St Mary's Under Fives
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Marlborough for children from birth to 5, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2024. Open since 2011, with 28 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 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
SN8 4BXWhat 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, 10 January 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Kind and nurturing staff happily welcome children as they arrive for their day at pre-school. Staff make time for parents to share any information to ensure their children are happy and staff can meet their needs successfully. Children hang up their belongings and confidently enter the playroom, ready to start their day.
Children are happy and settled.
Since the previous inspection, leaders have sought support from external agencies to help them make positive changes to their practice. Staff use what they have learned from training and their knowledge of the children to create an ambitious curriculum which they tailor around the children's needs. For example, staff use children's interest of dinosaurs and building to incorporate mathematical language into play. Children create structures for dinosaurs with various wooden resources.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- consistently support and remind children of the importance of behaviour expectations during group activities and the impact their actions may have on others n use strategies to support children that are quieter or need extra support to engage in a wide range of meaningful learning experiences.
- 10 January 2024Good
- 27 February 2023Needs improvement
- 8 June 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Mary's Under Fives
- 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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