Menheniot Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Liskeard for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £33.00 a day, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 1991, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Price list dated September 2024.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £33.00 | £16.50Half day |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.00 a day OPTIONAL consumables charge
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funding accepted.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
PL14 3QSWhat 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, 19 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children have a strong sense of belonging. They arrive happy and eager to come in and play. Children feel safe and secure. They tell staff, 'I love you', and form positive relationships with their friends. Children love to snuggle up on cushions and listen to stories. Leaders further this interest and make 'story sacks' for children to take home and share with their families. Children record what they like about the storybook or non-fiction book. They draw a picture about the book and show staff when they bring it back. Following this experience, staff notice children choose to look at books more frequently.
There is an ambitious curriculum in place. Leaders and staff use their knowledge of what children know and can do and need to learn next effectively. They provide activities to extend children's learning. For example, staff identify that some preschool-age children need to strengthen their knowledge of numbers. They challenge these children to build a pathway using guttering for water to flow down into a bucket. The children place pretend bricks as pillars underneath the guttering to hold it up. They count how many pretend bricks they need and adjust them accordingly to ensure the water flows downwards. Staff strengthen children's counting skills. They count the number of pretend bricks with the children and ask how many more or less they need.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff knowledge further in how to strengthen children's communication and language skills so children can hear and learn more new words.
- 19 June 2024Good
- 14 September 2018Outstanding
- 24 February 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Menheniot Pre-school
- 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.
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 £33.00 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.