Humpty Dumpty Day Nursery and Pre-School -Lichfield
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Lichfield for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2012, with 210 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours of funded childcare for 38 weeks a year, stretched across the full year (51 weeks) to 22.35 funded hours per week.
Worth knowing. Funded hours can be taken over 3, 4 or 5 full days. It is also possible to book 20 hours over 2 days all year round. Part day sessions may be available, depending on occupancy. Stand alone funded places (funded hours only) may be available, subject to availability and should be discussed directly with the management team.
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
WS13 6HBWhat 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, 7 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed into the nursery by staff who know them well. They form positive relationships, and staff are attentive to meeting children's personal needs. Staff offer children a cuddle if they feel sad and are always on hand to give support when children need it. Staff offer reassurance to children who are new to the nursery. They know children extremely well and demonstrate a strong understanding of their likes and dislikes. They purposefully put out the resources that they know children will enjoy, to help them to settle quickly.
Staff provide children with a rich and varied curriculum. Children enjoy exploring a range of interesting activities that are planned to support their individual learning needs. As a result, all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are motivated and keen to try new experiences. For example, younger children enthusiastically explore the sensory room. They show high levels of interest as they look at bubbles in tubes and react to pictures of bugs that are projected onto the wall.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to recognise how to implement the targeted learning intentions into activities more precisely, to help children make even better progress in their learning and development.
- 7 February 2024Good
- 23 June 2022Good
- 5 January 2022Inadequate
- 24 October 2014Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Humpty Dumpty Day Nursery and Pre-School -Lichfield
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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