Marldon Pre-School Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Paignton for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:30 to 15:15, 5 days a week. £7.20 an hour for 2 Year Olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 1992, with 28 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Year Olds2y to 3y | £7.202 Year Olds | |
| 3 Years - 5 Years3y to 5y | £5.503 Years - 5 Years |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 Registrationincludes Marldon Pre-school T-Shirt
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.50 a day Consumablesany attendance not funded by the Early Years entitlement also any, includes stationery, crafting items, cleaning products
Funded hours
2 year old, 3/4 year old universal 15 hours funding and the 3/4 year old extended funding.
Worth knowing. Consumables fee of £1.50 per day charged for any attendance not funded by the Early Years entitlement also any chargeable lunch club attendances.
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
TQ3 1SJWhat 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, 9 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children develop strong attachments with staff. They arrive happy and settle quickly as staff take time to greet them and help them to feel safe and secure.
Staff know the children and their families very well. They use their knowledge of each child's development to target their teaching to the children's interests and individual learning needs. Staff focus on helping children to be confident and sociable and to develop good communication skills. Throughout the day, children listen to stories, join in with songs and to develop the language that they need to enable them to hold conversations and to share their views and ideas.
Children are confident at making their own choices about what they would like to play with, and they like be involved in activities that staff provide. For instance, children crowd around to take part in craft activities where they use stamps and stickers to add to their drawings. Children enjoy painting their arms and hands to make prints and playing with the dough, using the scissors to snip and cut. This helps children to develop the muscles in their hands and arms to support their future learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more challenge for the older children to help them to develop their focus and engagement further n provide children with more consistent messages about how to manage their feelings and behaviour.
- 9 January 2024Good
- 17 October 2018Good
- 17 April 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Marldon Pre-School Playgroup
- 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.
- Is £7.20 an hour still the rate? 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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