Blunsdon Pre-school LTD
GoodBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Swindon for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2024.
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 Swindon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Swindon 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
SN26 7ARWhat 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, 22 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive with excitement ready for their day at pre-school. Staff make children feel welcome with their kind and nurturing manner. Children separate from parents with confidence, knowing familiar staff are close by for reassurance and comfort if needed. Children develop their independence. They hang up their belongings and eagerly choose activities to engage with. Children are safe and secure in the calming pre-school environment that staff create.
The manager and her team construct and implement an inclusive and ambitious curriculum, which they tailor to the needs of the children. They use a focus book as a theme, which they thread throughout all activities. Staff teach children about healthy eating and develop children's small hand muscles for early writing when they make fruit skewers for snack. Staff talk to children about the different fruits, and children excitedly link the activity to their focus book. Children learn to use knives when they cut up fruit and push fruit onto skewers. They are excited to engage in new activities and are confident to have a go.
Children are very respectful of their environment and display good behaviour. They enjoy exploring paint at the easel. When others attempt to join them, children remind each other that only one child can use the easel at a time. They respect each other and patiently wait for their turn. When staff announce it is tidy-up time, children work together eagerly to put away the toys and tidy their space.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- use effective strategies consistently to support younger children to understand when activities finish and help them to access new or different activities to give them a wide range of learning experiences.
- 22 May 2024Good
Still missing for Blunsdon Pre-school LTD
- 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.