Fledgelings Playgroup
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Dunham on Trent for children from birth to 8+, open 08:45 to 15:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 1977, with 18 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 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
NG22 0ULWhat 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, 27 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children with a welcoming and interesting play environment. Before children start to attend, staff find out all about them. They make sure that there is something of interest and familiarity available in pre-school, such as dinosaurs, for children to play with. Children settle in quickly and their learning journey with the pre-school begins smoothly. Staff have golden rules in place for children to follow, which they do successfully. If children need a reminder, staff do this sensitively, making sure children fully understand why they need to change their behaviour.
All children are supported to access activities and resources, some of which are in place or adapted to suit the needs of particular children. For example, children enjoy identifying letters and sounds and finding an object starting with the sound, while others make good attempts at naming the objects. Children's speech and communication develops quickly at the pre-school. Staff use a wide range of methods to help with this. This includes using Makaton sign language, letting children blow bubbles to develop their mouth muscles to support making speech sounds, and talking to children about what they are doing as they play.
Children are confident and demonstrate emotional security at the pre-school. They and their parents have strong relationships with their key person. Children gravitate to their key person when they are unsure about a situation, such as a visitor being present, and staff reassure them and support them until the children are happy with the situation.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to identify when children's learning can be extended during play n help staff to understand when to step back and allow children to do things for themselves before intervening.
- 27 September 2024Good
- 9 January 2019Good
- 2 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Fledgelings Playgroup
- 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.