Honeypot Room
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Cannock for children from birth to 8+, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2004, with 20 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 Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
WS11 5RNWhat 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, 14 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a relaxed and calm play environment, where children feel happy and safe. They are supported by staff to feel emotionally secure. When children are upset, staff sit with them and offer reassuring hugs. They answer children's questions when they are unsure of an unfamiliar adult in the environment. This puts children's concerns at ease. Staff are good role models for children. They offer them lots of praise and encouragement, as a result children's behaviour is good.
Children are active learners, and they enjoy exploring their environment freely.
They confidently access a range of activities that staff have planned around their current interests. Children enjoy long periods of play with gentle interactions from staff to support and consolidate their learning. For example, children choose to paint butterfly pictures. They study the real-life caterpillars in front of them, recalling the life cycle of a butterfly. Children thoroughly enjoy extending their learning outdoors. They search high and low, looking for bugs and insects. Staff include children's interests and preferences in shaping the curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- create a more challenging and ambitious mathematics curriculum to deepen children's knowledge and understanding of a range of mathematical concepts that are appropriate to their age and stage of development n review the strategies in place to support children who speak English as an additional language, ensuring that they are applied consistently and reviewed in a timely manner to enable them to make the best possible progress with their spoken English.
- 14 June 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
- 20 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Honeypot Room
- 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.