George Elliot Kindergarten
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Coventry for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2014, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government early education funding sessions for all eligible children; Registered for government funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. We do not charge a registration fee for funded only places.
What childcare usually costs in Coventry
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Coventry 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
CV1 4HTWhat 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, 22 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy and receive a warm welcome from familiar staff who know them well. They settle quickly in to play with their friends. Staff build close relationships with children which helps them to feel safe and secure in their care. Staff use their knowledge of children and consider their learning needs alongside their interests to decide what experiences to prepare and what they need to teach. For example, babies are excited to experience play with cereals. They copy the staff's actions to crumble and sprinkle the cereals into a tray. Staff include new vocabulary for babies to hear, such as 'crunch' and 'sprinkle'. Older children, show high levels of interest in an activity about fire. Staff hold interesting discussions with children who are keen to use blocks to build which represent a fire. All children eagerly blow out their fire and tidy away resources when they are finished with little prompting.
Children behave well in the nursery. They respond well to staff reminders to be kind and to use their good manners. Toddler's children readily say 'please' and
'thank you' during mealtimes. Staff help children to know the behaviour that is expected of them. The oldest children help to decide the rules of behaviour for their rooms. They receive praise for their positive behaviours, which makes them smile and helps to raise their self-esteem. Children gain the knowledge and understanding they need to prepare them for their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the existing support for children and families who speak English as an additional language to enable further two-way communication and understanding
- develop opportunities to help staff maintain the knowledge they gain from training so that this remains current.
- 22 February 2024Good
- 14 April 2022Good
- 12 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for George Elliot Kindergarten
- What it costs
- Nappies
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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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