Pixieland Stoke Village Ltd
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Plymouth for children from birth to 8+, open 07:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 2000, with 120 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in Plymouth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Plymouth 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
PL3 4DUWhat 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, 22 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children feel safe and secure. They greet their key person with a warm hug and a big smile. Children settle quickly after they arrive and are eager to play. Staff are kind and know the children well.
There is an ambitious curriculum in place. All children make good progress in their physical development. Babies increase their core strength. They become confident in crawling and manoeuvring themselves around. For example, they climb up small ramps and shuffle down the other side. Toddlers improve their balancing skills by sitting on balance bicycles. They know to distribute their weight evenly to stay on and use their leg muscles to propel themselves forward. Pre-school-age children develop their hand-eye coordination skills. They practise throwing balls into a basketball hoop and bounce balls on the ground.
Parents are very happy with the regular communication they receive from staff about their children's development. Staff share ideas of how to support their children's learning at home. Parents comment positively on the key-person system.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop how staff support older babies' and toddlers' communication and language skills, to give them enough time to understand and answer questions n organise daily routines to support pre-school-aged children's personal, social and emotional development and promote their well-being.
- 22 April 2024Good
- 5 June 2018Good
- 11 August 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pixieland Stoke Village Ltd
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? 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.
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