Rainbow Wood Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Preston for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £60.00 a day for 2-3 Years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2016, with 68 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Weekly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 Yearsbirth to 2y | £60.00Per Day 07:30-18:00 | £35.00Morning 07:30-12:30 or Afternoon 12:30-18:00, 5 hrs | £10.00 | £295.00Per full week | |
| 2-3 Years2y to 3y | £60.00Per Day 07:30-18:00 | £35.00Morning 07:30-12:30 or Afternoon 12:30-18:00, 5 hrs | £10.00 | £295.00Per full week | |
| Pre-School | £59.00Per Day 07:30-18:00 | £34.00Morning 07:30-12:30 or Afternoon 12:30-18:00, 5 hrs | £10.00 | £290.00Per full week |
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours funding for 2 and 3 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Lancashire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Lancashire 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
PR2 5BEWhat 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.
- 4 April 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 18 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff offer a warm and friendly welcome to children and their families as they arrive at nursery. They regularly gather information about children from their parents.
This enables staff to tailor each child's care and learning from the outset. Staff have a genuine interest in listening to each child as they discuss what they have been doing at home helps children to settle quickly. Children seek out staff for comfort and reassurance. This demonstrates that children feel safe and secure.
Since the last inspection, staff have developed an effective curriculum that reflects the learning needs of children who attend the nursery. Overall, staff are clear in what they intend children to learn. The curriculum is sequenced to support children in making good progress over time. For example, babies explore a wide range of sensory resources. Toddlers begin to manipulate dough with their hands, strengthening their muscles. Older children are introduced to more complex tools and learn to use them to make marks in dough, in readiness for early writing. On the whole, children's knowledge and skills are built upon successfully over time.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use what they know about children's current knowledge and skills to adapt activities so that all children benefit fully from the learning opportunities provided n consistently give children time to think and respond when asking questions in order to enhance their communication skills.
- 18 June 2024Good
- 28 June 2023Needs improvement
- 28 February 2023Inadequate
- 7 August 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 4 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rainbow Wood Day Nursery
- 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 £60.00 a day 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.
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