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Pre-school in Cambridge

Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established

A pre-school in Cambridge for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 05:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2016, with 18 places.

Call 01223 471703Their website

Cost

What it costs

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

Funded hours

Government 15 and 30 hours funding for all eligible children.

What childcare usually costs in Cambridgeshire

£6.70an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£6.30an 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 Cambridgeshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

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

Who they can take
Birth to 5Registered from birth. Whether there is a baby room is a question for the call.
When it's open
08:30 to 05:30, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
IncludedHot lunches are provided five days per week. The cost of lunches and a mid-morning snack are included with your fees and invoiced in advance.
How many children
18 placesSmall for England
How long open
10 yearsLong established
Address
Sancton Wood School, 17 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JB

Where it is

CB1 2JB
Ofsted URN EY536962On the register since 8 September 2016
The rating

What Ofsted said

Last inspected on 15 October 2024.

Good

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

Still missing for Sancton Wood School, Baby Unicorns Nursery

  • What it costs
  • Youngest age taken
  • 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.

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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
Compare

Pre-schools within a couple of miles

This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.

Newnham Nursery

Pre-school · Newnham Croft Primary School, Chedworth Street, Cambridge, CB3 9JF

GoodBirth to 5Sessions in term time, often mornings24 placesOpen for decades
0.9 mi
18 min walk
01223 311437

Kids R Us Trumpington Park

Pre-school · Trumpington Park Primary School, Hobson Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 9EG

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Sessions in term time, often mornings42 placesOpen a few years
1.8 mi
5 min drive
07413698270

Arbury Preschool

Pre-school · Arbury Pre School, 38 Carlton Way, Cambridge, CB4 2DE

Report card May 2026Takes funded hoursBirth to 509:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week26 placesOpen a few years
2.0 mi
5 min drive
07584252168Their website

Pick two or three to compare.

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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