Little Ducklings Topsham
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Topsham, Exeter for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 15:00, 3 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2022, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
15 or 30 (11 or 22 hours as we are open all year and stretch the funding hours), funding for children of working families, we accept all government funding.
Worth knowing. NO EXTRA CHARGES FOR FUNDED CHILDREN, NO EXTRA RESOURCE OR CONSUMABLE CHARGES, VOLUNTARY £7.50 DONATION PER MONTH.
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
EX3 0HLWhat 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.
- 18 November 2024 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 24 August 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages are settled and calm, showing how secure they feel with the caring staff. They enjoy a rich learning environment which is planned around their developmental needs and emerging skills. Staff provide interesting activities which engage children and capture their imaginations. For example, children take off their shoes and socks and enthusiastically walk through water, mud and foliage as they recreate a bear hunt. In addition to exploring different textures with their feet, children remember and join in with the familiar story. Children show great respect for others, and those that are older carefully guide younger ones. Children quickly learn to regulate their emotions and have excellent relationships with one another.
Children benefit from the sensitive way in which staff handle transitions within the nursery. Staff use what they know about each child to assess when they are ready to move to the next stage of their learning. They share comprehensive information about the child with their new key person to ease the move to their new room.
Staff are committed to giving each child the opportunity to succeed, whatever their starting points. They support all children to make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the monitoring and coaching of staff to enable them to seize every opportunity to extend children's learning to the highest level n enhance partnerships with schools to ease children's move from the nursery to their next stage of learning.
- 24 August 2022Good
Still missing for Little Ducklings Topsham
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- 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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