Halesfield Day Nursery Centre
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Telford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £55.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 1998, with 54 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated 3 April 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £44.00Short day: any 7 hours between 8am and 4pm £55.00: 7.30am - 6pm | £36.00Afternoon: 1pm - 5.30pm, 4.5 hrs £40.00Morning with lunch: 7.30am-1pm, 5.5 hrs | £7.00 |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- 10% Term time only places
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 per 15 minutes Any additional hours requiredmust be booked in advance
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 7.30am – 8.00am
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 8.00am – 8.30am
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 8.30am – 4.00pm
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 4.00pm – 4.30pm
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 4.30pm – 5.00pm
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 5.00pm – 5.30pm
- £3.50 per 15 minutes 5.30pm – 6.00pm
- £3.50 a session set 7.5 hour day- 8.30am-4pm30 hour funded places
- £4.00 a day flexible 10 hour days30 hour funded places, includes snacks and dinner
Funded hours
2 Year old funded and preschool 15 hour universal funded sessions, 30 Hour Funded Places.
Worth knowing. 30 hour funding can be used term time only (30 hours per week) or across the year (22.35 hours per week). Flexible 10 hour days have an additional cost of £4.00 each day for snacks and dinner. Set 7.5 hour day has an additional cost £3.50 per session. Additional hours charged at £3.00 per half hour.
What childcare usually costs in Telford and Wrekin
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Telford and Wrekin 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
TF7 4QXWhat 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, 28 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy to attend and form strong bonds with the staff. They engage in their learning and have access to a range of experiences to enhance their learning.
For example, children access a weekly forest school session where they enjoy activities, such as archery and whittling. They also invite people into the setting, such as the 'farm on wheels', and provide weekly music workshops.
All staff have high expectations for children's learning. They ensure that the curriculum has good intent and covers all areas of learning. Staff understand how children learn and their stages of development. The curriculum is well sequenced.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance opportunities for children to respond, think, process and answer questions asked of them.
- 28 October 2022Good
- 22 December 2016Good
- 10 September 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Halesfield Day Nursery Centre
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £55.00 a day 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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