Willow Tree Day Nursery Biddulph
GoodBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Stoke-On-Trent for children from birth to 5, open 07:15 to 18:15, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2019, with 40 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 Staffordshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Staffordshire 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
ST8 6BNWhat 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, 28 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and contented in this nursery. They build close relationships with staff who are warm and nurturing towards them. This helps children to feel safe and secure in their care. Staff have arranged the play environments specifically to meet children's current and emerging needs. For example, babies have fun and enjoy bouncing on soft matting while they strengthen their legs, ready for crawling, while older babies strengthen their legs and the core of their bodies while standing to explore a range of farm animals. They giggle and smile when staff make the sounds of the animals. Older children learn how to respect and look after their toys. They are eager to help staff put away toys where they belong.
Children behave well. They respond well to staff's gentle reminders to use 'kind hands' and to use their good manners. Staff model positive behaviours with children and with each other. This helps children to know the behaviour that is expected of them. The pre-school children begin to understand their emotions and the emotions of others. They learn how to resolve minor disputes between themselves. Children gain the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to prepare them for the next stage of their learning and their eventual move on to school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff further to develop their verbal interactions to enable children time to think and respond with their own ideas, practising their speaking skills n increase the opportunities for children to be even more independent, particularly to manage their personal care at the earliest they are capable.
- 28 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 17 May 2024Needs improvement
- 24 June 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Willow Tree Day Nursery Biddulph
- 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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