The Old Station Nursery Preschool St Neots
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in St. Neots for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2022. Open since 2007, with 44 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 and 30 hours of funded childcare, for children aged 9 months to 4 years.
Worth knowing. Each provider may calculate your funding on either a term-time only or an all-year-round basis. The providers cannot exceed the funded offer of 15 hours – 570 hours per year and 30 hours – 1140 hours per year.
What childcare usually costs in Cambridgeshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cambridgeshire 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
PE19 1DZWhat 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.
- 16 August 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 2 May 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 June 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are welcomed into the pre-school by staff who truly value and care for them. From the start of the day, well-planned learning opportunities are available for the children to access. The manager and staff team are highly effective at prioritising and meeting all children's individual needs. Children gain a wealth of skills from daily routines. For example, younger children are taught by staff how to use knives to cut apples. Older children independently demonstrate this skill safely when preparing their own snack.
Children have extensive opportunities to be active learners, both indoors and outdoors. Managers and staff have developed an outdoor environment that engages and excites children. Children learn about the natural world and are able to develop their physical skills by being able to run, climb and balance. They are confident to take risks and can independently manage their safety. For example, children remind their friends to sit down to go down the slide so they do not hurt themselves.
Children's behaviour is exceptional. Managers and staff consider children's wellbeing to be essential to progress. Children play together purposefully and show great consideration to their friends. They share and use manners effortlessly. For example, children offer to share their play dough with those that do not have any.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure high-quality interactions are securely embedded across the pre-school.
- 7 June 2022Good
- 26 May 2016Outstanding
- 26 May 2011Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Old Station Nursery Preschool St Neots
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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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