Neatishead and Barton Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Norwich for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £21.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2009, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our sessions start from £21.00 and can be government funded for children 2 or 3yrs and over subject to parents funding eligibility.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Government funded for children 2 or 3yrs and over subject to parents funding eligibility.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR12 8XNWhat 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, 5 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive at this warm and welcoming community pre-school. Staff are very kind and nurturing. They know the children and their families well, and use this knowledge to ensure that children feel safe and secure. Staff implement simple but flexible routines and consistently model expected behaviours. Consequently, children settle quickly and learn to be friendly, kind and considerate.
Staff provide many opportunities for children to experience the awe and wonder of the world around them. For instance, children help to care for an orphaned robin chick. Staff take these opportunities to teach children how to care for birds, what they eat and how they develop from chicks to adult birds. Staff naturally use these opportunities to introduce new words, such as 'fledglings', which the children delight in incorporating into their wider conversations.
Children are eager to engage with the wide variety of opportunities that staff provide. They become deeply involved in their self-directed play, cooperating happily with their friends. Staff provide sensitive and nurturing support for children as they learn new skills. They assess children's development regularly and ensure that all children, including those who may be slower to develop, make good progress in their learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- embed effective strategies to fully engage parents in their children's learning at home n provide further coaching and support for staff to consistently deliver the new curriculum intentions.
- 5 June 2024Good
- 6 July 2018Outstanding
- 24 November 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Neatishead and Barton Preschool
- 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.
- Is £21.00 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.