Mount View Pre-School
OutstandingBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Sheffield for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 1992, with 30 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Sheffield
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Sheffield 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
S8 8SGWhat 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, 29 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enjoy every moment of their time in this inspiring pre-school. They are very busy learning and having fun, from the warm, friendly greeting they receive when they register their arrival to their enthusiastic participation in songs and stories at the end of the session. Children are extremely well prepared for every stage in their learning, including starting school. Staff work strongly as a team to plan thoroughly for all children's learning. They engage children in activities which progressively deepen and extend their skills and understanding.
Children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make very strong and sustained progress in all aspects of their learning and development. Children learn to be happy, confident and inquisitive. For instance, they eagerly scrutinise the seedlings from the wide range of vegetables they have planted in the classroom and garden. Children see if they look strong enough or need more water and sunlight to grow.
Children are safe and secure. They learn to recognise and manage risks in their play, such as when they develop their balancing skills on increasingly challenging obstacle courses. Children rise to staff's high expectations and are very well behaved and consistently polite and friendly. They eagerly follow staff's guidance and instructions. For example, children carefully tidy away their toys and promptly gather together as they look forward to the next part of their day.
- 29 April 2024Outstanding
- 18 June 2018Good
- 16 June 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mount View Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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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