Wallys Day Nursery Limited
Good★ 4.2 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Trowbridge 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 January 2025. Open since 2024, with 67 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
BA14 8LNWhat 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, 22 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and keen to learn. They display positive attitudes to learning.
Children make choices in their play from a wide range of inclusive activities, resources and opportunities staff plan for them. The staff know children well and ensure the things on offer to them meet the varied needs and ages of the children who attend. Settling-in processes are gradual and unhurried. When children first start, staff take time to get to know them individually so that they can offer a continuity of care from home and build secure relationships with their key person and other staff members.
Children learn to do things for themselves. For instance, staff teach children how to dress and undress themselves. They offer guidance and encouragement to children and give them plenty of time to practise these skills. This gives children a sense of achievement. Pre-school children gather their own cutlery and crockery, choose their own snacks from the snack cart and clear away their dirty dishes when they have finished eating.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- enhance the nursery outdoor area to provide all children, particularly those who prefer to learn outdoors, with more varied and stimulating outdoor learning experiences - support staff further in allowing opportunities for children to think critically and find solutions to problems for themselves.
- 22 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
Still missing for Wallys Day Nursery Limited
- 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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