Farcet Village Nursery
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Farcet for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2009, with 24 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 Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
PE7 3ARWhat 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, 26 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children make good progress and enjoy their time in the welcoming pre-school.
They play with resources that reflect their interests but also introduce them to new ideas, and ways of life. Children learn about what it is like to be a child in a different country as they explore a story about a child who lives abroad. They investigate different types of food that people may eat in other countries as they put them in a basket and try to balance the basket on their heads as they act out the story. Staff use these interesting items to encourage children to explore new language. For example, children have lively conversations about green and white pumpkins they have at pre-school. They compare these to pumpkins they see in a book, noticing that those are orange. They use scales to weigh them and use words to describe them, such as 'heavy' and 'smooth'.
Children enjoy exploring the engaging outdoor space and share their knowledge about the natural world, such as that slugs leave trails. They show their ability to solve problems as they adapt the environment as they set up logs and planks for obstacle courses. They discuss what different creatures may like, such as worms liking dark spaces, and apply this knowledge to habitats they build with logs and bricks. The children know how to fetch umbrellas when it begins to rain and bring these outside to continue playing.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to sharpen the focus of the curriculum to help refine opportunities for children to learn, to support their best progress n help staff to more consistently deliver learning experiences that link specifically to children's individual learning needs.
- 26 September 2022Good
- 19 October 2016Good
- 27 February 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Farcet Village 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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