Lapal Grange Preschool Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Halesowen for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £26.25 a session for 2 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 39 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 years2y to 3y | £26.25Fully payable fees £30.75Fully payable fees | |
| 3-4 years3y to 4y | £26.25extra sessions above free hours £31.25extra sessions above free hours |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £60.00 Registration Feeincludes staff time for your Home Visit before joining us
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 to £2.50 a session PEGovernment Funding for Working Parents or Time for Twos
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.25 a session Afternoon SessionGovernment Funding for Working Parents or Time for Twos, includes afternoon snack
- £7.25 a session Morning SessionGovernment Funding for Working Parents or Time for Twos, includes breakfast/morning snack and lunch
- £24.00 a session Session fees39th week, payable by everyone
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours, plus 2-year-old funding (Time for Twos).
Worth knowing. Government funding only covers 38 weeks of the year, and we are open for 39 weeks so there is always 1 week maximum per year that is payable; food fees payable on top of funded hours.
What childcare usually costs in Dudley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dudley 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
B62 0HZWhat 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.
- 4 August 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 12 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
This committed staff team ensures daily that the layout and use of the environment and resources make a significant contribution to children's independence and learning. Children are warmly welcomed by staff who prioritise their emotional wellbeing. Children confidently put their belongings away and quickly settle into activities. They respond extremely well to the routine. For example, when staff shake the tambourine, children immediately help to tidy the resources and get ready for outdoor play. Staff have the highest expectations of children and plan a challenging range of physical play resources. For example, children competently use the challenging assault course created from a variety of objects such as crates, planks and stepping stones.
Staff have an in-depth understanding of what children enjoy and their development and use this information effectively to help children make good progress. Staff encourage children to explore, discover and investigate their environment, which is designed to build on what children enjoy and what they have been learning. In the role play area, children easily adopt roles and narrate their play as they pretend to visit the dentist and doctors. For example, children use words such as 'prescription',
'appointment', 'bandage' and 'plasters' as they make pretend appointments and explain how they have hurt themselves.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to plan more effectively for the youngest children in the group to help increase their involvement during activities and extend their learning potential n increase opportunities for the least vocal children to talk during group situations to increase their confidence and speaking skills.
- 12 July 2024Good
- 27 September 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Lapal Grange Preschool Ltd
- 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 £26.25 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.