Highley Minors Childcare Centre
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Highley for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2024. Open since 2004, with 59 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 Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
WV16 6JGWhat 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, 12 March 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome and support children's views. For example, when children tell them that when they grow up they want to be a 'clock maker', staff provide children with opportunities to further explore this. Children build 'Big Ben' out of magnetic shapes, and they carefully draw the hands on a pre-drawn clock face. When children ask inquisitive questions, staff help them to use technology to find the answers. This extends children's understanding and happiness.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities greatly benefit from sensitive staff who support them to make choices. For instance, staff sign 'spoon'
at mealtimes to ensure that they understand what cutlery children want. They use communication aids and one-to-one time to encourage children to communicate their feelings and needs. This promotes children's good behaviour.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- evaluate the continuous provision to ensure that younger children are consistently engaged in purposeful play n develop a stronger oversight of staff practice to further support the quality of teaching and learning.
- 12 March 2024Good
- 31 May 2023Needs improvement
- 18 July 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highley Minors Childcare Centre
- 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.