Longscroft Children's Nursery School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Trowbridge for babies from 3 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 They do not publish prices, so ask.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 Good by Ofsted in September 2022. Open since 2012, with 105 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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
BA14 9BLWhat 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, 22 September 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happily and settle quickly. They have warm relationships with the staff and feel safe in their care. They confidently seek reassurance and support from them and younger children enjoy cuddles. Children are keen to take part in planned activities and also make choices about what to do. For example, they go to fetch water to add to the sand so they can make sandcastles. They enjoy exploring. They find shapes hidden in gloop and find out what happens when they add and mix different colourings. Children behave well. They talk about the rules with staff, such as 'kind hands', and willingly follow instructions.
Staff have high expectations for all children. They provide a varied range of learning opportunities. They adapt these to help all children, including those who need extra help, to make good progress from their individual starting points. They provide a well-resourced learning environment indoors and each room has a dedicated outdoor play area which children enjoy using. Babies wear all-weather suits so that they can crawl around even when the grass is wet. Children of all ages have been involved in growing pumpkins for Halloween in their allotment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop teaching practice further to ensure that all staff consistently take every opportunity to extend children's learning, with particular regard to introducing new vocabulary and encouraging them to use good manners n ensure that routine activities are well prepared to avoid delays and enable staff to spend more focused time with the children.
- 22 September 2022Good
- 17 October 2016Good
- 14 November 2012Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Longscroft Children's Nursery School
- 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.
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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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