Highway Farm Activity Centre
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Four Lanes for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £50.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2022. Open since 2006, with 41 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £50.008am-3.30pm or 9am - 4.30pm | £25.001pm-3.30pm, 2.5 hrs £35.008am-1pm, 5 hrs |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Free entitlement funding from the term after your child is 3.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
TR16 6QAWhat 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, 6 April 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are well settled and are happy to separate from their parents on arrival.
Staff know the children very well. They work effectively as a team to plan for the children's learning and development. They facilitate children's interests well through their curriculum, and provide a wide range of experiences that prepare children well for their future learning. Children's independence is promoted with self-care tasks, such as peeling their fruit and washing their own hands. Children display exceptional behaviour. They understand the rules and boundaries of the setting. Children are eager to share experiences, play cooperatively and understand concepts such as turn taking.
Children are extremely calm and relaxed in this highly nurturing environment. They receive an abundance of reassurance and cuddles from staff. This positively promotes their emotional well-being and helps to ensure they feel safe and secure.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff development to ensure that all interactions continually focus on promoting children's language as much as possible n continue to support staff to consistently interest and engage children in all activities.
- 6 April 2022Good
- 13 May 2015Outstanding
- 27 May 2009Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Highway Farm Activity Centre
- 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 £50.00 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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