Went Valley Pre School
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.7 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Pontefract for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:45 to 12:30, 5 days a week. £8.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2005, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Morning sessions are from 08.45 to 11.45 and cost £8 for non-funded places.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15/30 hours funding for 2, 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. If your child is funded, this will be covered by the Government funding. However, if you do not receive funding, an additional £2 per day will be charged to cover this extra time.
What childcare usually costs in North Yorkshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Yorkshire 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
WF8 3JYWhat 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, 11 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are safe and secure in this friendly, nurturing pre-school. Staff provide opportunities for children to develop their social skills. Children chat together while they have snack. Children compare how old they are going to be on their next birthday. They talk about their hobbies and interests with each other. Children enjoy playing and talking together. They build positive bonds with each other and with the staff.
Managers use assessment well to understand what children know and can do. They use this information to carefully consider what they want children to learn next.
This ensures that learning is tailored to individual children's needs. They identify gaps in children's learning and ensure that staff focus on these areas in their teaching. For example, staff focus on modelling language to children so that they develop their vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consider how you can plan for children to be provided with wider experiences that help them to develop their interests and sense of belong to a community n provide more opportunities for children to develop their independence and creativity.
- 11 September 2024Good
- 13 June 2019Good
- 24 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
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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 £8.00 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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