Condover Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Shrewsbury for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £6.50 an hour for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2019, with 20 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 2025.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £6.502 year olds | |
| 3-4 year olds3y to 4y | £5.503-4 year olds |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded hours.
Worth knowing. Entitled to government funded hours? Then you'll receive full hours without extra charges.
What childcare usually costs in Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
SY5 7AAWhat 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, 27 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are enthusiastic and independent learners. Older children harmoniously play together and have good social skills. They develop storylines in their role play, such as pretending to swim like sharks. Together, they make plans for the pretend cooking in the sand. Children recognise the benefits of working together and say that 'They did good teamwork'. Older children learn to control their feelings and emotions. They stop themselves from saying things to friends that could be unkind.
Children happily arrive at the pre-school. They have formed close attachments to the staff, who are friendly and nurturing. Staff are positive role models and children respond well to their gentle reminders about what is expected from them. Children behave well and develop a sense of responsibility. Older children take food orders from their friends and create a tally chart to show which fruits they need for snack.
This helps to support their early mark-making skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review and enhance the education programme for two-year-old children to ensure this is precisely matched to their learning needs n implement more focused training for less-experienced staff to help raise their knowledge and skills to the highest level.
- 27 June 2022Good
- 27 January 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Condover Pre-School
- 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 £6.50 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.