Broadshires Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Lechlade for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1992, with 18 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 1 April 24.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.00for hours exceeding funded hours £7.50 |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 to 4 year old government funding.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
GL7 3QSWhat 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, 11 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are full of joy and excitement as they arrive at the pre-school. They feel safe and secure. Children respond warmly to nurturing staff, who know the children and their families well. Children display behaviour that is appropriate to their age and stage of development.
Physical development is promoted well. All children enjoy access to the large outside area throughout the day, where they have opportunities to be active and explore the environment. Furthermore, they benefit from regular football sessions where they learn to make small and large kicks and shoot the ball into the target goal. Staff provide resources and activities that encourage children to use their small muscles. For example, children manipulate and make marks in the sand and chalk outside on the tarmac, as well as having a range of opportunities to sort a range of small resources, transporting them with tweezers.
Staff introduce children to new vocabulary and explain what words and phrases mean. For example, in the role-play area, children pretend to be doctors. Children are introduced to new words in context of their play. For example, staff talk about the heart beating and how blood pressure is measured, and how this supports the circulation of the blood around the body. This supports children's developing communication and language skills. Children are gaining in confidence and developing a love for books and reading. For instance, staff read with great enthusiasm and expression. Children listen out for the rhyming words and recall the words with great joy, such as 'cats on mats', 'mules on stools' and 'pairs on chairs'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the organisation of group activities to ensure that all children are consistently well supported n build on partnerships with parents so that parents can help guide and support their children's learning at home.
- 11 January 2024Good
- 19 March 2018Good
- 8 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Broadshires Pre-School
- Nappies
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 £7.50 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.