St George's Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Glascote for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £8.60 an hour for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 1992, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £5.00Breakfast Club 8.30am – 9am or Lunch 12pm – 12.30pm £8.60Afternoon Club 3.30pm – 4.30pm or Breakfast Club 8am-9am £12.90Afternoon Club 3.30pm – 5pm, 1.5 hrs £26.00if not funded | £8.60charge for 2 year olds | |
| 3 year olds3y to 4y | – | £7.60charge for 3 year olds |
Funded hours
Staffordshire County Council Funding for 3/4 year olds and Think 2 funding for 2 year olds, working parents funding for 2 and 3 year olds.
What childcare usually costs in Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
B77 2ASWhat 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, 28 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are warmly greeted by the nurturing staff and are eager to start their day at the pre-school. They quickly settle in the well-planned environment that is set up to meet the needs and interests of the children as they arrive. Children develop strong bonds and secure attachments with the caring staff.
Staff are positive role models, and children giggle with delight as they join their play. For example, when children explore the hairdressers, they invite staff to be their customers, brushing their hair and saying, 'Let's go blonde,' before pretending to mix colours and apply to hair. Staff allow children to take the lead in their learning, and suggest ideas to extend their thinking. Children show resilience as they keep trying to learn new skills, such as climbing on the new climbing frame, turning at the top before using the rope ladder to climb down.
Children enjoy their time outside. The regular access to outside meets the needs of the children, particularly children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- refine the use of next steps so that they are more precisely tailored to support children's individual learning needs.
- 28 June 2024Good
- 23 November 2018Good
- 11 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St George's Pre-School
- 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.
- Is £8.60 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.