Wyke Regis Pre-School Playgroup
GoodBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Weymouth for children from birth to 5, open sessions in term time, often mornings. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021. Open since 1993, with 24 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 Dorset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Dorset 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
DT4 9LUWhat 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, 30 November 2021 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are keen to enter the setting and respond happily to the friendly greeting from staff. Children show very high levels of good behaviour and benefit greatly from the excellent praise and encouragement staff provide. Children interact and play very well together, such as in a game of hide and seek. They shriek with laughter as their friends count and then try to find them. Staff have a clear focus for the curriculum and follow children's lead in their play. They support children's understanding of the world well. Children find a spider hiding in a tyre outdoors.
They put it in a pot and examine it, telling staff, 'it has stripey legs'. They look at pictures of other insects and match and compare these. Children excitedly say,
'Look, there are one, two spiders'. Children gain a good early appreciation of stories and start to understand how print has meaning. For example, they eagerly tell their stories to staff, who scribe these for them. Children carefully draw a picture to annotate their story. Children gain confidence in their abilities and become motivated learners. They use their imaginations well. Children make a pretend tomato soup and offer a visitor a cup of this to drink. When playing in the mud kitchen outdoors, children say, 'We are making a monster mud pie'. Staff identified that children have struggled managing their emotions following the
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop the opportunities for all parents to share, and contribute to all aspects of their children's learning and development n support all staff to consistently make more use of discussion with children to extend their understanding and language skills further still.
- 30 November 2021Good
- 13 April 2016Good
- 29 April 2015Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Wyke Regis Pre-School Playgroup
- 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.
Pre-schools within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.