Plymtree Pre-school
OutstandingTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Cullompton for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:15 to 15:15, 3 days a week. £7.50 an hour for 2-3year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 1988, with 24 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3year olds2y to 3y | £7.50Unfunded for 2-3year olds | |
| 3-4 year olds3y to 4y | £6.00Unfunded for 3-4 year olds |
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £8.00 a week voluntary consumables chargefunded places, includes cooking, dance classes etc.
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours for 3-4 year olds, 15 hours for some 2-year-olds, up to 30 hours for working parents from September 2025.
Worth knowing. Voluntary consumables charge of £8 per week for funded places.
What childcare usually costs in Devon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Devon 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
EX15 2LEWhat 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, 5 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish at this warm and friendly pre-school. An established team of highly skilled staff places the interests and needs of each child at the centre of its curriculum. Staff plan meaningful and exciting activities for children. Staff use questions extremely well to get children to think and develop their ideas. Learning is skilfully interwoven into all aspects of the day.
Staff know the children extremely well. They ensure they find out plenty of information about what children know and like doing before they start at the preschool. Staff offer settling-in sessions for children and parents. The manager notices how children 'come alive' when they hear music. Children are very happy and confident in the setting. They giggle as they take part in group activities such as parachute games to 'stretch our wriggles out', and cuddle into staff during storytelling.
Behaviour is exceptionally good. Children take turns and play together, for example making up stories around dinosaurs. Staff encourage children to be independent.
- 5 October 2022Outstanding
- 5 December 2016Good
- 10 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Plymtree Pre-school
- 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 £7.50 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.