Peekaboo Childcare
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Torquay for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:45 to 17:30, 5 days a week. £10.00 a session for under 2yr olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2016, with 55 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2yr oldsbirth to 2y | £10.00Breakfast Club or Lunch Club £12.00Tea club, 1.5 hrs £24.00Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £9.00Breakfast Club or Lunch Club £11.00Tea club, 1.5 hrs £23.00Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| Over 3 year olds3y to 5y | £8.00Breakfast Club or Lunch Club £10.00Tea club, 1.5 hrs £22.00Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £50.00 Registration feenot refundable
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.50 a session Early Drop Off
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £47.00 a week Additional service fees for our Opt-in Package - 9 months –accessing 30 hours
- £47.00 a week Additional service fees for our Opt-in Package - 2 year – 3accessing the working parent 30 hours
- £23.50 to £47.00 a week Additional service fees for our Opt-in Package - 3 year – 4accessing 15 hours
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
We accept funding for all sessions and clubs on a term time basis. For funding for 2 year olds please apply through the Torbay Council website. For 30 hours funding for 3 years olds please apply through the government website.
Worth knowing. Additional Services Fee applies to all children accessing their 15 or 30 government-funded hours through our Opt-in package; Opt-out package available.
What childcare usually costs in Torbay
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Torbay 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
TQ2 7HHWhat 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 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive and enjoy their time in this friendly setting. Staff welcome each child with a smile as they arrive and ask how they are feeling today. Children show they feel safe and secure. They separate easily from their parents and engage in play as soon as they arrive. New children settle quickly. Staff offer cuddles and reassurance and respond quickly to children's needs. Children develop close bonds with staff. They are confident to ask staff to join them in their play and go to them for help.
The manager and staff take full account of children's needs when planning the curriculum. They use information from parents to provide opportunities that widen children's cultural experiences. They build on children's previous learning and have high expectations for all children. Children are resilient and confident problem solvers. For example, they enjoy testing different objects to find which collects the most water. Staff place a high priority on children being independent. Young children learn to pour their own drinks and wash their own hands and faces. Older children put on their waterproofs, coats and wellies by themselves. Children are polite, and they show an understanding of the feelings of others. For instance, children say 'excuse me' when someone is in their way.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that staff extend all children's learning to offer them appropriate challenge n improve staff's interactions to develop babies' communication skills further.
- 16 April 2024Good
- 20 June 2018Good
- 26 April 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Peekaboo Childcare
- 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 £10.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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