LITTLE CHESTNUTS PRE-SCHOOL
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Halstead for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2022, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.00non-funded |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a week Weekly dance classes
- £1.00 a week Outside learning
- £1.25 a week Consumables such as paper, pencils
- £1.80 a day Lunchincludes lunch
- £20.00 Voluntary donationincludes consumables and activities
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hour & 30 hour funding available.
Worth knowing. Any hours booked are not covered by funding and will be charged £6.00 per hour.
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
CO9 4DRWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 8 May 2024.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for LITTLE CHESTNUTS PRE-SCHOOL
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.
- 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.