Kennford Playbox
OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Kennford for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 08:30 to 15:15, 5 days a week. £6.01 an hour for 2 year old, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2024. Open since 2007, with 20 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 year old2y to 3y | £6.01 | £6.01Non funded 2 year old | |
| 3/4 year old3y to 4y | £5.29 | £5.29Non funded 3/4 year old | |
| All ages | £7.50Non funded Rise and Shine Club (8.30-9.15am) | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 Emergency nappy kit
- £2.00 Emergency lunch
- £5.00 per 15 minutes Late child collection
Funded hours
15 or 30 hours for 2/3/4 year olds; 2 year old funding and Early Years Entitlement funded by Devon County Council.
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
EX6 7UEWhat 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.
- 7 May 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 4 December 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are respectfully guided by the highly-skilled staff in a rich and exciting learning environment. The well-embedded, highly effective and ambitious curriculum ensures that all children make exceptional progress in their development. Leaders and staff prioritise what they want children to learn so they gain high levels of confidence, independence, language and physical abilities.
Children develop their curiosity, such as when they hunt for 'dinosaur bones' in the sand tray. Staff skilfully introduce new words and talk about being a
'palaeontologist'. Children ask questions to gain further understanding and relate this to what they know about dinosaurs. Children of all ages develop excellent language as staff skilfully interact, model, repeat and extend their words. Staff creatively weave books, rhymes and songs into the curriculum to constantly extend vocabulary further.
- 4 December 2024Outstanding Safeguarding: Yes
- 5 February 2019Outstanding
- 23 November 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Kennford Playbox
- 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 £6.01 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.