Humpty Dumpty Childcare
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Devon 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 August 2022. Open since 2013, with 52 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 Devon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Devon 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
TQ12 2HHWhat 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, 22 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure and enjoy their time at this welcoming nursery. All children make good progress from their starting points, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children in receipt of additional funding.
Staff follow children's interests and next steps in learning to form a sequenced curriculum. For instance, staff encourage babies to use a spoon when feeding.
Toddlers progress to using a fork, and older children include a knife, using all three cutlery tools. Older children learn how to form a queue when waiting for lunch as they would at school, to prepare them for their eventual transition.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the organisation of outdoor activities for older children to ensure learning opportunities are maximised n ensure staff provide consistent messages to older children so that they understand what is expected of them.
- 22 August 2022Good
- 13 January 2017Good
- 28 May 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Humpty Dumpty Childcare
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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