Foxton Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Cambridge for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:15, 4 days a week. £7.00 an hour for 2-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2008, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-year-olds2y to 3y | £7.00Fees for hours over and above funded hours | |
| 3 and 4-year-olds3y to 4y | £7.00Fees for hours over and above funded hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 a day Hot school lunch
- £3.50 a session Breakfast club
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Currently all 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of free childcare funding and, depending on eligibility, many children from 9 months to 4 years are entitled to 30 hours.
Worth knowing. Parents and carers can self fund any hours over and above those funded hours. The fees for those hours are directly in line with the government funding rates as follows:
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
CB22 6RNWhat 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, 24 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Parents and children are greeted warmly by the staff as they arrive in the morning.
Children settle quickly. They are provided with activities which engage them, facilitated by staff who know their interests well. Children display strong bonds with staff, and new children quickly build attachments with their designated key person.
Staff are on hand to support children's emotional needs. Children explore their emotions through books and role play and use mirrors to reflect on how their face changes when they feel happy and sad. When children become a little upset, staff are quickly on hand to offer reassuring cuddles and provide them with a safe space to express how they feel. As a result, children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to consistently support children with their emerging independence and their self-help skills during everyday routines.
- 24 October 2024Good
- 24 January 2019Good
- 10 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Foxton 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 £7.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.