Over New Road Preschool CIC
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Cambridge for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 4 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2011, with 22 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 Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
CB24 5PJWhat 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, 8 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive with enthusiasm and are keen to start their day. Staff spend time talking to parents to find out how their children are following their return from the holidays. The staff team shares this information among themselves to help meet the children's needs. As a result, children settle quickly and are ready to learn.
Children are happy and show close relationships with staff and their friends. They rush over and cuddle them. The provider has created a curriculum that centres around the skills children need to learn to help them prepare for their next stage of learning. Staff encourage children to do things for themselves. Children collect their own lunch boxes, pour their own drinks and select the boxes of toys they wish to play with. Children are confident to try to do things for themselves, and they show good levels of self-care.
Staff are good role models, and they give children consistent guidance on how to manage behaviour. When children have minor disagreements, staff speak to children and explain the positive steps they need to take. Children respond positively when staff talk to them about sharing and taking turns. For example, they remember that they can use the sand timer and ask to have their turn when the sand has poured through. This shows children are learning to wait and take their turn.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's skills to recognise when to adapt their teaching, to regain children's engagement when they become less focused during free play n support staff to reduce the noise levels in the pre-school to fully enable children's communication and language development n improve the organisation of adult-led activities to help children to remain engaged.
- 8 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 3 May 2019Good
- 7 October 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Over New Road Preschool CIC
- 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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