Radbrook Nursery and Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Shrewsbury for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2015, with 18 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept 24U funding and Nursery Education Funding (NEF). We also accept the 30 extended hours which you can spread over 51 weeks.
What childcare usually costs in Shropshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Shropshire 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
SY3 6DUWhat 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, 9 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and are warmly welcomed into this safe and nurturing environment. They enjoy the routine and respond very well to staff. For example, children eagerly form a circle in readiness for group time and show high levels of engagement throughout. Children show a comprehensive understanding of numbers and counting. They delight in recognising numbers and the corresponding rhyme linked to the number. Children behave well and have close relationships with staff. For example, children press a mounted button of their choice to request a hug, fist bump, handshake or a high five from staff. Children thoroughly enjoy an obstacle course that staff have made, based on the children's favourite video game character. This in particular inspires children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and all children fully take part. For example, children use words, such as under, over and through as they move around the obstacles.
Babies are confident in their environment, including when they join the older children in their room for lunch. They have close bonds with their assigned staff and enjoy being close. Babies enjoy their interactions with staff, who entice them well to repeat words and sounds. Babies delight in using the various utensils as they explore the dried oats and crackers.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff in the baby room to plan a wider range of challenging opportunities for the most-able babies to be physical and creative, to help further extend their learning n monitor more rigorously the educational programmes to help identify areas for further development, such as providing increased opportunities for children to learn about communities beyond their own experience.
- 9 June 2022Good
- 2 August 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Radbrook Nursery and Pre-School
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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