Mulberry Bush Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Shrewsbury 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 August 2023. Open since 2012, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
The universal 15 hours or extended 30 hours.
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
SY1 4DQWhat 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.
- 24 May 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 1 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide children and their families with a warm welcome to the nursery. Staff understand their role to keep children safe. Children recognise that staff enjoy their company and want to join in with their play. Older children call out to staff to join in with their games and interests, such as searching for bugs. Younger children move towards the areas where staff have set up engaging activities. For example, they gather together to use marker pens and enjoy creating artwork. Staff promote children's sense of achievements and children proudly show their artwork.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and have a consistent approach to teaching children how to manage their emotions. Younger children learn to associate their feelings with colours. They say they are happy and explain what has made them feel happy. Older children learn to name their feelings. Staff know what children's play interests are and plan the learning environment to reflect this. This helps to engage and motivate children to play and explore. For example some children have an interest in role play,and enjoy recreating familiar roles and experiences, such as cooking, cleaning and small-scale construction.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- monitor the quality of education precisely to identify where staff need further support in their teaching n support staff to use what they already know about children to plan precisely for their learning and help them to build on their knowledge and understanding n enhance arrangements for communication between staff when children have a new key person, so staff have a comprehensive understanding about children's achievements.
- 1 August 2023Good
- 19 April 2023Inadequate
- 25 July 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Mulberry Bush Nursery
- 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.
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