Much Hadham Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Much Hadham for from 2 years up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 1992, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| For children after their 3 birthday3y to 4y | £18.00AFTERNOON, 3 hrs | |
| All ages | £6.00LUNCHTIME £18.00MORNING, 3 hrs |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.74 a day school lunch
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2 year funding**, 3 – 4 year funding and 30 hour funding**.
Worth knowing. If your child receives 15 hour funding, this can be spread over the week as you choose at the discretion of the manager. Any extra sessions will be charged at the standard rate.
What childcare usually costs in Hertfordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Hertfordshire 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
SG10 6DQWhat 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, 28 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, secure and enjoy their time at the setting. They form close attachments to staff, and this helps them to feel safe. Children develop a sense of belonging and make friends easily. All children make good progress in their learning, including those who speak English as an additional language.
Children have a wide range of resources to choose from, both inside and outside.
For example, children are learning about different fruits from around the world.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide children with suitable resources to enable them to complete their tasks and benefit fully from their activities n promote children's independence fully at every opportunity to enable them to acquire all the skills they need for future learning.
- 28 February 2023Good
- 29 June 2017Good
- 12 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Much Hadham Pre-School
- 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 £6.00 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.
- 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.