Pewsham Preschool Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Chippenham for from 2 years 6 months up to school age, open 08:45 to 15:15, 5 days a week. £5.50 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2011, with 26 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 | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £16.50fees | £5.50Session fees |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
Two and three-year-old funding, 15 hours free early years education, 30 hours for eligible parents.
Worth knowing. 30 hours subject to availability.
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
SN15 3SYWhat 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, 30 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Managers and staff have high expectations for children's capabilities. Children benefit from the well thought out and targeted curriculum that staff form based on each child's learning needs and interests. Staff provide children with a rich set of experiences and offer attentive and timely interactions as children play. Children are inspired, challenged, and develop strong skills. They readily test out their ideas and develop their coordination as they investigate the sensory and creative opportunities available. They carefully place gold tape on their designs and make marks with pens at the craft table. They scoop soil into pots and independently plant seeds. They excitedly combine items, selecting fresh herbs and smelling these as they add them to their perfumed water. All children show very positive attitudes to new experiences and developing their skills, this includes two-year-olds in receipt of additional funding.
Children are happy in the pre-school and form strong relationships with the kind and caring staff. New children are very sensitively supported, staff link closely to their interests to help them settle. Children learn to manage their emotions, channel their energy, and share toys and resources. They are given lots of additional assistance if they struggle with expectations or boundaries, to help them learn to respect other's space and needs.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the support for children's understanding during adult-led activities and extend their confidence and involvement as much as possible n strengthen the links with other settings children attend, getting a full picture of all the children's needs to inform future planning.
- 30 April 2024Good
- 10 May 2018Good
- 21 November 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pewsham Preschool Ltd
- Nappies
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 £5.50 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.