Sydenham Road Under Fives
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Bristol for from 3 years up to school age, open 08:45 to 15:45, 4 days a week. £9.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 1993, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Current preschool fees are £9.00 per hour.
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
15 hours per week (universal entitlement) and up to 30 hours per week (extended entitlement) for working families.
Worth knowing. FEEE can only be claimed and used in the term following the term in which your child turns three.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BS4 3DFWhat 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, 24 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff make sure that children have exciting outings daily. Children visit different places in the local community where they can explore and develop their physical skills. The frequent outings mean children learn to stay safe when they are out and about in the local area. Children know to hold onto the blue rope when walking along the footpath. They stop look and listen before crossing the road.
Children play well together and invite others to join in imaginary games. They pretend they are exploring a 'volcano' when they come across a shallow pit with stones in. They help each other to climb in and out, showing care for others. They recall past learning, describing the 'lava' and 'eruptions'. They tell staff they have
'lava' boots on so their feet will not get burnt.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure staff make the most of opportunities to extend children's learning and development.
- 24 November 2021Good
- 23 September 2015Outstanding
- 19 November 2014Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Sydenham Road Under Fives
- 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 £9.00 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.