Learning Curve Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Swindon for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2023. Open since 2003, with 63 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Working Parent Entitlement funding increased from 15 hours to 30 hours for eligible families from 1st September 2025. Eligible families can use this funding for the period after your child turns 9 months until the period in which they turn 5.
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
SN4 8DSWhat 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, 31 October 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff show genuine interest in the children and form strong bonds with them.
Children eagerly arrive at the nursery, chatting to staff and excitedly discuss their
'pumpkin day' costumes. Babies smile and hold out their arms, cuddling into their key person happily. There is a calm atmosphere across the nursery. Staff offer children clear explanations and take time to help them understand boundaries and appreciate the needs of others. Children learn to take turns and share toys. Older children play together well and build good friendships. Parents are very positive about the staff team and comment on how happy their children are at the nursery.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the consistency of information shared with parents and build links with other settings children attend and provide a more combined approach to the support children receive n help staff to adapt activities and routines more readily, flexibly following children's interests and supporting children's involvement and learning as much as possible n expand the support for the observation and development of staff practice, and help all staff extend children's learning to a consistently high level.
- 31 October 2023Good
- 27 March 2018Good
- 10 October 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Learning Curve Day Nursery
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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.
- 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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