Mitcheldean Early Learners
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Mitcheldean for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £20.25 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2010, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £20.253 hour, 3 hrs £27.004 hour, 4 hrs £40.506 hour, 6 hrs | £6.75For any additional hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.50 snackIf, as a one off, Early Learners have to provide any of these items
- £1.00 nappies/wipes etcIf, as a one off, Early Learners have to provide any of these items
- £2.25 Early Starts from 8:45am
- £2.25 Late Collection until 3:15pm
- £4.50 Late Collection until 3:30pm
- £4.50 Early Starts from 8:30am
Funded hours
We accept grant funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds and also payments through the Tax Free Childcare Scheme.
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
GL17 0JSWhat 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, 17 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children thoroughly enjoy themselves at the pre-school and make excellent progress from their individual starting points. They arrive full of enthusiasm and smiles, bursting to tell staff their news. They have excellent relationships with the staff, who have an in-depth understanding of their needs, interests and abilities.
Children are highly motivated to join in the carefully planned activities and are very familiar with the daily routine. They are extremely well behaved. They recall the setting rules and demonstrate a clear understanding of the reason why each rule is important. They show great curiosity and are keen to explore and investigate. They study caterpillars and show awe and wonder as they discover they have turned into chrysalis.
Children gain excellent independence skills from a young age; two-year-olds join their older peers and change from their outdoor shoes into their 'daps'. When children move on to school they are very capable of managing their clothing, can unpack their lunches, cut with scissors, recognise their names, simple words and can often recognise the names of others. Two-, three- and four-year-olds talk confidently, making their needs known, sharing their ideas and recalling past experiences. Children's motivation to learn is impressive.
- 17 May 2023Outstanding
- 3 November 2017Good
- 16 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mitcheldean Early Learners
- Meals
- 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 £20.25 a session 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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