All Cannings Pre-School
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Devizes for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 4 days a week. £7.85 an hour for two-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 1992, with 17 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Two-year-olds2y to 3y | £7.85Two-year-olds | |
| Three and over3y to 5y | £6.03Children aged three and over |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.00 a session Consumables chargevoluntary, includes £1 towards food and snacks and £1 towards other
- £4.00 a day Consumables charge (daily cap)capped at £4 per day
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours of free childcare with some being entitled to 30 hours free childcare.
Worth knowing. Funding can be applied to any of these hours. Government funding can be used for any preschool hours.
What childcare usually costs in Wiltshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Wiltshire 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
SN10 3PAWhat 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.
- 23 September 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 23 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Exceptional staff create a nurturing and inclusive learning environment, which enables children to feel safe and secure at this wonderful pre-school. Children develop their confidence and independence on arrival as they hang up their belongings and remove their shoes ready for their day. Staff are close by to support children where needed. If children struggle to separate from their parents, staff use their excellent knowledge to reassure and distract them to enable them to successfully engage in play. Parents leave knowing their children are very well supported.
The highly dedicated manager and her passionate team carefully plan and implement a broad and ambitious curriculum, which they tailor to each child's learning needs. Each term, staff introduce children to a new book and use this as a thread for learning. At group time, staff excitedly engage children in an interactive version of the story, this keeps children's attention and entices them to join in with the actions. Staff ask children, 'Do you remember?' to get them thinking about the story and what they have already learned. Children are keen to share their knowledge and beam with pride at the praise and encouragement they receive from staff. Staff skilfully create various opportunities for children to use their knowledge and imagination to recreate the story in their free play by placing resources linked to the story around the environment.
The manager values the importance of exposing children to a wide range of experiences to teach them about their local community and the wider world. They visit the local dairy farm, go on walks around the village and splash in the stream and visit the Christmas lights at the local garden centre. Staff also welcome parents into the pre-school to share their cultures with the children.
- 23 April 2024Outstanding
- 9 May 2018Good
- 13 December 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for All Cannings Pre-School
- 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 £7.85 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.