Chagford Montessori Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Newton Abbot for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 16:00, 4 days a week. £8.42 a session for 2-year-olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 2007, with 58 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-year-olds2y to 3y | £8.42Lunch Club £25.28Full Fees per 3-hour | |
| 3-year-olds and older3y to 4y | £6.46Lunch Club £19.40Full Fees per 3-hour |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £2.00 a session Extra Chargeeach funded session, includes consumables 25%, snacks 25% and Montessori
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Early Years Entitlement funded places to 2- to 5-year-olds, and Extended Entitlement to those qualifying.
Worth knowing. Chargeable extras cost £2.00 for each funded session (consumables 25%, snacks 25% and Montessori activities 50%) . For those who attract Early Years Pupil Premium , no additional charges will be made for funded hours.
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
TQ13 8BXWhat 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, 1 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children and their families are warmly welcomed to the nursery by the staff.
Parents appreciate the values of the setting and feel privileged that their children attend. Staff promote children's emotional well-being, providing flexibility for families as children settle in and supporting younger children to learn to become independent. Children learn to persist as they develop new skills, such as pegging up their own paintings to dry. Children are confident in the clear routines that staff provide; they learn to choose resources for themselves and place them back on the shelf when they have finished with them. Adults tune into children with great sensitivity to how they might be feeling. They notice when children are less confident, for example, and offer support to help them feel safe and secure. Older children learn to maintain concentration as they listen to stories with an adult, and younger children find comfort in snuggling up to an adult with a story.
Children are curious and eager to learn, and staff provide an ambitious curriculum.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance staff's knowledge of the developmental stages of younger children, in order to provide an even more effective curriculum n manage group activities to ensure younger children are able to focus more and extend their learning further.
- 1 October 2024Good
- 12 November 2018Outstanding
- 30 June 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chagford Montessori Nursery School
- 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
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 £8.42 a session 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.