Farley Salisbury Outdoor Nursery School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Salisbury for children from birth to 8+, 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 October 2024. Open since 2006, with 70 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
SP5 1AHWhat 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, 10 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The provider successfully implements a curriculum that gives children the confidence to explore and connect with nature. Children love to spend time outdoors in the fresh air, engaging in a broad range of learning experiences. Babies experiment with making different sounds as they use sticks to play bells and sound tubes while singing nursery rhyme songs. Staff help children make loud sounds and then contrast these with quiet sounds. Toddlers collect conkers, leaves and feathers to use as painting tools. They learn to mix blue and yellow paint to make green and explore different shapes that their materials make on wooden boards. Older children play alongside each other to 'rescue' a teddy bear 'stuck' in the middle of a pretend 'lava pit' sandpit. They also demonstrate problem-solving skills when constructing stepping stones with improvised equipment from chairs and bricks to safely climb across to save 'Teddy'.
Children are confident and feel safe and secure at the nursery. They talk confidently and ask staff when they need help or are anxious about who to play with. Staff encourage independence and have high expectations of children's behaviour. When asked, children line up at the gate ready to go into the field, and they join in with counting to check that their friends are with them.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to be clear about the learning intentions of planned activities so they support children to practise and improve the skills and knowledge they need to make even more progress n organise daily routines so children do not have to wait too long for their peers to be ready to help them maintain their concentration.
- 10 October 2024Good
- 2 March 2020Outstanding
- 12 May 2015Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Farley Salisbury Outdoor Nursery 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.
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