Wordsley Pre-School & Playgroup
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Stourbridge for children from birth to 5, open 09:10 to 15:10, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2008, with 30 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 Dudley
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dudley 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
DY8 5SPWhat 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, 17 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from a well-designed outdoor space at this pre-school. Staff carefully organise the outdoor environment to promote children's physical development. Children are inspired to explore the outdoor space with curiosity.
They fill buckets with small stones and tip them into cement mixers. They watch as the stones spin and talk about them moving 'around and around'. Children enjoy the designated space to use wheeled vehicles. They ride around, following each other to different destinations. Staff encourage children who are stuck in a 'traffic jam' to find ways to keep moving. They ask children 'who should move first?'.
Children identify that the car at the front should move and then they all follow.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support practitioners to ensure that behaviour strategies are applied consistently across the pre-school n strengthen the planning and implementation of adult-led activities to build on what children need to learn.
- 17 May 2023Good
- 22 November 2022Inadequate
- 30 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wordsley Pre-School & Playgroup
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.