Earlyworld Nursery
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Shrewsbury for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2024. Open since 1996, with 142 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
SY3 5HJWhat 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.
- 11 September 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 30 August 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders place children's well-being at the heart of their curriculum and teaching.
This includes focusing on ensuring children feel happy, safe, secure and form trusting bonds with staff. This supports children to be emotionally ready to learn and motivated to play so all children can make good progress. For example, the arrangements for new children ensure that staff have comprehensive information about each child. Staff work closely with parents from the onset. Leaders provide children with beneficial settling in sessions to familiarise themselves with the staff, nursery and learn to manage separation from their parents. Staff sensitively support babies as they experience the various daily routines and are skilled in easing the transition into nursery life. They follow supportive arrangements to provide continuity for children when they move to the next room. This includes preparing children for changes, such as the arrangements at mealtimes.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and children behave well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the curriculum to identify a precise sequence of knowledge, skills and coverage across all key learning areas for children n extend the monitoring of staff practice to provide children with consistently focused and high-quality learning experiences.
- 30 August 2024Good
- 9 November 2018Outstanding
- 5 February 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Earlyworld Nursery
- What it costs
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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