Creswick Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Welwyn Garden City for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £57.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2017, with 28 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 | £57.009am – 3pm | £28.509am – 12noon or 1pm – 4pm, 3 hrs | £9.50Session fees |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £15.00 to £20.00 a term Snack Contributionattending 2/3 sessions per week
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Learning Funding, Working Families – both 15hrs & 30hrs.
Worth knowing. Lunch Club is for children accessing 30hrs only.
What childcare usually costs in Hertfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hertfordshire 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
AL7 4FLWhat 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, 18 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a safe and nurturing environment for children. They know that children need to feel happy and secure to thrive. Therefore, they prioritise children's emotional well-being. For instance, they support them through any changes in their life and provide bespoke settling-in sessions. This enables children to build secure attachments with the staff team before they join the pre-school. Children settle quickly. They feel at ease and are eager to learn. Staff plan learning based on children's interests and provide daily enticing 'wow' activities that broaden their experiences. This means that children have positive attitudes to learning. This child-centred approach helps all children make good progress in their academic and personal development. Children learn about size and measurement. They work out how much wrapping paper they will need to wrap different-shaped objects in the elf wrapping station.
Self-registration helps children to identify their name. They swiftly develop an awareness of phonic sounds and count how many letters are in their name. Staff support children to understand that information can be sourced through books and supervised use of the internet. They embrace children's curiosity about wild animals, discovering together that cheetahs run faster than leopards. Children learn about life cycles. They observe stick insects hatch from eggs and help to nurture and care for them. Children are highly independent. This is because staff challenge them to manage their own outer clothing and prepare their healthy snack.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the sharing of information between children's key person and other staff n build on partnerships with all other settings that children attend to support their continuity in learning.
- 18 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 27 February 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Creswick Pre-School
- 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 £57.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.