Malborough with South Huish Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Kingsbridge for children from birth to 5, open 08:55 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Open since 2005, with 16 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All children are entitled to 15 funded hours of pre-school per week from the term after they turn three (regardless of parental income). Some families may also qualify for 30 funded hours per week from the age of 2, depending on household income. We are also registered for Early Years funding for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds.
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
TQ7 3RNWhat 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, 23 March 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are confident learners and feel highly secure in the setting. They receive reassurance and comfort from staff and are very happy. Children are exceptionally considerate and thoughtful to one another. Older children choose to sit next to younger children 'to be kind'. All children feel included. Staff teach children that everyone's voice is important. They ask quieter children to pick a song to sing and all the other children wait patiently for them to pick one and then encourage them to join in.
Staff teach children how to be independent at the setting, and children are proud to demonstrate these skills. Staff show them how to take their coats off and how to put them on and zip them up. Children blow their noses, put the tissues in the bin and wash their hands independently. Staff support children with self-care well.
Where possible, staff replicate strategies used at home to support potty training by using identical potties.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- plan and organise ways to sequence children's knowledge of letter sounds to better prepare them for future reading n explore ways to broaden children's experience of digital technology and to help them to understand ways of keeping safe online.
- 23 March 2022Good
- 27 June 2016Good
- 3 November 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Malborough with South Huish Pre-School
- What it costs
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- 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.