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Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill

OutstandingTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established

A day nursery in Ivybridge for babies from 9 months up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in August 2022. Open since 2020, with 60 places.

Call 01752 893498Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Funded hours

All families with children aged three and four years, and some families with children aged 9 months, are entitled to Government funding to attend early years provision.

Worth knowing. A £1.20 per hour Food & Nutrition Charge applies to all funded hours (also stated as £1.30 per hour). All children need to attend either a morning or afternoon session. Little Orchard Montessori Nurseries offer term time-only spaces for two-year-olds and over three's if required.

What childcare usually costs in Devon

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.56an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 9 months, up to school ageRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 8+.
When it's open
07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Meals
Not includedWe offer breakfast, a two course hot lunch, high tea plus morning and afternoon snacks at all of our nurseries. Meals are not compulsory and parents are more than welcome to provide their own cold packed lunch/tea (with an ice pack).
Google rating
5.0 out of 5From 8 Google reviews. NurseryWise has none of its own.
How many children
60 placesLarge for England
How long open
6 yearsLong established
Address
The Acorn Centre, 5 Oak Court, Ivybridge, PL21 9GP

Where it is

PL21 9GP
Ofsted URN 2596119On the register since 22 June 2020
The rating

What Ofsted said

Last inspected on 18 August 2022.

Outstanding

Ofsted's top grade. The setting was judged to be doing more than is expected of it.

Still missing for Little Orchard Montessori Nursery Lee Mill

  • What it costs
  • 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.

Before you ring

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.
  • 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.
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GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+From 2 years07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week20 placesLong established
1.4 mi
4 min drive
07787977504Their website

Cornwood Preschool

Day nursery · School Field, Fore Street, Ivybridge, PL21 9PZ

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+From 2 years07:45 to 16:30, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 725 placesLong established
2.5 mi
7 min drive
01752 837099Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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