Little Ones Whipton
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.9 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Exeter for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2001, with 36 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
Early Years funding for 3 and 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Voluntary small consumables charge each funded day.
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
EX4 8AFWhat 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.
- 26 May 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 25 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure. They enjoy positive relationships with staff. Children show this as they happily leave their parents at the door and come into play with their key person and friends. Staff help teach children to recognise their names and find their pegs to hang their coats. Children have a strong sense of belonging.
Staff plan and implement an effective communication and language curriculum.
They read the same storybook to the children over the week. Children learn key phrases and words from the story. Staff check what children have remembered by pausing and asking them what comes next or by calling a character an incorrect name. Children correct the staff and tell them the real names of the characters.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- share children's individual next steps of development with all parents, to keep them informed of their progress and further their learning at home n organise the lunchtime routine to minimise the amount of time children wait for their lunch, and promote their well-being.
- 25 January 2024Good
- 21 February 2018Good
- 1 September 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Ones Whipton
- 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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