Shrewsbury Prepatoria Limited
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Shrewsbury for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2016, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
9–23 Months Funding: up to 30 funded hours per week; 2 Year Old Funding: 30 hours of funded childcare per week; 3 and 4 Year Old Funding: 15 hours of funded childcare per week, up to 30 hours per week for eligible working families.
Worth knowing. Funding covers childcare only. Meals, nappies, and consumables are charged separately.
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
SY1 3AFWhat 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, 24 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children receive excellent care and education. They are safe and secure in this stimulating, meticulously planned provision. Staff warmly welcome children and parents into the setting on arrival. Children confidently access a wide range of high-quality resources, inside and outdoors, that promote development in all areas.
They are incredibly happy and content. Babies proudly take their first steps while staff offer support and encouragement. Toddlers giggle as they crawl into play tunnels, meeting their friends in the middle. They experiment with the sounds they can make, listening to their voices echoing back as they play. Older children are absorbed in their learning as they make dough in the garden. They explore the different textures and talk enthusiastically to staff about what they are doing.
Children's behaviour is exemplary. They listen, take turns and show respect to staff and their friends. Leaders and staff review and update the behaviour policy regularly. They take account of the individual needs of the children attending. They recently updated the policy with a 'two-minute wander' where staff take children on a walk to help them to self-regulate.
- 24 August 2023Outstanding
- 21 February 2018Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Shrewsbury Prepatoria Limited
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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