Little Oak Pre-School (Witney) Limited
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Witney for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2011, with 27 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
2 year old funding - 15 hours per week; Universal funding for 3 year olds - 15 hours per week; Working parent funding - 30 hours per week.
Worth knowing. Funding can be used for any hours of the day and can be used to cover part of sessions with the remaining of the session paid at an hourly rate, if you wish. Children who are fully funded and provide their own snack and will not be using any additional consumables etc (such as suncream, nappies etc), will have their deposit returned as soon as the funding has been submitted and confirmed.
What childcare usually costs in Oxfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Oxfordshire 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
OX28 5LPWhat 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, 10 March 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly on arrival. They make their own choices from interesting activities. For example, children thoroughly enjoyed making junk models and tipping and pouring water into different-sized containers. They concentrated well during their play and exploration. There is a strong focus on building children's communication and language skills. Staff engage children in discussions during their play and model language well to children. Children enjoy singing songs and exploring books daily with their friends and staff.
Staff have a secure understanding of children's individual learning needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). There are clear processes to identify children who may need extra support in their learning. Staff implement individual learning plans that focus on supporting children's progress. All children's learning is regularly reviewed by staff to help plan for their ongoing progress.
Overall, staff's practice and support for children's learning are effective. They promote children's independence and self-care well. For example, staff have displayed a picture sequence in the bathroom to help children manage their personal care needs. Children learn to do things for themselves, including putting on their coats and pouring their drinks. Staff praise children and guide their behaviour with care and consideration. This helps children to follow expectations and learn how to manage their own behaviour.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's awareness of children who need extra support to help them to build on their skills, knowledge and understanding further n take steps to organise activities that are particularly popular with children to enable staff to support children's learning as effectively as possible.
- 10 March 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 20 November 2019Good
- 13 July 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Oak Pre-School (Witney) Limited
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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