Codford Caterpillars Pre School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Warminster for children from birth to 8+, open 09:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2024. Open since 2001, with 24 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
BA12 0PNWhat 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, 9 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children demonstrate that they feel happy, safe and secure. They arrive confidently, take off their shoes and coats and put on their slippers. They quickly engage in activities set up for them by staff to nurture their interests. Children develop a sense of belonging and respect for their surroundings through shared responsibility for small tasks. For example, staff encourage children to sweep the floor after snack time and tidy away toys when they have finished playing with them.
Staff support children to develop their communication and language skills well. For example, they add new words to extend children's vocabulary and repeat children's language to help them learn to pronounce words correctly. Staff identify any gaps in children's development, and the special educational needs coordinator (SENCo)
provides targeted interventions to help them catch up.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to teach children consistently to understand the consequences of their actions, to help them learn to manage their own behaviour n provide more targeted challenge during adult-led and child-led activities that extends children's learning even further.
- 9 January 2024Good
- 22 May 2018Good
- 15 June 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Codford Caterpillars Pre School
- 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.