Atelier Nursery Chippenham
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Long established
A day nursery in Chippenham for babies from 4 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2025. Open since 2017, with 72 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 hours of Government funded early years education the term after their third birthday, some children may also be entitled to working parents funding (up to 30 hours).
Worth knowing. An additional voluntary charge will be added to your invoice for food, activities and consumables that are not included in the Early Years Foundation Stage provision.
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
SN15 3JWWhat 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, 19 June 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thrive in this inspiring and nurturing setting. Children arrive extremely happy, and staff welcome them with smiles and warm greetings. Children eagerly leave their parents and become engrossed in purposeful play. Staff provide an inspiring environment indoors and outdoors. It allows children to be free and independent and follow their curiosities. The use of open-ended resources invites children to explore and be creative, thereby increasing their skills in all areas of the curriculum. The skilled staff were awarded a 'baby award' for the professional love and attachments that key staff offer to babies. Toddlers explore the garden room, taking care of the vegetables and fruits they planted. They learn about the world around them as part of the 'eco schools award'. Older children delight as they develop their mathematical skills while they learn to purify fruit and weigh flour to make fruit bread. Children learn how to keep themselves safe. For example, when using the electric sewing machine, they know to take care with the needles.
Staff build strong attachments with both the children and their parents, as they eagerly get to know them. They use the information gathered from parents to plan for children's individual interests and motivations. Children develop strong friendships with their peers. They demonstrate high levels of well-being as they chat happily during play. They develop a sense of connection and belonging during their time in the setting through caring interactions from staff. All children make rapid progress and are well prepared for their next stage of learning.
- 19 June 2025Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 18 November 2019Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Atelier Nursery Chippenham
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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