Minibugs St Austell
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in St Austell for babies from 3 months up to 5 year olds, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 June 2025. Open since 2017, with 76 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Funding available for children aged 9 months up to 4 years old (subject to eligibility).
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
PL25 5BSWhat 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.
- 7 November 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 27 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff greet children warmly with a friendly cheer on their arrival. Children excitedly share their experiences from home and settle quickly into nursery routines.
Children have formed close bonds with staff and feel secure in their presence.
Babies hold their arms out to their key persons, who respond affectionately.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to better understand their roles, particularly those working with older children, to enable them to be deployed effectively so they can provide consistent interactions with children.
- 27 June 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 29 October 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Minibugs St Austell
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.