Mighty Oaks Little Acorns Ltd
Good★ 3.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Gloucester for children from birth to 5, open 08:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2018, with 52 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL1 4NYWhat 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, 9 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive keen and eager to start their day. Staff cheerfully greet children and their families, helping children to be confident and to settle quickly to begin learning.
Leaders and staff have a good understanding of children's needs and past experiences. They use this to provide a curriculum based on what children need to learn next. Leaders and staff focus on helping children to develop their language and to be confident and sociable. Staff working with the youngest children help them to build strong and secure attachments so that children are happy and secure in the nursery. Staff working with the toddlers focus on supporting children's listening skills and promoting their language development. The oldest children develop independence and an eagerness to explore and learn.
Staff help older children to understand their emotions so that they can express themselves appropriately and understand how others around them may be feeling.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide some staff with the support needed, to help them to recognise how to extend children's learning even further n support staff working with the youngest children, to implement the strategies in place more consistently to help children to communicate their needs.
- 9 May 2024Good
- 6 June 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mighty Oaks Little Acorns Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.