West Hill Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A pre-school in Ottery St Mary for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:15 to 15:15, 5 days a week. £7.00 an hour, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2016, with 27 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 | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From three years3y to 5y | £8.00Breakfast Club £14.00After School Club | – | |
| All ages | – | £7.00Fees |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £2.90 School dinners
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 to £6.00 a half day Consumables Feeonly payable per government funded sessions, includes snacks, arts & crafts, cookery, gardening, music &
Funded hours
Government 2-year-old funding, 15 hours per week for all 3 and 4-year-olds, up to 30 hours for eligible children.
Worth knowing. Consumable fee of £3.00 per half-day session / £6.00 per full-day is payable per government funded session. Additional hours charged according to rates.
What childcare usually costs in Devon
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.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
EX11 1UQWhat 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, 20 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and settled at the pre-school. They enjoy the broad range of learning experiences and benefit from a wide, well-planned curriculum. Children confidently choose to play indoors and outside, developing good physical skills and engaging in activities that ignite their curiosity. Children are excited to explore.
Whether they are pretending to sell produce in the farm shop or sharing books and stories, they play well together.
Children behave well. They share and take turns without disagreements and have a good understanding of expectations. Children practise developing their smallmuscle skills in preparation for early writing and starting school. They engage excitedly in conversation with staff, building on their vocabulary.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend staff practices to encourage the quieter, less-confident children more in group activities to motivate their learning more effectively n ensure all staff are clear about procedures for sharing information with other settings, to ensure a consistent approach for children's learning and development.
- 20 October 2022Good
- 11 October 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for West Hill Pre-School
- 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
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 £7.00 an hour 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.