Heddington Preschool
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Calne for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2014, with 27 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept all government funding for those who are eligible and tax-free childcare, as well as most employer voucher schemes.
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
SN11 0PJWhat 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, 23 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children thoroughly enjoy their time at this pre-school. They form close bonds with their special key person and the other adults who care for them. They feel happy and secure and settle in quickly. Children are busy playing throughout the day with a wide range of interesting resources that they can move and use in diverse ways.
Staff encourage them to follow their own interests and this inspires them to be curious and to think creatively. Many relish being able to play outside for much of the day in the well-resourced outdoor play areas. For example, younger children are engrossed in rolling stones down guttering and show delight in discovering that smaller stones bounce down the pipe.
Children make friends and play together well. For example, they busily work together to collect water from the butt to fill a pan. They talk excitedly about whether the pan is too small and hunt for a bigger container. Children behave very well. They know they must follow adult's instructions to keep safe, for example, when they are cooking on a campfire.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- ensure that leaders support staff to enhance their interactions with children to help all children make the progress they are capable of, especially in their mathematical development.
- 23 March 2022Good
- 13 July 2016Outstanding
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Heddington Preschool
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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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