Moulton Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Moulton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £5.00 a session for 2-11 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2008, with 45 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-11 years2y to 5y | £5.00Breakfast £10.00After School Club, 2.5 hrs | |
| All ages | £5.00non-funded offer £10.00non-funded offer £18.00non-funded offer £36.00All Day, 6 hrs |
Funded hours
2 year funding, 3-4 year old funding, 30 hours funding.
Worth knowing. Free entitlement hours – 15/30 hours per week (must not have a charge). Term time: 15 hours per week/ 30 hours per week (38 weeks).
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire West and Chester
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire West and Chester 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
CW9 8PBWhat 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, 21 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop close attachments with staff in this bright and cosy pre-school.
Staff are nurturing and supportive and help children to feel safe and emotionally secure. They take time to find out personal information about children when they first start, helping them to settle effortlessly. Staff support children to build on what they already know and can do and have high expectations for their progress.
For example, children confidently recall aspects of previous learning, such as remembering how to use scissors correctly when cutting papers for their rainbow fish collages. Staff give an abundance of praise when children persevere at challenges. Children beam with pride and are developing positive attitudes to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the teaching of healthy eating habits and good oral health to ensure the importance of good dental hygiene is embedded across the setting n enrich opportunities for children to learn about cultures and traditions outside their own community so they learn to appreciate the diversity in modern Britain.
- 21 June 2023Good
- 5 December 2017Good
- 6 February 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Moulton Pre-School
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £5.00 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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