Stithians Pre-School Playgroup
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Truro for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2022. Open since 1991, with 26 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 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
TR3 7DHWhat 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, 11 May 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy, settled and secure. They enjoy their time at this friendly preschool and show a positive attitude towards their learning. Staff clearly understand what they want children to learn. They build on children's interests to plan a broad and exciting curriculum that successfully expands children's learning experiences.
Children listen attentively and show great enthusiasm as they join in with familiar rhymes and action songs. For example, they have great fun as they use their fingers to mould dough in time to music. This helps to develop the children's fine motor skills and build strength in their hands, in preparation for writing. Staff get actively involved with the children. They use lots of repetition of words, such as
'squishy' and 'squeeze', to build successfully on children's language.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the consistency of staff's interactions with children to fully support and extend each child's learning, in particular the older children.
- 11 May 2022Good
- 19 September 2016Good
- 17 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Stithians Pre-School Playgroup
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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