Yellow Brick Rd Nursery Clacton
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Clacton-On-Sea for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 16:00, 4 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2020, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours funded per week and 30 hours funded per week.
Worth knowing. Consumable charge is voluntary and excludes families accessing FEEE2 with a code beginning TYF; no charge in half terms; child will not be excluded from snack times or extra curricular activities if opting out.
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
CO15 5UHWhat 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, 23 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff provide a stimulating and engaging learning environment, which ignites children's fascination with the world around them. Children learn to use their imaginations as they play with a range of household objects. They enjoy using old telephones, glasses, scarfs, jewellery and hats in their pretend play. Staff provide a range of materials to support children's small physical development. Children use their fingers to explore activities, such as play dough, gloop, sand, peg boards, painting and chalks. This helps them to develop early writing skills.
Staff have worked hard to implement effective strategies to manage children's behaviour. They now have high expectations of children and set clear boundaries.
Consequently, children behave well and understand what is expected of them. They show respect for each other and to the toys. Children snuggle up to staff to read books. While reading, staff add new words into children's vocabulary and explain their meaning, such as hibernate.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the curriculum so that learning is equally as purposeful for those children that are quieter or less able.
- 23 April 2024Good
- 11 May 2023Needs improvement
- 29 November 2022Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Yellow Brick Rd Nursery Clacton
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.