St Mary's Pre-school Playgroup
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Hayes for from 2 years 6 months up to 5 year olds, open sessions in term time, often mornings. £10.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 1993, with 48 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £10.00Private Hours £10.50from Autumn Term 2026 |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £10.00 a day Lunch Club (not funded)not taken as part of funded hours
- £10.50 a day Lunch Club (not funded) from Autumn Term 2026not taken as part of funded hours; from Autumn Term 2026
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
2-Year-Old Working Families, Together for 2’s Funding; and 3- & 4-Year-Old Universal Funding.
Worth knowing. Maximum of 15 funded hours; does not offer more than 15 funded hours; Lunch Club not taken as part of funded hours is charged at £10.00 per day.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR2 7BAWhat 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, 4 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Every child is valued and treated as an individual in this wonderfully welcoming and nurturing setting. Staff forge strong relationships with children and their families.
They have in-depth knowledge and understanding of children's interests and specific needs, which they use to shape learning. Children make choices about how they will learn from an exceptionally well-resourced environment. Staff expertly scaffold children's learning through high-quality interactions. They seize every opportunity to extend children's learning. As a result, children make excellent progress. Children are, without exception, confident and happy. They remain highly engaged throughout the day. Children are consistently polite and respectful.
Mealtimes are wonderfully social occasions. Children enjoy chatting to each other and staff as they sit together. Children's personal, social and emotional development is extremely well supported.
- 4 October 2023Outstanding
- 26 March 2018Outstanding
- 25 September 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Mary's Pre-school Playgroup
- 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 £10.00 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.