Oakey Dokeys Pre-School Limited
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Harwich for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 16:30, 5 days a week. £64.00 a day for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2022. Open since 2013, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £64.00Session fees | |
| 3 and 4 year olds3y to 4y | £44.00Session fees |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Up to 15 or 30 hours of free funded childcare per week; 15 hours for all 3 year olds; 30 hours for eligible working families with children over 9 months, 2 years and 3-4 years; 15 hours for eligible 2 year olds.
Worth knowing. Funding is applied to a full 7.5 hour day of 8am-3.30pm. If entitled to 15 hours per week, child can attend 2 x full days; if 30 hours, 4 x full days, spaces permitting.
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
CO12 5BAWhat 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, 11 July 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children grow into confident and curious learners in this warm and welcoming community pre-school. They show that they feel safe and secure as they play with interested staff and chat with their friends. Children explore independently for long periods of time, and staff understand the importance of letting them follow their own interests and ideas. Children become deeply engrossed in their learning, and staff gently encourage and extend children's ideas through joining in children's play.
Staff are excellent role models for children's good behaviour. Children learn to be cooperative, kind and helpful. They thoroughly enjoy the responsibilities that they have for clearing away after snack time and feeding the guinea pig. Staff provide children with the support that they need to learn how to take turns and play cooperatively. When children struggle they offer gentle support and praise when children succeed. Children learn that they are part of a wider community as they help the local farmer to plant trees and visit members of the community who may be lonely. When children need additional support to thrive, staff work collaboratively with other agencies and parents. Consequently, children with special educational needs and/or disabilities thrive, and all children make progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the good partnerships with parents to ensure that all parents receive more frequent and specific guidance on how to support their children's home learning n develop systems for monitoring and supervision of staff further so that they receive the guidance they need to raise teaching to the highest standard.
- 11 July 2022Good
- 24 September 2013Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oakey Dokeys Pre-School Limited
- 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 £64.00 a day 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
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