West Looe Nursery
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Looe for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 1991, with 44 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
PL13 2ARWhat 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, 18 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive to the setting happily; they are eager to explore the environment and resources available to them. Children know and understand the routines of the setting well. They hang up their coats, wash their hands and self-register. Children and parents feel safe and confident in the environment and have positive, trusting relationships with staff. Children are supported well by staff to manage their behaviour. Some children manage their own feelings and behaviour independently and offer support and reassurance to their peers. Children benefit from a varied curriculum and staff encourage their creativity. For example, children use their imagination to act out their own stories and games using a range of resources.
Children's interests are identified and resources are provided to extend their learning, such as various fabrics which children use to make their own costumes or dens.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the setting has made some substantial changes to its provision. They have increased the age range of children to include babies, developed the rooms and extended the opening hours. Staff identified that children's personal, social and emotional development was impacted from COVID19 and report that children are now very settled from the consistency in the environment and the staff team.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more support and coaching for staff to further enhance the planning of activities for children, taking into account children's prior knowledge and what they need to learn next n support staff to develop their questioning skills further to ensure they give children the time that they need to think and respond.
- 18 November 2021Good
- 4 December 2015Outstanding
- 23 March 2011Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for West Looe Nursery
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.