Kymbrook Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Bedford for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £19.50 a session for 2 year old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 1993, with 22 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
9am- 12pm 2 year old £19.50 3+ year old £16.50 Morning session with snack
One published rate, dated April 2024. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
All government funding for 2-4 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Bedford
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bedford 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
MK44 2HHWhat 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, 11 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are comfortable and settled, thoroughly enjoying their time at this nurturing setting. They greet staff at the door, telling them their news before running in to explore the resources. Children demonstrate positive attitudes and respond to the high expectations of staff. For example, they ask to do further exercises, carefully copying the illustrated prompt cards. Children work cooperatively and enjoy the challenge of completing tasks together. For instance, they follow a simple recipe to make coloured dough, working out when to add more flour and describing the colour as they add different food colourings.
Children of all ages mirror staff's good example and are kind and caring. Older children attending the out-of-school club interact sensitively with the younger children. They enjoy reading to them and offer them lots of praise. Younger children respond to this, frequently copying the speech and very good behaviour of the older children. Children are gaining a good understanding of feelings. For example, they look at pictures and competently describe how the characters are feeling. Children develop their independence and physical skills. They concentrate as they hit the ball to each other when playing tennis, and challenge themselves as they place a plank across tyres and carefully balance as they walk along this.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to make increased use of opportunities to help children to think further and solve more complex problems as they encounter them n review the organisation at times of transition, both during the out-of-school club and pre-school sessions, so that all children remain involved and continue to enjoy their time.
- 11 September 2023Good
- 25 April 2023Inadequate
- 21 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kymbrook 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 £19.50 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.
- 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.