Tiddlywinks Pre-School @ Poverest
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Orpington for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2015, with 27 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Years Funding at Tiddlywinks Pre-School includes all 3 and 4 year olds, who are entitled to 15 hours of nursery education. There is now a further 15 hours funding for Together for Two (requiring a code) and an additional 15 hours finding (30 hours) for Working Parents from 2 years old.
Worth knowing. Each half term additional services will be charged to cover any additional costs. This amount varies each term depending on the number of week in the half term.
What childcare usually costs in Bromley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bromley 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
BR5 2JDWhat 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, 21 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff at this nursery provide children with a wide range of activities to explore. In particular, staff help children to develop physical skills outdoors. They provide exciting and challenging opportunities for children to climb, ride bikes and find bugs. Children develop high levels of curiosity. Children share the outdoor space with older children from Reception. They make lots of friends of different ages. As children play together, they build resilience and confidence. Children have high levels of self-esteem.
All staff get to know every individual child well. They build strong attachments as they listen to children and support them to express their needs. All staff engage in warm interactions with children of all ages. They celebrate individual children's achievements. This gives children confidence and helps them to feel happy and safe.
Staff at this nursery create ambitious opportunities for children to develop new knowledge and skills. They support children to develop their own interests and follow their lead in play. Children are well prepared for the next stage of their education.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on existing good practice to ensure that all staff give children the most ambitious opportunities to try and practise new skills themselves, so that children reach the best possible outcomes n further develop how leaders share the curriculum vision with all staff so that all staff have a firm and common understanding of their expectations so that all children are supported to develop positive behaviours at the highest levels.
- 21 June 2024Good
- 16 October 2018Good
- 9 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tiddlywinks Pre-School @ Poverest
- What it costs
- 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
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.
- 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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