Mossley Hill Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Liverpool for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £8.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 1998, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Un-funded children are charged at a rate of £8.50 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Funded children are entitled to 15 /30 hours per week of flexible government subsidised pre-school care.
Worth knowing. Children are eligible for funding from the term after their 3rd birthday.
What childcare usually costs in Liverpool
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Liverpool 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
L18 8DBWhat 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, 31 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in this warm and nurturing pre-school. They arrive happy and are eager to play with their friends. Staff follow children's interests to provide a broad range of exciting experiences that build on what children know and enjoy. For example, to expand on children's love of stories, such as the 'The Gingerbread
Man', staff create a 'rescue mission' for them to take part in. Children then keenly search for the missing gingerbread man and squeal with delight when he is found.
Staff are excellent role models. They support children's personal, social and emotional development extremely well. For example, while they play, children are reminded that when they are kind they make their friends happy. Children are praised for their efforts and are encouraged to keep trying when at first they do not succeed. This helps to build self confidence and helps children to become resilient learners.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review routines and opportunities for learning so that all children make the best possible progress.
- 31 March 2023Good
- 29 September 2017Good
- 25 April 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mossley Hill Pre-School
- 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
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 £8.50 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.
- 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
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