Oughtrington Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Lymm for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £6.50 an hour for 2, 3, and 4 years old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 1974, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Hourly rate: £6.50 per hour for all children (2, 3, and 4 years old)
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Funded Early Education places are available for all two, three, and four-year-olds, starting the term after their birthday until they reach compulsory school age (the term after their fifth birthday).
What childcare usually costs in Warrington
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Warrington 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
WA13 9JDWhat 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.
- 22 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 28 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff create a friendly and caring environment. They greet children warmly as they arrive at pre-school. Children arrive eager to see their friends and to explore the exciting range of activities available. Staff have established secure bonds with children. Children settle quickly into the routines and demonstrate that they feel safe. The manager is dedicated to providing the best outcomes for all children.
Staff provide a broad curriculum that promotes children's development well. They have a thorough understanding of where children are up to in their development.
Staff regularly check if their development is on track. All children, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to build on children's existing mathematics knowledge and abilities more widely during activities n support staff to differentiate their interactions to support the different ages and abilities of the children.
- 28 November 2023Good
- 13 February 2018Good
- 24 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Oughtrington Pre School
- Meals
- 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 £6.50 an hour 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.