North Wootton Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Kings Lynn for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 1992, with 28 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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
PE30 3TEWhat 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, 13 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are motivated learners, who thoroughly enjoy their time at the pre-school.
They chat freely and engage with staff throughout their day. They confidently choose what they would like to join in with from the plentiful, well-planned learning opportunities. Children play together for long periods in the indoor and outdoor role-play kitchen spaces. They practise using tools as they cut up real vegetables in the outdoor kitchen, while they are closely supervised by staff, who demonstrate how to do this safely. Children use paints to decorate a large sheet of paper with a swirly line that staff have prepared and invited children to add colourful 'Christmas lights'. The children make their marks carefully and with purpose, developing their coordination as they do so.
Staff encourage children's social skills excellently. For example, staff engage children in a conversation about what it is to be helpful to others and praise children when they show kind and helpful behaviour. Children take pride in being given responsibilities by staff and show each other good manners. Staff supervise closely and gently prompt the children as they take their turn to help serve a healthy snack. This helps them to learn the kinds of questions to ask each other and how to take turns in conversation.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- plan further ways to expose children to more challenging vocabulary, to build their knowledge and understanding of language to the highest levels n develop further the strategies to help parents to support their children's learning at home.
- 13 December 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 9 January 2024Needs improvement
- 13 May 2019Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for North Wootton Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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