North Wraxall Pre-School Playgroup
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Chippenham for from 1 year 6 months up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £7.95 an hour for under 2, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2024. Open since 1969, with 25 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Term time only, 38 weeks a year.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 2birth to 2y | £7.95Under 2 year olds | |
| 2 | £7.252 year-olds | |
| 3 and 43y to 4y | £6.753 and 4 year-olds |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 a session Snacks
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Eligible children over 3 years old are entitled to 15 hours or 30 hours per week for 38 weeks of the year. We are also able to cater for eligible 2 year-olds who qualify for funding.
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
SN14 7AFWhat 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, 3 October 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive at pre-school eager and full of excitement for their day. Staff happily welcome parents and children. They give parents time to settle their children and share any information that will help staff meet their children's needs throughout their day. Children enter the playroom with confidence, settle quickly and find a favoured activity to engage with.
The provider and staff create and deliver an ambitious curriculum with the children at the centre. They focus on developing children's confidence and resilience, while incorporating children's interests and ensuring they are ready for their next stage of learning. For example, children develop their small hand muscles in preparation for early writing as they use different-sized tweezers to collect various autumnal objects. When children encounter difficulty, they persist, and staff support them with words of encouragement. Children beam with pride when they achieve their goals.
Children create meaningful relationships with staff and their peers. They enjoy comfort from staff and seek them out for help when they need it. In the garden, children giggle as they chase each other on bikes. At circle time, children sing together and take turns listening to their friends as they count the number of staff and children at pre-school.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to make their expectations of children clear during routine activities and group times to help children to learn to manage their own actions.
- 3 October 2024Good
- 11 March 2019Good
- 10 May 2018Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for North Wraxall Pre-School Playgroup
- 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 £7.95 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.