Little Wishes
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Worcester for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2001, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Nursery Education Funding is available for working parents for children once they turn 9 months.
What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
WR3 7HTWhat 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, 28 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
There is a warm and calm atmosphere at this nursery. Children are highly motivated to play and learn. They benefit from a range of activities which are tailored to their interests. Children are eager to learn and take on new challenges.
For example, older children use hay, sticks, and small bricks to build houses and play imaginatively with them, retelling the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. Younger children explore different textures in a sensory tray based around the story 'We're
Children behave really well. They play cooperatively with each other and respond well to the routines and boundaries that are in place. Children thrive on the praise they receive from staff for their efforts and achievements. This helps to build their self-esteem and confidence.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to have a clearer understanding of the curriculum intent so that their teaching consistently focuses on what they want children to learn n strengthen further the support and training in place for all leaders to help maintain consistency and oversight of the whole nursery.
- 28 May 2024Good
- 18 October 2018Good
- 23 December 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Wishes
- What it costs
- 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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