Trench Tots Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Telford for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2003, with 78 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We offer funding places for 9 months- 3 years.
What childcare usually costs in Telford and Wrekin
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Telford and Wrekin 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
TF2 7JRWhat 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, 4 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy the time they spend in this welcoming nursery. Staff greet them warmly as they arrive. They recognise that every child is an individual, and they take time to get to know each child's interests and stage of development.
They successfully use this information to provide a curriculum that is, for the majority of the time, purposeful and specifically planned to ensure that all children make the best progress that they are capable of.
Children are enthusiastic learners. They are highly motivated and quickly become engrossed in the wide range of interesting and exciting activities that staff prepare for them. Staff are skilled in providing children with opportunities to develop their own play. They confidently observe children, and then, through well-timed interactions, they extend children's learning and support them to become curious and intrigued about the activities on offer.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider the organisation of activities and some daily routines to ensure that children are not waiting for prolonged periods and get the very best from their learning n review lunchtime practices so that children's good hygiene is promoted at all times.
- 4 November 2024Good
- 18 December 2023Good
- 22 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Trench Tots Nursery
- 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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