Bright Sparks Preschool Shenfield
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years
A pre-school in Brentwood for from 1 year 2 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 4 days a week. £80.00 a day for under 3's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2022, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full day rate including lunch club 9am – 3.45pm · £80.00 · £80.00 ·
One published rate, dated April 2025. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Working Families Funding – from 14 months: up to 30 hours; 2 Year Old Funding; 3–4 Year Old Funding: 15 hours universal, up to 30 hours.
Worth knowing. Additional hours above your funded entitlement are charged at our usual rates. Snack, consumables and enhanced provision charges apply to funded hours: snacks £1.50 per session; consumables under 3's £1.25 per funded hour, over 3's £1.00 per funded hour; activities and enrichment under 3's £1.25 per funded hour, over 3's £1.00 per funded hour; early bird breakfast £1.50 per day.
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
CM15 8NFWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 18 June 2024.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Bright Sparks Preschool Shenfield
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- Is £80.00 a day 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.