Highmore Hedgehogs Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Hereford for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2013, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our current rate is £6.00 per hour
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All 3- and 4-year-olds are entitled to up to 15 hours of funded early education or childcare a week, for up to 38 weeks a year (a maximum of 570 hours a year, which can be stretched over more weeks), from the funding period after they become 3- years -old. This is called the universal entitlement.
Worth knowing. There are currently no extra charges for consumables or additional services.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HR4 9PGWhat 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, 9 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at the nursery happy, and they are met by members of the nurturing staff team. They take responsibility for their belongings such as lunch boxes. For example, children place their lunch boxes on the designated stand.
Children excitedly greet staff with a cuddle. They behave well and play cooperatively together. Children benefit from an ambitious curriculum. They make independent choices about their play throughout the day. Children are eager to play and are motivated to learn.
Hygiene and care routines are good. Older children are independent and manage their self-care. They wash their hands at regular intervals throughout the day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on opportunities for key persons to spend focused time with their key children to enhance their relationships and further support children's learning n review the organisation of everyday routines to further support and enhance children's learning n provide children with English as additional language even more opportunities to be able to communicate their wants and needs to fully promote their emerging speech and language skills.
- 9 June 2023Good
- 13 September 2017Good
- 3 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highmore Hedgehogs Nursery
- 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
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 £6.00 an hour 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.
- 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.
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