Glitter Bugs Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Long established
A pre-school in Swindon for from 2 years 6 months up to 5 year olds, open 08:50 to 14:50, 5 days a week. £6.50 an hour for 2 year old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2015, with 24 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, minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year old2y to 3y | £6.502 year old fees - fees | |
| 3 & 4 year old3y to 4y | £5.503 & 4 year old fees - fees |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £0.40 a session Snack
Funded hours
2 year old funding for families receiving additional support (up to 15 hours per week); Working Families Funding (up to 30 hours per week); Universal Government Funding for all 3 & 4 year olds (up to 15 hours per week).
Worth knowing. Children must attend a minimum of two sessions over two separate days. Funding can be split with another provider. It is the parents responsibility to check eligibility for funding. If funding is not granted families are required to pay the fees outlined above.
What childcare usually costs in Swindon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Swindon 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
SN25 2NJWhat 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, 19 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff implement a positive curriculum that supports all children to meet their milestones in preparation for starting school. Children develop their independence skills and confidently ask for help. They express and manage their emotions with good understanding and control. Staff have good intent for the children's learning.
They adapt to children's individual interests and promote learning through their own choices and child-led experiences.
Children excel in their physical abilities. Staff provide children with a wide range of tools to support the development of their small hand muscles in preparation for handwriting. For example, staff set up several stimulating work stations within the environment, such as threading, mark making, digging in gravel with spades and making their own play dough. Children make good progress in using the large climbing equipment with confidence, showing good full body strength and resilience. In recent months, children have developed the ability to climb up the wooden climbing frame and use the pole to slide back down. Children rejoice in their new achievements as they cheer and ask adults to watch them as they demonstrate.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - engage quieter children more frequently into conversations to enable them to practise their language skills, particularly for children who are learning to speak
English as an additional language n provide children with more time to respond to questions to further develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- 19 May 2023Good
- 7 November 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Glitter Bugs Pre-School
- 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
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 £6.50 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.
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.