Spring Cedars
Good★ 3.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Exeter for children from birth to 8+, open 07:45 to 17:45, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 2017, with 46 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 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
EX4 8LDWhat 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, 12 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children enter the nursery confidently and happily, eager to see what resources and activities staff have set out for them. They are welcomed warmly by the friendly staff team, which helps the children to settle quickly. Staff give children their full attention and work hard to promote their personal and emotional development in particular. Children are confident and feel emotionally secure in staff's care. The older children talk about their feelings and emotions during group times, such as explaining why they feel happy or worried. Staff help children to learn the expectations for their behaviour. Children recall the rules and remind their friends of them throughout the day, such as telling each other what the behaviour cards mean when staff hold them up.
Leaders and staff know the children well and plan a broad and ambitious curriculum to build on what the children know and can do. Staff are clear about what they want children to learn next and provide good support to meet their individual needs. Staff identify when children may require additional help swiftly and work closely with parents and other professionals to provide a consistent and tailored approach for these children. All children, including those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress and develop a positive attitude to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen staff's interactions with children to support and encourage the children to speak more and extend their communication and language development further n develop partnerships with parents even further, to exchange more detailed information about children's routines and experiences at home, to enable greater consistency in their care and learning.
- 12 February 2024Good
- 20 February 2018Good
- 26 September 2017Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Spring Cedars
- 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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