Yealmpton Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Yealmpton for from 2 years up to school age, open 07:45 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £15.00 a session, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in December 2022. Open since 1995, with 16 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Afternoon - 12.30pm - 3.00pm (£15.00)
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
15 hours of Early Years Educational Funding per week is paid to the Pre-School for your child's sessions. This can be used from the term after your child's third birthday and can be split between two settings should you choose. You may even be entitled to 30 hours of funding which parents need to apply for and pass their 11 digit code and NI number to us to enable us to claim. Some two year old's.
Worth knowing. Sessions are charged at £6 per hour for each child if you go over or are not entitled to the funding.
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
PL8 2HFWhat 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, 9 December 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children come happily into this friendly pre-school. They settle quickly, including younger children who have recently started with them. Staff provide an extremely warm welcome and children feel safe, as staff know them well. Children approach staff for reassurance and cuddles, which they readily receive. Parents speak highly of staff, saying that they 'go the extra mile' to keep them updated about their child's progress.
Children behave well and staff deal with small differences of opinions quickly and positively. They support children to think about using positive reactions to others, and talk through what children could do so everyone is happy. This means that children play well together and build secure relationships with each other.
Staff have high expectations of all children. They have a good understanding of each child, and adapt activities to support them to make good progress. For example, they adapt a Christmas card activity, so all children are challenged and supported to make a card for their family. This means children are excited to learn and keen to join in the activities planned for them. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), make good progress in their learning and development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more challenge for older children during visits outside the pre-school so they continue to behave well and engage in positive play n develop the use of story times to encourage all children, including younger ones, to join in and share their thoughts to support their engagement and communication skills.
- 9 December 2022Good
- 25 April 2017Good
- 3 June 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Yealmpton Pre-School
- 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 £15.00 a session 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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