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Day nursery in Ivybridge

The Jays Day Care Nursery, Pre-school and Outdoor Learning

Ofsted report card Apr 2026Takes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open a few years

A day nursery in Ivybridge for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in April 2026. Open since 2024, with 61 places.

Call 01752894437Their website

Cost

What it costs

Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.

Funded hours

Universal funding (570 hours per year) and extended working entitlement funding up to (1140 hours per year) for eligible children 3 - 4 years. We also offer the working entitlement funding for eligible children from the term after they turn 9 months old.

Worth knowing. Funding can be used flexibly on an all year round or term time only basis.

What childcare usually costs in Devon

£6.00an hour, typical for a 2 years old
£5.56an hour, typical for a 3 and 4 years old

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.

The basics

Places, hours and the day

Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.

Who they can take
Babies from 3 months, up to school ageRegistered with Ofsted for birth to 8+.
When it's open
08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a weekFrom their Google listing
Funded hours
Takes them
Forest school
Yes
How many children
61 placesLarge for England
How long open
3 yearsOpen a few years
Address
The Jays Day Care Nursery, The Pavilion, Ivybridge, PL21 0TZ

Where it is

PL21 0TZ
Ofsted URN 2771723On the register since 9 February 2024
Inspected 29 April 2026

What Ofsted found, area by area

Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.

Keeping children safe
Met
Including every child
Expected standard
What and how they teach
Expected standard
How children get on
Expected standard
Behaviour and routines
Expected standard
Welfare and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership
Expected standard

Still missing for The Jays Day Care Nursery, Pre-school and Outdoor Learning

  • What it costs
  • 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.

Before you ring

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.

  • What does it cost, all in? 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.
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Ivybridge Pre School

Day nursery · The Erme Primary School, Station Road, Ivybridge, PL21 0AJ

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+From 2 years07:30 to 17:30, 5 days a week20 placesLong established
2.0 mi
6 min drive
07787977504Their website

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Everything here comes from Ofsted's published childcare register, under the Open Government Licence. Ratings are quoted exactly as Ofsted gave them, with their dates. Read the full Ofsted reports · How we put this together.

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