Madresfield Early Years Centre
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Malvern for babies from a few weeks old up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £13.60 an hour for 6 weeks - 18 months approx., and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 1994, with 188 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year, price list dated September 2025.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 weeks - 18 months approx.1m to 19m | £13.608am - 9am incl Breakfast, 1 hrs £78.009am - 3pm, 6 hrs £102.009am - 6pm, 9 hrs | £13.60Additional hour | |
| 2.5 years - 4 years approx.2y to 5y | £11.708am - 9am NO Breakfast, 1 hrs £12.808am - 9am incl Breakfast, 1 hrs £65.009am - 3pm, 6 hrs £83.509am - 6pm, 9 hrs | £11.70Additional hour | |
| School age up to 9 years | £9.50External Applicants only £55.00External Applicants only £72.50External Applicants only | – | |
| 18 months - 2.5 years approx. | £12.808am - 9am NO Breakfast, 1 hrs £13.408am - 9am incl Breakfast, 1 hrs £72.509am - 3pm, 6 hrs £93.509am - 6pm, 9 hrs | £12.80Additional hour |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £100.00 Initial Admin Feepayable at booking, includes Funding Loop, FAMLY, Settle Sessions and Welcome
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
11.25 hours NEF funding, 22.5 hours NEF funding, government funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Any sessions booked over and above the free sessions will be charged at the non-funded rates. Plus, any optional additional charges relevant to your child’s funding age.
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
WR13 5AAWhat 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, 5 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy the time they spend at this welcoming and friendly nursery. Staff are kind, caring and respond well to children's individual needs. New children are provided with gradual settling-in sessions to help them become familiar with their new surroundings. Staff know children well and use their knowledge to help children form secure bonds and attachments with them. Staff make good use of songs and rhymes to help promote children's emerging communication and language skills. They engage children of all ages in frequent and meaningful conversations and discussions. This helps children to become confident communicators.
Children develop their physical skills. Babies are encouraged to learn new skills, such as feeding themselves with a spoon. Toddlers enjoy learning to negotiate space riding on wheeled toys in the garden. Pre-school children are encouraged to join in with indoor gym sessions learning to negotiate the large balancing and climbing equipment. Children behave well because staff offer them gentle and ageappropriate reminders. All children make consistently good progress in their development. They are developing the skills they need to help prepare them for their next stage in learning, including their eventual move to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- plan adult-led activities more carefully so that they provide more challenge for children n support staff to help children learn the importance of following good hand hygiene routines and why these are important.
- 5 November 2024Good
- 6 April 2022Outstanding
- 15 September 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Madresfield Early Years Centre
- 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 £13.60 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.
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