 5 days a week. £13.00 a session for 2-4. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1993, with 30 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-42y to 4y | £13.00Extended, 2 hrs £19.50Dailys, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.25 a session Lunch Club
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
WS14 9XUWhat 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, 7 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and are greeted by the friendly staff. They develop secure bonds with the caring and nurturing staff. This helps children to settle quickly and to have a sense of belonging at the pre-school.
Children thrive in this pre-school. They show enthusiasm for the wide range of activities available to them. They are excited and motivated to learn. For example, outside, children explore a range of plastic bugs. They are in awe when they find a spider's web. Staff use this opportunity to introduce new learning by providing the children with magnifying glasses to observe the spider's web. Children explore marks using paintbrushes and water as they paint spiders. Staff skilfully expand on children's language and mathematical concepts. They introduce words such as
'circle' to describe the spider's round body and count how many legs a spider has.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide greater opportunities to challenge children further during activities by consistently responding to their individual learning needs n strengthen the organisation of snack time to increase the opportunities for children to further develop their independence.
- 7 March 2023Good
- 26 June 2017Good
- 30 November 2016Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Boley Park Pre-School
- Funded hours
- 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 £13.00 a session still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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