Oakwood Children Centre Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Cheltenham for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2014, with 80 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15-hour or 30-hour childcare funding, including extended 30-hour entitlement for eligible working parents; Funded Early Education places are available for 2-, 3- and 4-year-olds.
Worth knowing. If you would like your child to stay until 15:30 (a 7-hour day), an additional fee is applied in line with our published hourly rate. Opportunities to pay for non-funded places, additional sessions, or extra hours are subject to availability and may vary across settings.
What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire 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
GL52 5QHWhat 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, 17 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Leaders and managers have responded well to the changes that the setting has needed to make. They continue to evaluate the quality of teaching and making sure they have well-trained staff. Staff use information from parents and good observations of children to assess what children know and can do. They plan activities and experiences to build on these skills. Staff swiftly notice when children might need extra support. They work in partnership with parents and external agencies to put in place interventions to help children develop well.
Children enjoy their time at nursery. They can make choices about whether to play indoors or outdoors, supervised well by staff. Children manage risks and learn how to keep safe. For example, they notice when a wooden block is split, which might be dangerous. They talk with adults and agree that it needs to be taken away.
Indoors, children have lots of resources and toys on low-level shelves that they can readily access. They choose what and how they want to play. Staff support cooperation and manage minor disagreements well. For example, when children want the same toy, staff ask what they can do to share the toy. Children remember that they can use a sand timer so that they can each have a turn. Staff praise children for remembering and say that they have solved the problem well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the support for younger children to help them understand better what they need to do at group times and when the routine changes.
- 17 June 2022Good
- 2 February 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oakwood Children Centre 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.