The Brambles Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in St Just for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:30, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2023. Open since 2011, with 50 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | £6.75sibling £7.00Childcare |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a session Rising 3
- £1.00 a session Dormouse
- £1.50 a session Zumba
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 & 30 funded hours.
Worth knowing. Eligibility and the number of funded hours available will depend on your child’s age and your family’s circumstances.
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
TR19 7JXWhat 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, 23 January 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in this nursery. They confidently enter the building, say goodbye to their parents and eagerly join their friends. They have strong relationships with staff and key persons and feel secure in the environment. They have access to lots of interesting toys and activities. For example, children enjoy role play in the 'Red Dragon Chinese restaurant'. Children develop skills in numeracy through various activities. They enjoy weighing ingredients, matching items and developing their understanding around calculating, such as the concept of 'more and less' and counting foods items.
Outdoors, older children balance on wobble boards, develop their hand to eye coordination by throwing balls into a net and extend their gross motor skills while climbing and sliding on the toy castle.
Children enjoy opportunities to develop independence. They hang up their bags, pour their drinks and put on their coats to go outdoors. They choose the activities they like to play with and for how long for.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review the indoor learning environment to help all children develop their concentration levels further n support all staff to plan effectively for the needs of older children, particularly during whole group times, to support their overall development.
- 23 January 2023Good
- 29 June 2017Good
- 25 February 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Brambles Nursery
- Youngest age taken
- 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 £7.00 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.
- 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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