Little Explorers Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.5 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Bridgnorth for babies from 9 months up to 5 year olds, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2014, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All children are entitled to free 15 hours childcare the term after they turn 3 and could also be eligible for a further 15 hours. Working families of children could also be eligible for funded hours from the age of 9 months under the new expansion plans.
What childcare usually costs in Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
WV16 6SSWhat 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, 12 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly welcomed by the attentive staff as they enter this nurturing pre-school. Staff take time to get to know children well during a series of dedicated transition sessions. As a result, children build positive attachments that help them to feel happy and safe. Staff nurture a culture of positive behaviour. Children receive recognition and rewards for their kindness. For instance, when children share with their friends, staff celebrate this at circle time by presenting them with a certificate. Children smile with pride as they tell their story of their kindness.
Staff carry out effective risk assessments of the setting to ensure the safety of the children who attend. They create opportunities for children to experience challenge and manage risk. For instance, staff create a ground-level rope swing for children to explore. Children approach the swing in anticipation and are supported to sit and learn how to move themselves backwards and forwards. Staff encourage children to explore different ways of moving, such as lying on the swing and using their arms to pull themselves forward. Children take turns with their peers and gradually build their confidence as they practise this new skill.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff supervision further to provide more-focused targets and to continuously improve the quality of teaching.
- 12 July 2024Good
- 18 September 2018Good
- 23 February 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Explorers Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.