Delaware Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Gunnislake for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £7.25 an hour for from 9 months, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2009, with 39 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated April 2026.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| From 9 months9m to 5y | £7.25From 9 months | |
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £6.952 year olds | |
| 3 years+3y to 5y | £5.503 years+ |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £35.00 Enrolment feeAll non-funded new starters, includes 2 hours of settling in sessions
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.55 Hot snack
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funding for eligible children from 9 months old, funded places for 3 and 4 year olds and eligible children from 9 months old.
Worth knowing. Early Risers and After School Club can be included in your funded hours.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
PL18 9EZWhat 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, 14 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at the nursery and feel secure in staff's care.
Parents comment that their children ask eagerly if they are going to nursery each morning. Children arrive confidently and some forget to say goodbye to their parents at the door due to their excitement at seeing their friends and staff. On the occasion when babies and toddlers arrive feeling upset, staff are sensitive and give them reassuring cuddles to help them settle quickly. Children play well alongside and with each other and are keen to offer their help. For example, when staff announce it is time to pack away the toys, older children return the toys to a box and then help each other to lift and carry it back to the cupboard.
Babies and toddlers are fascinated by the sounds that bells make and enjoy shaking and banging them to create different noises. They learn to balance and climb, and they crawl around the room to explore the resources. Older children are interested in nature and staff support them to develop their understanding of the natural world. The children know to approach birds and insects quietly and slowly in the garden, and are keen to look at them more closely using magnifying glasses.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the organisation of whole-group activities for older children to support them to concentrate and become more deeply involved and to extend their learning further n strengthen the monitoring, support and coaching for the staff working with the youngest children to help them to target each child's individual learning needs more consistently.
- 14 March 2023Good
- 25 September 2017Good
- 22 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Delaware Pre School
- 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 £7.25 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.