Devoran Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Truro for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2014, with 30 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Government funding can be used in the key hours of 9am - 3pm.
Worth knowing. Government funding can be used in the key hours of 9am - 3pm.
What childcare usually costs in Cornwall
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Cornwall 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
TR3 6QAWhat 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, 17 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff have created a warm and welcoming environment where children feel safe and secure. They recognise the importance of building strong relationships with children and the positive impact this has on their development. Children are curious and enjoy taking part in activities. Staff help children develop their early mathematics and science knowledge by supporting them to weigh and measure ingredients as they bake honey biscuits. Older children choose the honey flavour to tie in with the weekly book theme 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. They enjoy sharing their creations with friends and develop their creative skills by decorating the biscuits with sugar icing. Staff understand how children learn and develop, and they design activities that complement each other, helping children to recall what they know and can do and strengthening their memory.
The curriculum is well designed and effective, enabling children to make progress.
They develop a broad range of skills that prepare them for school, while also promoting their personal, social, and emotional growth. All children make good progress from their individual starting points. Children are encouraged to participate in daily outdoor activities, enjoying the fresh air and developing their physical skills. They engage in imaginative play, such as playing in a rowing boat, pretending to be at sea in a storm. Children develop their balance and core strength by walking along a balance beam. They practise mixing and scooping skills by mixing oats with porridge, linking with the setting's 'theme book'. As they do this, staff support children to develop their vocabulary, saying things such as 'my porridge is too lumpy' or 'my porridge is too sour'.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen key person systems further, to help staff promote children's changing care needs even more promptly.
- 17 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 8 May 2019Good
- 17 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Devoran Pre School
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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