Willow Brook Pre School
Outstanding★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Nottingham for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2015, with 24 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 Nottinghamshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Nottinghamshire 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
NG12 5BBWhat 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, 15 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are incredibly calm, contented and happy in the pre-school. They build strong and trusting bonds with the staff and super relationships with their peers.
They thrive in the welcoming and nurturing environment. Children have a zest for learning, which is skilfully nurtured by the staff, who have an enthusiastic approach to teaching. Children are extremely confident communicators. They have a wide vocabulary and often show they know more and remember more. Children recall words such as 'solar system' and the name of the artist 'Yayoi Kusama'. Staff have high expectations of what children can absorb and use rich vocabulary when talking to them.
Children remain highly focused and engaged in their play. They explore hands-on learning experiences, which builds on their natural curiosity as learners. For example, staff introduce bath bombs to water. Children use their hands to break up the bath bombs and describe the feeling as 'tickly'. Staff introduce new vocabulary, such as 'dissolve'. Children marvel as the water changes colour. Children show consistently good manners. They ask staff, 'Please may you put my hood up?'
- 15 November 2022Outstanding
- 31 January 2017Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Willow Brook Pre School
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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