Noah's Ark Pre-School
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Peterborough for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £15.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 1992, with 34 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £15.00fees for a three hour, 3 hrs £19.00fees for a three hour, 3 hrs |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
For two year olds: Some children are entitled for two year old funding; for three and four year olds: From the term after their third birthday your child will be eligible to Nursery Education Funding and you can claim to have up to fifteen hours per week. In addition to this universal entitlement there is a criteria based 15 hours that you can claim to make 30 hours.
Worth knowing. The free entitlement has no additional charges.
What childcare usually costs in Peterborough
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Peterborough 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
PE4 5BWWhat 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, 9 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and parents receive a warm welcome from staff as they arrive at the preschool. Children engage in conversation about their morning and the opportunities that await them. They say goodbye to their parents and confidently join their friends to explore the wide choice of stimulating experiences the staff have created. For example, children access real vegetables as they role play shopping and use them to create meals in the mud kitchen that they share with both friends and staff members.
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at the pre-school. They feel safe and secure in the friendly environment. Staff provide excellent support for children's emotional well-being. For example, they encourage the less confident children to join imaginative play opportunities by giving them a role to support their participation.
Children receive an excellent language-rich environment as staff actively participate in their play. Staff utilise every opportunity to create stories based on children's interests. This helps to motivate children to engage in activities and stimulates their imaginative play. For example, children construct an obstacle course from planks, crates and pallets. As the children balance, staff suggest they take care to avoid the crocodiles. This excites the children and pretend play unfolds. Staff engage in the make-believe play and construct stories about pirate islands and pirate songs with the children.
- 9 June 2022Outstanding
- 6 March 2015Outstanding
- 14 March 2011Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Noah's Ark Pre-School
- 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 £15.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.