Christ Church Pre School Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Braintree for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £8.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2015, with 35 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Private fees are charged at £8 an hour, £24 for a session.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
We accept private funding, 2 year funding, 3-4 year funding & 30 hours funding. We accept working families funding from 2 years old.
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
CM7 2LDWhat 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.
- 24 December 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 18 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children and parents at the main gate and receive any relevant information from parents to help them to care for the children effectively. Older children confidently wave goodbye to their parents or carers, place their belongings on their pegs and find their friends to begin their day of fun and learning. Younger children's parents take them to the door of their playroom, where they are greeted and welcomed into the exciting nursery environment. Those children needing a bit of extra support are encouraged and comforted by staff, who chat to them about their journey to nursery and what they did the evening before.
Children are confident, and they know the nursery routines really well. Staff enable children to 'have a voice' within the nursery. For example, children use the book of equipment that staff have devised, to help choose which resources they want out the following week. This helps them to guide their own play and learning and to develop a strong sense of belonging. Children are polite towards each other. They share resources well and are supported by staff to understand how to resolve minor conflicts or problems. Staff have high expectations of the children's behaviour and remind them of the importance of being kind and caring. They plan an interesting curriculum that is based on children's individual learning and interests. As a result, children are engaged and busy throughout their nursery day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve the curriculum to ensure that children who learn better outdoors are provided with resources, activities and experiences that span all areas of learning n support staff to provide children with more opportunities and time to consider and consolidate their thoughts.
- 18 October 2023Good
- 11 January 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Christ Church Pre School Nursery
- Meals
- 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 £8.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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