Wix & Wrabness PreSchool
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Manningtree for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £6.75 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 1999, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Our sessions are charged at £6.75 per hour.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
We offer funded and paid sessions- please get in touch for current availability.
What childcare usually costs in Essex
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Essex 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
CO11 2RSWhat 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, 16 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are extremely confident, excited and motivated learners. They wave goodbye to their parents and immediately begin their day by finding their friends and deciding what they are going to play. Children move confidently between the two pre-school rooms. They enthusiastically explore in the enchanting environment, which is packed with fun, purposeful learning experiences, to challenge and spark their imaginations. Children are extremely kind and caring.
They show the utmost respect for each other. Children reach out and give the child next to them a hug, just because they know that they can. The affection is reciprocated with caring smiles and a warm embrace.
Children are fiercely independent. They are provided with real-life resources, such as glasses to drink from. They learn to take risks and gain exceptional understanding about how to manage their own safety. When accidents happen, such as a glass being broken, staff calmly and confidently clear away the broken pieces. They show children how to manage such situations without panic. Children are expressive. They paint their interpretation of vases of flowers, talking confidently about the colours they are using and the shapes of the flowers.
- 16 March 2022Outstanding
- 12 January 2016Good
- 10 March 2010Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wix & Wrabness PreSchool
- 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
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 £6.75 an hour 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
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