Bratton Fleming Pre-School CIC
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Barnstaple for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 2011, with 26 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 Devon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Devon 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
EX31 4SBWhat 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, 20 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive confidently and happily and enjoy their time at the setting. The warm and caring staff team settle children sensitively and they use what they know about the children to engage them in games and activities. Children feel safe and secure in staff's care.
The manager and staff plan a broad and stimulating curriculum that takes account of children's interests and what they need to learn next. Children explore the toys and resources with curiosity and are eager to take part in adult-led activities, demonstrating a positive attitude to learning. Children form close relationships with staff and invite them to join in with their games. Staff are playful and imaginative, which helps to lower children's inhibitions and supports their creative play. For example, staff pretend with great exaggeration to be scared of the toy insects that children have hidden in the imaginary food, which makes the children shriek with delight.
Staff have high expectations for children's behaviour and the children recall the rules. Children behave well. They listen to staff, follow their instructions and play together cooperatively.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the curriculum for communication and language to support and encourage all children to share their thoughts, ideas and experiences n work in partnership with all other settings that children attend to promote greater consistency in children's care and learning.
- 20 May 2024Good
- 18 June 2018Good
- 8 March 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bratton Fleming Pre-School CIC
- 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.