St Michael's Pre School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A pre-school in Trowbridge for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:30, 5 days a week. £24.75 a session for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in April 2024. Open since 1992, with 42 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 | Session | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £24.752 year olds, 3 hrs | |
| 3–4 year olds3y to 4y | £21.45Non-funded/non-eligible |
Before you start
One-off charges to take a place.
- £25.00 registration administration fee
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £3.85 a session Lunchtime
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £1.00 a session Snack Contributionchildren accessing their funding entitlement
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
15 hours/week from the funding period after a child’s 3rd birthday and an additional 15 hours/week for those families that are eligible; 2 year old sessions available for utilising government funding subject to eligibility.
Worth knowing. Government funding cannot be utilised for lunch time; snack contribution of £1 per session for children accessing funding entitlement.
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
BA14 7RNWhat 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, 18 April 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and confidently separate from their parents ready for their time at pre-school. Children develop their independence when they find their name pegs and hang up their belongings. Staff happily welcome children with a smile and are close by to support children if they need it.
Leaders and staff design and implement a curriculum that they tailor to meet the needs of the children. Throughout the pre-school, there is a focus on promoting children's resilience and independence to prepare them for their next stage of learning. For example, staff support the youngest children to select activities and provide them with opportunities to play independently and follow their own ideas.
Staff empower older children to have a go. When children create models from recycled materials, they persist if their creation does not go as they planned, and they are confident to ask for help if they need it. Staff use words of reassurance and praise, which motivates the children. Children develop a very positive attitude to learning and enjoy the process of creation.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support staff to use consistent strategies to help the youngest children understand the expectations for the routines so they can learn from all opportunities on offer.
- 18 April 2024Good
- 5 June 2018Good
- 22 January 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for St Michael's Pre School
- Nappies
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 £24.75 a session 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.