Swanton Abbott Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Norwich for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £5.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2008, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our fees are payable at £5.50 per hour and will be billed on a termly basis and broken down into the following sessions
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All children from the age of 3 are eligible for 15 hours per week funded by Norfolk Council, this starts the term following their 3rd birthday. We are also able to accept the use of any government funding from the age of 2 upwards.
What childcare usually costs in Norfolk
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Norfolk 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
NR10 5DZWhat 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, 12 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and are eager to learn in this warm and nurturing pre-school.
Staff have developed close relationships with children and help them to feel safe and secure. Children understand behaviour expectations in the pre-school. They use manners when speaking and are kind and considerate to their peers. Children quickly help to tidy up their toys and learn to take turns with their resources. They benefit from real-life learning experiences such as looking after the pre-school's chickens. Children learn about life cycles as they watch the chicks hatch and care for them and then help staff to make a chicken pen in the garden. This enables children to actively learn about nature and gain hands-on experience of caring for living things.
Staff support children to develop a love for reading. Children sit alongside staff as they enthusiastically pretend to have binoculars on to try and identify the different animals in their story. This helps children to develop their early literacy skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider ways to further develop information sharing with parents to provide clear and consistent message about healthy eating habits for children n enhance professional development opportunities to focus more precisely on building staff's teaching skills to a higher level, particularly in supporting children's mathematical development.
- 12 June 2023Good
- 16 November 2017Good
- 12 May 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Swanton Abbott Pre-School
- 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 £5.50 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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