St. Laurence Pre-school and Club 11 Ltd.
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Nottingham for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2001, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hour funding per week, 30 hour funding per week.
Worth knowing. You can choose whether to use your funded hours during term time only, or to stretch them over the 50 weeks a year that we are open. If your child's booked hours exceed their funding allocation - you will be charged for the remaining hours at an hourly rate. Per hour top up fee £8.00.
What childcare usually costs in Derbyshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Derbyshire 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
NG10 1JHWhat 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, 23 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children settle quickly on arrival and show that they feel safe and secure in the welcoming environment. They make choices about which of the wide range of interesting activities to access. Children benefit from lovely, warm interactions with staff as they confidently approach them for support and praise, both of which staff give freely. Children's behaviour is good. They learn to take turns with equipment and resources. Staff provide scripts for children to use while they develop their communication skills, such as, 'Help me please'. Children are keen to talk about special events at home and share their ideas. For instance, younger children chat freely about their recent trips to the beach as they play in the sand.
Children learn about the world around them as staff encourage them to make observations. For instance, staff lie on the ground with children and discuss patterns and shapes they see in clouds. They talk about changes to the colours of leaves in the garden. Mathematics is skilfully interwoven through activities for all age groups. For example, children identify shapes from everyday items, such as spheres, ovals and rectangles. Children explain to visitors how they will make more shapes by cutting dough in half and describe lunch items as big, long and small.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to give children the time they need to think about and respond to questions and discussions to help them to build on their thinking and speaking skills.
- 23 August 2022Good
- 30 September 2016Good
- 18 December 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St. Laurence Pre-school and Club 11 Ltd.
- What it costs
- 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.
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