St Peter's Pre-School
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Droitwich for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 17:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 1976, with 18 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Worcestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Worcestershire 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
WR9 7ANWhat 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, 16 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are kind, caring and warmly welcome children into the setting. This helps children to happily separate from their parents at the start of the day. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. They make choices in their play throughout the day. Staff have high expectations for children's good behaviour.
They act as good role models to children offering children gentle and ageappropriate reminders. Staff offer children frequent praise and encouragement. As a result, children behave well and play cooperatively with their friends. Staff play and interact well with children. For example, staff encourage children to use their imagination and hunt for the pretend giant from 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. Children giggle and squeal with delight as they run and hide from the pretend giant.
Staff provide children with an ambitious curriculum. Children have fun and enjoy joining in with the play opportunities on offer. Children show a positive attitude to their learning. Staff join in with children's play. For example, staff pretend to be the customers buying items in the shop while children enjoy being the shop keeper.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build further on the recently improved planning of the curriculum and use children's identified next steps for learning more frequently to help children make even better progress in their learning n gather more detailed information from parents about children's starting points on entry, to further inform the planning of children's learning from the very beginning.
- 16 November 2023Good
- 13 July 2023Inadequate
- 25 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Peter's Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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