Wild Explorers Forest School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open a few years
A day nursery in Poynton for from 1 year up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 16:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2025. Open since 2022, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Universal 15-hour funding and Universal 30-hour funding.
Worth knowing. The funded 15-hours is calculated on a term-time basis (38 weeks a year). Wild Explorers is open all year round, except for 2 weeks at Christmas. Therefore, the funding is stretched over 50 weeks meaning you will get 11.4 of funding hours maximum per week. The funded 30-hours is calculated on a term-time basis (38 weeks a year). Wild Explorers is open all year round, except for 2 weeks at Christmas. Therefore, the funding is stretched over 50 weeks meaning you will get 22.8 of funding hours maxi.
What childcare usually costs in Cheshire East
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cheshire East 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
SK12 1DSWhat Ofsted said
Last inspected on 4 March 2025.
Good
Ofsted's expected standard. Most settings in England are rated Good.
Still missing for Wild Explorers Forest School
- 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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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