Mount Lane Day Care Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Market Drayton for babies from 3 months up to school age, 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 February 2022. Open since 2008, with 105 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government funded childcare offers for 9+ months, 2 year olds, 3 year olds and 4 year olds; 15/30 hours of free childcare for 9mths, 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. This entitles a child to attend up to 15/30 hours per week (term time only).
What childcare usually costs in Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
TF9 1AQWhat 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, 23 February 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this welcoming setting where they feel happy and safe. Staff are kind, caring and attentive. They get to know children well. This helps to promote children's emotional well-being. Children are well behaved, motivated and willing to join in with the good range of opportunities and experiences on offer. Babies enjoy taking part in an adult-led sticking and gluing activity. They develop their physical skills as they climb and balance on the soft-play equipment. Older children enjoy the time they spend outdoors. They develop their imaginations well as they use the outside tap and pretend to wash their toy vehicles in the 'car wash'. Children of all ages develop a real interest in books. They enjoy story times, where stories are read by enthusiastic staff. Children excitedly join in with familiar phrases and predict what may happen next.
Staff have high expectations of children. They encourage them to take responsibility for small tasks such as helping to tidy away after activities, dressing themselves ready for outdoor play and managing their own personal care routines.
All children make good progress in their learning, according to their individual starting points. They are developing the skills they need to help support their future learning, including moving on to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- focus on the professional development for all staff to enhance the already good teaching practice even further n consider further the organisation of some group activities to help children to become even more focused in their play.
- 23 February 2022Good
- 30 November 2017Good
- 8 October 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mount Lane Day Care Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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
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