Old Court Community Pre-school
GoodTakes funded hours★ 4.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Swindon for from 2 years up to school age, open 08:45 to 15:45, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 1974, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We welcome both funded and non-funded two year olds. You may be eligible for 30 hrs of funding per week if you are a working parent. All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 hours of funding per week from the term following their third birthday. You may be eligible for an extra 15 hrs of funding per week if you are a working parent (totalling 30 hrs).
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
SN4 8QYWhat 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, 8 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager and staff cheerfully greet each family at the gates as the day begins.
Older children eagerly enter to explore the garden. They enjoy using the many resources or trampling in the frosty ground. The manager supports the youngest children to develop secure attachments by welcoming parents to stay until children are familiar in their new environment. This ensures children get the best start possible to their time at the setting.
Children enjoy a busy day and demonstrate security within many of the familiar routines. They play with dinosaurs in the sand tray, fill containers with pasta, use play dough and explore ways to create hearts through paint, stickers and shaving foam. Adults use books and model new knowledge as they seamlessly tie learning together.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and
Childcare Register the provider must: ensure all trustees and committee members provide Ofsted with the appropriate paperwork for suitability checks to be carried out within the correct timeframe. (by 31/03/2023)
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- improve transitions for groups of children returning to rooms following everyday care routines and tasks so that children are quickly re-engaged in purposeful play and learning.
- 8 February 2023Good
- 6 June 2017Good
- 25 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Old Court Community Pre-school
- What it costs
- 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.
- 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
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