Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery Ltd
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Chippenham for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2004, with 70 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
SN15 4DEWhat 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, 15 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and enjoy coming to the nursery. Staff are caring, and they form positive relationships with children. They offer a gentle settling-in process to support each family's needs. Key workers know children and their families well and younger children seek comfort from them as needed. Children make good friendships with their peers. Older children independently take turns and play cooperatively with each other. Staff support children to learn about their feelings and help them to understand how their behaviour will impact others.
Staff provide nurturing environments for children to explore. The nursery is based on a working farm, and children have opportunities for daily outdoor play. Children enjoy going for walks around the farm while learning about the world around them.
For example, they learn about caring for animals, and older children enjoy pretending to be vets and farmers in their imaginative play. Staff plan a range of activities to support children's learning and development across all areas of the curriculum. For example, babies explore play dough and enjoy trying to roll, poke and shape it. This supports their physical development and strengthens their hand muscles in preparation for early writing. All children make good progress from their starting points.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to strengthen their interactions with children to further develop children's communication and language skills n raise the quality of staff's teaching to a consistently high standard so that children fully benefit from the intended curriculum and make even more progress.
- 15 November 2024Good
- 12 February 2019Good
- 3 October 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Dodford Farm Daycare Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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.