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Day nursery in Worcester

Little Squirrels @ Shrawley

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established

A day nursery in Worcester for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2025. Open since 2015, with 26 places.

Call 01905620498Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Funded hours

Nursery funded places available.

What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire

£6.50an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Birth to 8+Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Settling in
They offer settling sessions
Outdoor space
Yes
How many children
26 placesMedium for England
How long open
11 yearsLong established
Address
Walnut Cottage Nursery, School House, Worcester, WR6 6TT

Where it is

WR6 6TT
Ofsted URN EY489584On the register since 27 May 2015
Ofsted

What 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, 1 August 2025 · read the full report

What it is like to attend

Staff greet parents and children with smiles and welcome them into the setting.

Home visits enable children to get to know staff before they join the nursery. This helps children feel safe and secure. Key persons support transitions between rooms and other settings and share information about children's needs and development.

This provides continuity of care and learning for children.

What Ofsted told them to improve

To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:

- help children to develop an awareness of other cultures to prepare them for life in modern day Britain.

  • 1 August 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
  • 24 October 2019Good
  • 8 February 2016Good

Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.

Still missing for Little Squirrels @ Shrawley

  • What it costs
  • Youngest age taken
  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
  • Is there a place for my child's age? 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.
Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports ยท How we put this together.

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