Bishopdown Farm Community Preschool & Farm Friends
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Salisbury for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2023. Open since 2016, with 37 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 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
SP1 3GZWhat 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, 29 November 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and greet their friends with excitement. They quickly engage with interesting activities that have been set up by staff to nurture their interests. Children confidently explore the pre-school, demonstrating that they feel safe and secure. Staff comfort and soothe children, when needed, to support their emotional well-being. Children learn to be independent in preparation for school.
For example, older children attend to their own toileting and put on their own coats. Children's behaviour is generally good. Staff work with other professionals, when needed, to help them to manage more challenging behaviour.
Children enjoy free access to outdoor space and extensive amounts of fresh air and exercise. They balance, run, jump and ride tricycles to develop their physical skills.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide training to support staff to use the correct letter sounds when interacting with children to develop children's literacy skills further n support staff to apply the rules and expectations consistently to help children learn to manage their own behaviour.
- 29 November 2023Good
- 27 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bishopdown Farm Community Preschool & Farm Friends
- 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.