Nannas Neighbourhood Nursery
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 4.3 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Colchester for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 06:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2004, with 56 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
30 hours for eligible working families (9 months to 4 years), 15 hours for 2-year-olds, 15 hours for all 3-4 year-olds, Early Years Pupil Premium.
Worth knowing. Funded-only options: 15 hours stretched to 12 hours per week over 48 weeks; 30 hours stretched to 24 hours per week over 48 weeks. Stretched funded offer if attending full-day throughout 52 weeks; maximum 10 hours of funding claimed per day.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CO4 3JPWhat 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, 10 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish and make exceptional progress at this outstanding nursery. The environment is breathtakingly welcoming for children and their families. They are cared for by staff who are passionate about everything they do. Children excitedly arrive and leave their parents with ease as they quickly settle. They are welcomed by extremely happy, nurturing and caring staff. Children are eager to learn as they quickly become engrossed in the variety of superb learning opportunities on offer.
They show curiosity and self-confidence. All children understand the high expectations of the nursery, and their behaviour is excellent.
Children immerse themselves in their learning and are exceptionally well supported and challenged by skilful, knowledgeable staff. Children can lead their own learning. For example, they show fascination with insects. They engage in meaningful conversations about spiders. Children listen with intent to staff as they learn new facts and are superbly supported to research spiders using reference books. They have meaningful conversations with staff as they learn about bees.
- 10 November 2022Outstanding
- 16 March 2017Outstanding
- 27 June 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Nannas Neighbourhood 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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