Brereton Playgroup and Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Nr Sandbach for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. £5.98 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 1983, with 25 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, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £5.98Breakfast club, 1 hrs £6.50Speedy Cubs, 1 hrs £14.95After-school club, 2.5 hrs £17.94Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.30 a day Voluntary contributions per child per dayincludes snacks, stay & play sessions, and other
- £2.99 a session Lunch club
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Late collection charge
Funded hours
30 Hours Working Family Funded Childcare for Children aged 9 months – 4 years; Universal 15 Hours Funded Childcare for 3-4 Year Olds; Funding for 2-year-olds if you receive certain benefits.
Worth knowing. The 30 or 15 hours funding that we receive from the Local Authority is for care only. This means that meals and snacks, consumables (such as nappies, wipes, suncream plus other health and hygiene essentials) plus extras (such as extra-curricular classes or activities to enhance your child’s preschool experience) will not be covered by funding. It should be noted that these charges are not mandatory or a condition of your child receiving a funded place at Brereton Preschool.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
CW11 1RNWhat 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, 14 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Friendly staff greet children warmly as they arrive at this lively and welcoming preschool. Children arrive happy and are keen to get into the setting to play. The staff help them to settle quickly into their chosen activity. This shows the secure and positive relationships between children and their key person.
Leaders provide a curriculum that is ambitious and inclusive for all children, ensuring that they are well prepared for their next stages of learning. Children have lots of fun choosing from the different activities and resources on offer. Staff support children to play together and behave well. For example, children play cooperatively with their friends, carefully drawing a treasure map and making a pretend telescope out of rolled up paper together. They work their way round the room looking for clues, proudly explaining, 'She's doing the looking and I'm using the map.' This demonstrates their social skills, confidence and how their imaginations are developing well.
Staff make sure that children get plenty of fresh air and exercise in the spacious outside areas. They run round a track, chasing and catching each other and climb over and under climbing frames and other large equipment. Children work together, painting a rainbow on a huge board, stretching up high to paint at the top of the board. This supports the development of their physical skills well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to consistently plan activities that have clear intentions for children's learning - improve staff knowledge of how to support children to remain highly engaged and be less easily distracted, particularly in group activities.
- 14 March 2024Good
- 15 May 2018Good
- 11 January 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Brereton Playgroup and Preschool
- 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 £5.98 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.