Jubilee Friends Pre-School
Needs improvementTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Chelmsford for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Needs improvement by Ofsted in July 2025. Open since 2009, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
If a child is funded for less than 30 hours, any additional hours taken, up to a maximum of 30hrs per week, will be charged at £6 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
Funded Early Education Entitlement.
Worth knowing. There is NO additional charge for any funded hours. If a child is funded for less than 30 hours, any additional hours taken, up to a maximum of 30hrs per week, will be charged at £6 per hour. We do not charge for non-food consumables. We do not charge for activities.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CM2 8NDWhat 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.
- 16 July 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 20 September 2019Good
- 10 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jubilee Friends Pre-School
- Youngest age taken
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- 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.