Hagbourne Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Didcot for children from birth to 5, open 08:45 to 14:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 1993, with 35 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 Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX11 9LRWhat 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.
- 4 January 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show they are happy and feel safe within the pre-school. They are warmly greeted by friendly staff who know them well. Children confidently leave their parents and carers at the door and settle well to activities that they enjoy. All children have fun as they sing and dance to the welcome song. Staff value children's individual needs well and encourage group times where all children can sit and listen to stories. Children who are not able to sit and concentrate for this length of time are well included. For example, staff use additional copies of the book and read these as the children move away. This supports children's sense of belonging.
Staff provide an exciting curriculum for the children with a good range of exciting learning opportunities that meet the children's interests and developing needs.
Planning is carefully sequenced by the staff to embed the topic throughout activities. For example, as the children learn about the story 'The Very Hungry
What Ofsted told them to improve
To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage, the provider must: ensure the required procedures are followed and Ofsted is provided with the necessary information to carry out suitability checks on all members of the registered body. (by 15/03/2024)
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to understand the importance of giving children the time they need to think about and answer questions, to enable them to speculate, test their ideas and challenge their thinking.
- 27 February 2024Good
- 23 February 2018Outstanding
- 17 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hagbourne Pre-School
- 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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