Collaton St Mary Pre-School Paignton
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Paignton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:30 to 15:45, 5 days a week. £5.80 an hour for 2 year olds and 3 - 4 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2016, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year, price list dated September 2024.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds and 3 - 4 year olds2y to 3y | – | £5.80 | |
| All ages | £5.80Early or Late | £5.80unless covered by funding |
Funded hours
15 hours and 30 hours Funded Childcare – For many working parents of 2 year olds, and 3 – 4 year olds for 38 weeks each year. All 3 & 4 year old children are eligible for 15 hours of funding per week, from the term after they are 3. There are also 30 hours of funding available for some eligible children. Funding is also available for some 2 year old children from the term after they are 2.
Worth knowing. Government funding can be used for any combination of hours, to accommodate early starts or late finishes.
What childcare usually costs in Torbay
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Torbay 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
TQ3 3YAWhat 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, 12 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are eager to enter this welcoming and safe pre-school. Friendly staff welcome them individually. Children settle quickly and engage in a variety of stimulating activities. Staff plan and implement their curriculum well to ensure that children make good progress from their starting points. For instance, staff encourage younger children to put on pretend binoculars. They look out of the window to see what the weather is like. Children establish that today is cloudy.
They move their weather chart to the appropriate picture. Staff support all children with recording the temperature. Children record this twice a day, helping to support their mathematical development. They talk about how the temperature changes as the pre-school warms up and cools down. Older children enjoy identifying shapes within their environment. They try to find triangle-shaped items around the room.
Children do so successfully, promoting their self-esteem.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- tailor home learning more precisely to meet children's individual needs for a consistent approach to their development n promote children's social and communication skills further, particularly during mealtimes.
- 12 January 2024Good
- 21 May 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Collaton St Mary Pre-School Paignton
- Youngest age taken
- Nappies
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 £5.80 an hour 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.
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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