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Barn Owl Pre-School

Ofsted: Good
(Aug 2024)
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5.0(6 parent reviews) ·Haydon Wick Primary School, The Brow, SWINDON, SN25 1HT · Swindon
Number of places
24 places
Age range
Up to 3 yrs
Last inspected
Aug 2024
Local authority
Swindon

About this day nursery

Barn Owl Pre-School, a family-run establishment, provides a safe, secure, and enjoyable learning environment for children. With over 30 years of experience in pre-school operations, the dedicated staff are passionate about early years education.

The pre-school focuses on offering high-quality play opportunities within a stimulating setting, working towards the goals outlined in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Recognising that each child develops and learns at their own pace, the highly skilled staff are committed to supporting individual learning journeys, enabling every child to achieve their full potential.

Barn Owl Pre-School operates Monday to Friday, with full and half-day sessions available.

What it's like

Children enter this stimulating play environment eager to learn, seeking out friends and immersing themselves in chosen play. Friendly and nurturing staff greet children warmly, striving to ensure every child feels safe and secure. Staff work hard to build strong relationships with children and families, celebrating "wow" moments at circle time to build confidence and high self-esteem.

Family-runEYFS curriculumExperienced staff

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on an hourly rate for additional, non-funded hours. A voluntary snack option is also available, which is billed termly based on the child's weekly hours of attendance.

Good to know

  • Additional non-funded hours can be purchased as needed.
  • Hourly rates are scheduled to increase from September 2026 for the 2026-2027 academic year.
  • The voluntary snack option includes fresh fruit and a variety of daily snacks.
  • Snack fees are calculated based on weekly attendance hours and billed per term.

Key facts

Opening hours

Full day sessions: Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 3:30pm; Friday 8:30am - 1:00pm. Half day sessions: Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 12:00pm (morning) and 12:00pm - 3:30pm (afternoon); Friday 8:30am - 12:00pm (morning).

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

April 2023

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Barn Owl Pre-School

Last inspected 9 August 2024 · Louise Phillips

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children enter this stimulating play environment eager to learn, seeking out friends and immersing themselves in chosen play. Friendly and nurturing staff greet children warmly, striving to ensure every child feels safe and secure. Staff work hard to build strong relationships with children and families, celebrating "wow" moments at circle time to build confidence and high self-esteem.

Inspector highlights

  • The leadership and staff team have created an effective curriculum, planning activities based on loose themes and children's next stages of learning.
  • Children enjoy exploring and learning about the world around them, going on nature walks and discovering key facts about owls.
  • Parent partnerships are strong, with the leadership team gaining feedback and staff collaborating closely with parents to ensure a consistent approach to children's learning.
  • Overall, staff promote children's growing independence well; children serve themselves snacks and freely select resources.
  • Staff provide children with a wide range of activities aimed at enhancing their literacy skills, including mark-making, playdough, and scooping recycled materials from a water tray.

Areas to develop

  • 1extend opportunities for children to develop their independence, particularly around meal times
  • 2ensure staff always use the correct words and pronunciation when speaking to children, to further enhance children's vocabulary and language development.
Inspection #10361232 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

Children enjoy exploring and learning about the world around them. They go on a nature walk with the staff around the local school field. The inspector observed the quality of education during indoor and outdoor play and assessed the impact on children's learning.

Parent Reviews of Barn Owl Pre-School

5.0
(6)
Meena Priya Morrish
7 months ago

Our littlest went to Barn Owls and they had the best time!! The staff were great, helped our child settle in well and worked well with our child minder too. They were amazing at supporting the transition to school, doing their part for academics, independence and familiarity with school setting. And Laura, the administrative officer is ever professional, kind and polite making all the communications were very pleasant and helpful. Would highly recommend Barn Owls!

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Emily Lane
10 months ago

Thank you very much to all staff at Barn Owl pre-school. Couldn’t have asked for a more amazing year to start Arlo off on his learning journey! Barn owl has 3 lovely ladies, They are very lovely and supportive team and so easy to talk to! Arlo has had a fantastic year and for sure has fell in love with every aspect. He will miss you all especially his Josie🥲. Thank you for everything you have done for Arlo, I’m forever grateful and I will miss you all so dearly! I would definitely recommend this pre school to other parents.

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Jessica Worthington
a year ago

I couldn’t recommend Barn Owls Pre school enough. The care and support of the staff is second to none and both of my daughters have thrived during their time there, both in confidence, forming friendships and skills to prepare them for school. The ‘ladies’ are absolutely lovely and spoken of in high regard. Communication is fantastic and questions/ queries are dealt with very quickly. Five shining stars from me!

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Kelly Higgs
a year ago

Amazing pre school, my daughter has grown so much since joining Barn Owl it was the best ever move for her! Thank you for everything you have done for Scarlett xx

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Kim Lewis
10 months ago

I would recommend sending Ur children to this school the staff are really nice and it's a really good school

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

9 August 2024

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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Frequently asked about Barn Owl Pre-School

About the setting

Barn Owl Pre-School registered in April 2023. It is situated within Haydon Wick Primary School, in Swindon, Wiltshire. The pre-school opens from 8.30am until 3.30pm Monday to Thursday and from 8.30am until 1pm on Fridays, for 49 weeks of the year. The pre-school employs four members of staff. Of these, one member of staff holds early years professional status, another three staff have a level 3 qualification, and one member has a level 2. The pre-school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education for children aged three and four years.

URN
2730227
Registered person
Haydon Pre-Schools Limited
Day care type
Full day care
Register
Early Years Register
Establishment type
Childcare on non-domestic premises

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