Peek A Boo Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Cambridge for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:30 to 14:30, 3 days a week. £9.50 an hour for age 2+, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2016, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Current fees for non-funded places £9.50 per hour for children age 2+
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Up to 15 hours per week, free for 38 weeks of the year for children from over two years of age until the term before the child’s fifth birthday.
Worth knowing. The FE hours are set at five hours per Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday therefore totalling 15 hours over the week.
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
CB4 1RUWhat 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, 16 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The dedicated staff at the nursery create a nurturing and stimulating environment that enhances children's development. Staff plan and deliver activities that cater to each child's diverse needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). For example, children use tricycles and large outdoor construction materials to develop their gross motor skills. Rolling vine leaves with mud and using play dough mixed with spices provide sensory experiences to enhance children's fine motor skills. These activities support children's physical development and hand-eye coordination. Staff at the nursery maintain high expectations for children's behaviour, which the children consistently meet, demonstrating their understanding of the standards set through clear communication and reinforcement by the staff.
Staff foster positive relationships with children and their families, creating a secure and welcoming atmosphere. By encouraging children to talk about their feelings each day, staff support children's emotional development and build a sense of community and trust. Children practise writing their names, finding their name on a hook to hang their belongings, and listening to initial word sounds, which enhances their literacy and phonics skills. Staff provide a well-balanced curriculum that integrates play-based learning with structured educational experiences, such as learning about firefighters, their role and how to contact them in an emergency.
This approach supports children's understanding of the world and their communication skills and builds their vocabulary. The well-resourced indoor and outdoor spaces offer opportunities for imaginative play and physical activities.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- use every opportunity to extend children's learning during spontaneous play activities while incorporating intended learning opportunities n review procedures to enable children to continue to participate in activities they are focused on.
- 16 July 2024Good
- 10 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Peek A Boo Nursery
- 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.
- Is £9.50 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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