The Meadows Cheeky Chimps Childcare
Good★ 3.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Swindon for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2024. Open since 2014, with 66 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 Swindon
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Swindon 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
SN2 7SHWhat 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, 27 November 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
All children thrive at the nursery. They make good progress in their learning and development from their individual starting points. Children are happy and develop strong bonds with their key persons and other staff. Full of smiles, children explore the inspiring indoor and outdoor learning environments with great enthusiasm.
Staff have a good understanding of children's needs, interests and abilities. They use what they know about the children to plan and implement a curriculum that successfully covers all areas of learning and takes account of what children need to learn next.
Staff throughout the nursery instinctively support children's communication and language development. They provide a narrative to babies' play, sing to them and introduce action rhymes. For example, staff sing as they change babies' nappies, and toddlers are observed doing actions to the 'Incy Wincy Spider' song they hear.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- review staff deployment at drop-off times to reduce pressure on staff in the babies' area to help them provide the extra support babies sometimes need when detaching from their parents n provide greater opportunities for quieter children to play an active part in group activities, to share their ideas and increase their confidence.
- 27 November 2024Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 13 March 2019Good
- 14 December 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Meadows Cheeky Chimps Childcare
- 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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