Knutsford Community Pre-school
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Watford for from 2 years 8 months up to school age, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £30.00 a session for 2.8 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 1995, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| Below the age of 3birth to 3y | £30.003 hrs | |
| 2.8 years2y to 5y | £30.00Children from 2.8 years: £30 for 3 hours, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 £100 refundable depositunless eligible for supported 2 year old funding, refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £5.00 a day extend the day to 3.15 at the cost of £5 per day
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours of funding for working families; 15 hours of universal government funding from the term after their 3rd birthday; supported 2 year old funding.
What childcare usually costs in Hertfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hertfordshire 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
WD24 7ERWhat 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, 24 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in the extremely well-resourced and inviting environment that thoroughly engages their interests. They eagerly settle to enticing activities and enjoy shaping these to meet their own interests, for example turning dough into mashed potato to use in the role-play kitchen, and develop a painting activity into preparing their own wrapping paper.
Children at the pre-school have a big voice. All children feel able to say what they want to happen and when. This means that all children have many learning opportunities that respond specifically to their needs and help them make their best possible progress. They know that they can use their voices to ask for things they want, to share their own thoughts and ideas and that the adults who care for them will listen to them.
Children show that they feel very safe at pre-school. They follow the excellent example of staff who treat all children with great respect. This builds strong emotional security and children are very responsive to the needs of others. All children delight in daily exercise routines. They jump, turn and stretch and know how to feel their hearts to show the effects of exercise on their bodies. They learn to keep themselves safe and healthy.
- 24 November 2021Outstanding
- 16 December 2015Outstanding
- 20 February 2012Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Knutsford Community Pre-school
- 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 £30.00 a session 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.