Wind In The Willows Preschool Ltd
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Salisbury for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £67.00 a day for babies-Rising 3's, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. Open since 2019, with 61 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year, price list dated September 2026.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babies-Rising 3's3y to 4y | £67.008-4 £85.008-6 | £42.508-1 or 1-6, 5 hrs | £10.00Additional hours | – | |
| All ages | – | – | – | £7.50dependant on demand | |
| Preschool | £55.00TERM-TIME ONLY | £27.50TERM-TIME ONLY | £10.00Additonal hours | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £55.00 a term Disadvantaged optional consumable rate
Funded hours
Entitlement funding for the term after your child turns 9months+, 2, 3 or 4year olds.
Worth knowing. Funding is restricted within the hours of 09:00-15:00; stretched offer over 50 weeks requires minimum 20 hours attendance; optional consumable charges apply.
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
SP4 7XTWhat 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.
- 9 January 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 3 May 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children of all ages enjoy attending. They arrive happily and have close relationships with staff, which helps them to feel settled and secure. For example, babies benefit from lots of cuddles and interactions with their carers. Children spend much of their time outside where they make choices about their play and explore independently. Pre-school children investigate plumbing fittings, putting them together and pouring water through them. Younger children explore different textures as they play with toy animals in sand, water, grass and other materials they have collected. Children have good opportunities to learn about living things.
They help to care for the pre-school's chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs, and a new gardening area is currently under construction, which staff will use to extend children's knowledge of the world further. Children are well behaved. They learn to regulate their emotions, and older children confidently discuss the 'golden rules'.
Staff know the children well and have high expectations for every child, whatever their individual starting points. They provide a varied range of activities that engage children and take account of their interests. They support children that need additional help with individual plans and focused activities effectively. Children make good progress.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- build on the existing developments in the provision for babies to ensure that they enjoy a varied and rich set of experiences to help them make further progress
- develop effective strategies to limit the use of dummies to support babies'
- 3 May 2023Good
- 12 May 2022Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wind In The Willows Preschool Ltd
- 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
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 £67.00 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.
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