Wooden Tops Day Nursery
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Telford for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2006, with 65 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 Telford and Wrekin
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Telford and Wrekin 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
TF7 5QZWhat 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 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The provider has not notified Ofsted about one of the directors of the company.
However, the risk to children is minimal because the director does not have unsupervised contact with the children.
Staff have high expectations for children's learning and promote this through effective teaching methods. Children behave well and are eager to play and motivated to learn. For example, pre-school children giggle as they pour and spoon water into the bowl on the kitchen scales. They watch as the dial rises to a higher number as they add more water. Children use scissors to chop up real leaves. They add the leaves and teabags to the water and stir it vigorously to see what happens.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and
Childcare Register the provider must: make sure there are robust systems in place to ensure that information about any new directors of the company is shared with Ofsted to promote the safe and efficient management of the nursery. (by 22/08/2023)
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance children's understanding of the wider community and each other's diverse cultures and lifestyles n develop the systems for regularly sharing information with parents about children's progress and their future learning.
- 15 August 2023Good
- 1 February 2018Good
- 25 April 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wooden Tops Day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.