St Tudy Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Bodmin for from 1 year up to school age, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. £46.92 a day for 2–3 years, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2023. Open since 2020, with 32 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Full day | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 months – 2 years12m to 2y | £63.18 | £10.53Lunchtime £31.59Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| 2–3 years2y to 3y | £46.92 | £7.82Lunchtime £23.46Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| 3+ years3y to 5y | £34.14 | £5.69Lunchtime £17.07Afternoon or Morning, 3 hrs | |
| All ages | – | £6.00Breakfast club (includes small breakfast) or After school club (includes small snack) |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.50 a session Afternoon snack
- £1.50 a session Morning snack
- £2.00 a day Full day snack (morning + afternoon)
- £3.00 a session Early drop-off
- £3.00 a session Late pick-up
- £10.00 Late collectioncollection is late without prior arrangement
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours free childcare – available for all 3–4 year olds and some 2 year olds from eligible families; 30 hours free childcare – available for eligible working families from the term after your child turns 9 months old.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
PL30 3NHWhat 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.
- 22 April 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 5 September 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children show they feel safe and secure on arrival. They come in smiling and happily go to their key person to play. Children develop a strong sense of who they are. They dress up in familiar costumes linked to their families, such as a farmer.
Other children dress up as 'a mummy'. Children have a 'can-do' attitude. They persist to put dressing-up clothes on themselves. Children proudly show their friends who and what they are. All children develop good levels of self-esteem and know what makes them unique.
Staff have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn and successfully build on what children know and need to do next. They support children's personal, social and emotional development effectively. For example, staff remind children about 'golden rules' during the day, such as sharing and using
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children to become more independent, so they can persevere and achieve in what they set out to do n develop communication and language strategies further with pre-school children, so they have time to process their thoughts and respond to questions.
- 5 September 2023Good
- 9 September 2022Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Tudy Preschool
- 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 £46.92 a day 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.