The Malthouse Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Malmesbury for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £64.84 a day for 24 – 36 months, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2023. Open since 1992, with 43 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
All Day 9am – 3pm · £69.16 · £9.28 · £64.84 · £20.14 · £60.56 · £27.44 ·
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 hours Universal ‘Free Entitlement Funding’ for 3 &4 year olds; 30 hours ‘Free childcare Funding’ for 9 month – 4 year olds.
Worth knowing. Funded hours are subject to opting in to the Malthouse Enrichment Package (MEP) daily charge; parents may opt out but then must provide snacks, drinks and consumables and funded hours are arranged based on availability.
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
SN16 9DGWhat 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, 21 February 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Warm and friendly staff welcome the children into this nurturing nursery. They enter happy and excited for the day ahead. Staff build strong relationships with the children in their care. Babies receive cuddles and reassurance. This enables them to feel safe and secure. Staff give children lots of praise and celebrate their 'I am a star' moments together. This builds children's self-esteem and sense of belonging.
Children take long walks within the beautiful grounds of Charlton Manor. They enjoy seeing the wildlife and rolling down grassy hills. Staff have created an outdoor classroom in a secluded woodland area. This benefits those children who
'learn the best outside'. Children run around, climb trees and explore a wide range of resources. They use their imagination as they pretend to cook in the mud kitchen and build things using the large items. This allows children the space to explore larger materials and helps to strengthen their muscles.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide children with more time to explore creative materials, allowing them to express their own ideas n consider developing a more focused professional development programme to raise the quality of teaching to the highest level.
- 21 February 2023Good
- 12 May 2017Good
- 9 January 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Malthouse Nursery
- 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 £64.84 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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