Cranmer Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Aslockton for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £51.60 a day. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 1983, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £51.60Holiday Club School Day £75.50Holiday Club Full Day | £11.80Breakfast Club or Lunchtime £21.25Afternoon, 2.2 hrs £23.60After School, 2.5 hrs £28.35Morning, 3 hrs £43.70Holiday Club Half Day, 5.8 hrs | £9.45 |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £30.00 Administration FeeOnce you have confirmed the place
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% late Payment chargeif payment is not made within the dates given
- £2.65 hot lunchif you require a hot lunch
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Late collection feeeach additional 5 minutes after the end time of the session booked
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
What childcare usually costs in Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire 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
NG13 9AWWhat 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.
- 31 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into the pre-school by a caring, friendly and wellestablished staff team. A wide range of activities are made available for children to investigate that inspire them to explore the environment. Children make their own choices about activities they want to engage in. Young children enjoy playing with their friends in the sandpit with the diggers. Older children use their imagination as they pretend to make breakfast in the mud kitchen.
Children are happy and feel safe and secure. Staff offer cuddles to children who seek out comfort when they are unsure or have tripped over. Children enjoy fresh air outdoors, as they practise developing their physical skills, ride tricycles and push cars along. Children enjoy using their developing small-muscle skills when they draw pictures on the playground with chalk.
Children learn to take turns and be kind to their friends. They share tools as they mix paint and wait for their turn to walk along the balancing beams. Staff provide children with reminders and explanations of what is right and wrong to help them manage their own behaviour. For example, staff ask children not to knock a wall down that another child has built, by explaining how it might make their friend feel.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to improve the implementation of group activities, to ensure that they consistently engage children and provide appropriate levels of challenge n ensure staff allow children more time to share their own knowledge, think their ideas through, and respond to questions they are asked, to maximise their learning.
- 15 September 2022Good
- 9 December 2014Outstanding
- 2 December 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Cranmer Pre-School
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £51.60 a day still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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