Openwoodgate Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Belper for from 2 years up to school age, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £18.50 a session for 2-3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 1992, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 39 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 years2y to 3y | £18.50unfunded | |
| 3+3y to 5y | £18.00unfunded |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Registration feeunfunded children, new starters
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Nursery education funding for three and four year olds and also, depending on parents situation, 2 year old funding is also available.
What childcare usually costs in Derbyshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derbyshire 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
DE56 0SDWhat 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, 24 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are eager to enter the pre-school and start their day. Staff happily greet families at the door and invite children to come and play. Children excitedly run into the pre-school, pleased to see their friends and staff. During circle time, staff introduce the available activities to children. This helps children to feel secure to make choices and access the activities comfortably and confidently throughout the day.
Staff support children to build on their existing knowledge. They read a familiar story about a little sunflower and discuss how to plant and care for sunflower seeds. Staff extend the activity by providing children with the opportunity to plant their own seeds. Children use their physical skills as they kneel and fill their plant pots with soil. Staff provide children with clear and simple instructions to help them to understand how to plant their seed in the soil. For example, staff tell children to make the seed cosy. Children pat down the soil on top of the seed and smile, proud of their achievement. Staff help children to recall previous events. They talk about children's home experiences of planting sunflower seeds that the staff provided for them to take home to grow.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help staff to strengthen children's understanding of how and why it is important to lead a healthy lifestyle n support children's emotional development to help them to identify and understand feelings and emotions.
- 24 May 2023Good
- 18 October 2017Good
- 18 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Openwoodgate Pre-School
- 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 £18.50 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
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