Tillingham Pre-School
Ofsted report card Dec 2025Takes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Tillingham for from 1 year 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in December 2025. Open since 1999, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £7.00Breakfast Club or After School Club £21.00Morning or Afternoon, 3 hrs | £7.00additional hours |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.50 Additional breakfast chargeincludes breakfast serving of cereal and/or toast, orange
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Statutory 15 hours/30 hours government funding.
Worth knowing. If your child is entitled to the statutory 15 hours/30 hours government funding these can be used to access any hours during the week and if you wish to access any additional hours, these can be invoiced at our hourly rate of £7 per hour.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CM0 7TWWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 5 December 2025Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 25 February 2020Good
- 6 November 2015Good
- 6 December 2010Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tillingham Pre-School
- Meals
- Nappies
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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 a session 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.