Long Wittenham Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Abingdon for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £46.20 a day for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2015, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week, price list dated 2025/2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £46.20unfunded | £7.70unfunded; pre-booked £23.10unfunded | £7.70unfunded | |
| 3 and 4 year olds3y to 4y | £43.20unfunded | £7.20unfunded; pre-booked £21.60unfunded | £7.20unfunded |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Deposit (registration fee)deducted from first invoice or returned once funding approved, not refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 per 15 minutes Early morning drop-offpre-booked
- £6.00 a session Breakfast Clubpre-booked; subject to demand, includes a healthy breakfast
Funded hours
Up to 30 hours of free childcare per week for eligible 2 year olds; up to 15 hours per week for all 3 and 4 year olds, extended to 30 hours for some families.
Worth knowing. Breakfast club can be counted in funded hours for those children receiving funding. You will not be billed for sessions your child receives a grant for.
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
OX14 4QHWhat 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, 27 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are very confident in the familiar surroundings. They quickly settle into their play and engage with their friends and all staff. They are intrigued about new situations and new people and ask lots of questions to find out more about what they are doing. Children behave well. Staff have high expectations of children, who learn to cooperate and negotiate in their play.
Children are curious and want to know how things work. They develop confidence from watching other children play, modelling their learning. They explore and experiment to find things out while they play. They question everything; how things grow, what makes a wheelbarrow's wheels go round and why the ball is stuck in the cup. They are persistent in finding a solution to their questions to enable them to continue their own learning. They confidently ask for help when they are unable to do anything by themselves.
Children develop self-help skills through the daily routines and the effective support from staff. Children learn to choose what to play with and where to play, extending their play from inside to outside and back again. Children understand the importance of hygiene through routines, discussions and support from staff. For example, they learn to manage their own toileting and handwashing. Staff play a vital role in promoting children's oral health. Children talk about cleaning their teeth so that they can bite an apple.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- evaluate teaching strategies and experiences to provide children with more ways to develop their skills even further.
- 27 March 2023Good
- 25 September 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Long Wittenham Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
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 £46.20 a day 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.