Great Witley Pre School Playgroup
OutstandingBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Worcester for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2009, with 30 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 Worcestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire 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
WR6 6HRWhat 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, 21 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children excitedly enter the pre-school with enthusiasm, confidently separating from their parents. They are warmly greeted by kind, caring and nurturing staff, who know them very well. Children form incredibly close relationships with staff and their peers. They play exceptionally well together and demonstrate their understanding of the behaviour expectations within the setting.
Children are eager to learn. They persevere with tasks and work together to complete their chosen challenges, such as building a pretend boat using the large boxes and pieces of cardboard. Through skilful questioning, staff encourage children to solve problems for themselves. For example, when children make ramps with the large sheets of cardboard for their cars to go down, they balance these vertically. This results in the cars falling straight off. Staff ask children if there is a better way to prop them up so that the cars do not just fall straight off. Children concentrate and experiment by putting the cardboard in different angles until they find the best position.
All children thrive because staff have very high expectations of what they can achieve. Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language make excellent progress in relation to their individual starting points. This means that all children are superbly prepared for their next stage of learning, including their eventual move to school.
- 21 March 2023Outstanding
- 9 June 2022Needs improvement
- 20 October 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Great Witley Pre School 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.