Kara Cornwall T/A Sticky Fingers Daycare Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Wadebridge for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £58.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2014, with 66 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year, price list dated 1st of January, 2025.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £58.00 | £34.00Half day, 5 hrs | £8.50 | £245.00Full week |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.00 a half day Consumable charge - Half day attendancefunded children, charged during funded hours only, irrespective of, includes everything
- £12.00 a day Consumable charge - Full day attendancefunded children, charged during funded hours only, irrespective of, includes everything
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours of funding per week for any 2-year+-old child, starting in the term following their 2nd birthday; provision to be extended to babies from 9-month-old in September.
Worth knowing. Funding is for term time only and cannot be used outside of this. Consumable charge applies during funded hours only, charged irrespective of attendance including sickness and family holidays taken during the 38 weeks of term time.
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
PL27 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, 23 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome children warmly into the nursery and children are excited to meet friends and explore. There is a strong focus on children's social and emotional development throughout the nursery. Staff form strong and nurturing attachments with babies and give lots of smiles and cuddles. Older children are emotionally secure and have a sense of belonging in the setting. Staff include them in decisionmaking. For example, children have a vote to decide on their favourite stories and happily accept the outcome. Staff treat children with kindness and respect and children take turns and share resources with very few reminders.
The manager and staff know the children well and plan a broad and balanced curriculum that helps children to build on their knowledge and skills. Staff work hard to ensure that children move through the nursery confidently and ready for what they need to learn next. There is an emphasis on sharing books and the many skills children develop through well-thought-out song and story times. In the pre-school room, story time is a joyful experience. Staff expertly bring stories to life and children animatedly respond with their own thoughts and ideas. Children say they love stories and frequently choose to look at books throughout their day.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff working with babies and toddlers to plan and deliver experiences that build on what children already know and can do, to consolidate and extend their learning further.
- 23 April 2024Good
- 5 June 2018Outstanding
- 10 August 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kara Cornwall T/A Sticky Fingers Daycare Nursery
- 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 £58.00 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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