Chuckles Childcare Warton
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Preston for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. £65.00 a day for 2 – 3 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2022, with 65 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
51 weeks a year, price list dated April 2025.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 – 3 year olds2y to 3y | £65.00A full day for a 2 – 3 year olds | |
| 3 or 4 year olds3y to 4y | £65.00A full day for 3 or 4 year olds | |
| Baby | £73.00A full day for a baby |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 £50 to cover the cost of settles and the administration fee
- £50.00 £50 will be returned on the first invoicerefundable
- £100.00 registration fee
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 Breakfastadded onto a funded child's invoice
- £2.50 Snackadded onto a funded child's invoice
- £3.50 Lunchadded onto a funded child's invoice
- £10.00 per 15 minutes Late pick-upsafter 17.45hrs
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £0.52 an hour consumables chargevoluntary, during funded hours
Funded hours
30 hours and 15 hours government funding; local authority funded childcare for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. 30 hours becomes 22.35 hours per week and 15 hours becomes 11.17 hours per week; voluntary £0.52 per hour consumables charge from age 2 during funded hours; food not covered by funding and added to invoice.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
PR4 1YAWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 18 December 2024.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Chuckles Childcare Warton
- Youngest age taken
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £65.00 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.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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