Winterslow Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Salisbury for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 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 They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask.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 February 2025. Open since 2001, with 20 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
SP5 1PQWhat 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, 12 February 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish as they eagerly demonstrate what they learn, applying this through their play. For example, children wear toy glasses and add differentcoloured lenses. They share their knowledge with others to help them mix primary colours together to make other colours. Staff consistently notice children's learning and build on what they know and can do. During group sessions, staff build on colour mixing with children and introduce shades to change colours. They do this in engaging and exciting ways, such as moulding dough colours together. Children enthusiastically test out their new learning to develop their understanding as they experiment.
Leaders adopt a curriculum to help staff deliver the unique experiences children need to learn and develop well. Staff dedicate their time playing with children and follow children's lead to guide them in their imaginative play. For instance, children wrap staff in bandages and role play vets and doctors. Staff build on the information children need to understand different experiences and occupations as they play. In addition, staff utilise structured activities in their routines to deliver small interventions for communication and language. This helps children to make progress in their developmental milestones.
Children feel safe and secure. Throughout the day, they happily explore, learn and develop. Most children feel confident to ask for help and seek out staff to play, share ideas and experiences. Children have positive behaviour and attitudes.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the key-person system more precisely to ensure children receive the support they need to develop their confidence to make relationships and engage in their play with others n strengthen routines at lunchtime to ensure staff are deployed effectively to further develop children's communication and language skills.
- 12 February 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 13 May 2019Good
- 5 December 2018Inadequate
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Winterslow Pre-School
- 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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