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Pre-school in Stroud

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GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years

A pre-school in Stroud for from 1 year up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a week. £53.88 a session for rising 2-year old’s, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2025. Open since 2022, with 36 places.

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Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

£53.88 a sessionRising 2-year old’s
School Day Session 8:45am-15:00pm Rising 2-year old’s £53.88

One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.

What childcare usually costs in Gloucestershire

£6.50an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.00an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Gloucestershire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

£53.88 a session is above the Gloucestershire median of £6.00 an hour. A 6.2-hour session at the median would come to about £37.20. The median covers every provider in the council, including childminders, so a nursery sitting above it is normal.
The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
From 1 year, up to 5 year oldsRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 5.
When it's open
08:30 to 17:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedThe Great Plate Lunch £4.20 per day; Morning Snack £0.60 per day; Afternoon snack £0.60 per day. Although this cost for snack and lunch is a voluntary charge, we do hope that as many families as possible will make this small contribution each week
Nappies
You provide them
Waiting list
They mention oneWorth ringing sooner rather than later, especially for a baby room place.
Settling in
They offer settling sessions
Outdoor space
Yes, and forest school
How many children
36 placesMedium for England
How long open
4 yearsOpen a few years
Address
Haywards Lane, Chalford Hill, Stroud, GL6 8LH

Where it is

GL6 8LH
Ofsted URN 2707466On the register since 16 December 2022
The rating

What Ofsted said

Last inspected on 10 April 2025.

Good

Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.

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Before you ring

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 £53.88 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.
Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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