Pixies Pre-School Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Takeley for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £5.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2020, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
The hourly rate is £5.50 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Universal offer: All children aged 3 & 4 years are eligible for a minimum of 15 hours of funded childcare per week from the term after their 3rd Extended offer: An additional 15 hours per week for 3 & 4 year olds of working families, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria. Funded 2’s: Some children are eligible at 2 years, from the term following their 2nd birthday, subject to meeting the eli.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CM22 6QJWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 1 March 2023.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Pixies Pre-School Ltd
- Youngest age taken
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £5.50 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.
- 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.