Playaway Preschool
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bristol for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 16:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2011, with 38 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 South Gloucestershire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in South Gloucestershire 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
BS15 8PWWhat 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.
- 5 July 2023 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 26 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff welcome the children warmly. Children arrive happy and settle quickly, choosing from a range of interesting activities indoors and outdoors. They play together building their games. For example, children play on the carpet with the wooden blocks, making roads and creating ramps for the cars. Other children choose to play in the mud kitchen, looking for bugs.
There is a strong emphasis on developing children's communication and language development. The children are learning about growing plants and vegetables. At snack time, staff place items on the table and encourage children to talk about what they can see. For example, they put pine cones on the table for the younger children and flowers for the older children. This supports children to revisit ideas about things that grow.
The staff know the children well. They use their knowledge of child development to plan a curriculum that is inclusive to meet the needs of children. This means all children make good progress, regardless of their starting point. Parents of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) speak highly of the setting. The manager uses additional funding to promote children's well-being and learning. Parents comment on how staff provide support with resources and experiences to develop their child's learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to extend older children's mathematical development in activities n strengthen the transition for the younger children moving up to the next age group to further support the care and learning leads.
- 26 May 2023Good
- 15 September 2017Good
- 5 December 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Playaway Preschool
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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