Puddleducks Pre-School Mulbarton
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Norwich for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:45, 5 days a week. £5.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 2012, with 22 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £5.00Breakfast Club £11.25Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday £15.00Morning, 3 hrs £17.50Afternoon, 3.5 hrs £32.50Full day, 6.5 hrs | £5.00 |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
The universal 15 hours for all three and four-year-olds; 30 hours funding entitlement for working families; 15 hours funding entitlement for those families claiming eligible benefits; and the 15/30 hours working entitlement for those parents of children over 9 months.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR14 8AEWhat 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, 7 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly on arrival at this warm and welcoming community playgroup. They swiftly engage in the wide range of activities that staff provide.
Children are pleased to see their friends and the nurturing staff. They demonstrate that they feel safe and secure as they cuddle with staff in the book corner and share stories. Children learn good manners and kind behaviours. Staff teach children to understand the simple routines and to remember to say please and thank you. Children learn to enjoy each other's company and play together happily.
Children who are still learning how to play cooperatively receive sensitive support as they learn to share resources and take turns.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- deploy staff effectively to consistently meet the needs of all of the children throughout the day, including those who need additional support to engage in activities n develop further the supervision and mentoring of staff, so that leaders and managers pinpoint and implement strategies that consistently raise the quality of teaching and learning.
- 7 February 2023Good
- 22 June 2022Needs improvement
- 23 September 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
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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 £5.00 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.