Little Oaks Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in King'S Lynn for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £5.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2003, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £5.00Pay fors yourself £6.00Each |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.90 a day Lunches
Funded hours
15 hours per week for all children the term after they turn 3, and up to 30 hours funding for 2, 3 or 4 year olds if eligible.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
PE33 9QJWhat 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.
- 5 September 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 11 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time spent in this warm and welcoming environment. New children settle quickly and follow the routines with ease. Staff greet children as they enter and remain close by to offer a supporting hand as children locate their peg and store their belongings. Children develop strong bonds with their peers. Staff encourage children to play cooperatively with each other.
They purposefully plan paired and small-group activities to introduce new children.
During group times, staff remind children what it is like to be new and suggest ways in which they could help their new friends settle in. As a result, children show consideration to each other and learn the language of feelings. They enjoy taking responsibility for tasks and demonstrate high levels of self-assurance and selfesteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to offer consistent challenge in activities so that all children remain engaged and have time to solve problems independently.
- 11 September 2024Good
- 5 November 2018Good
- 21 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Oaks 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 £5.00 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.