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Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Swindon

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2024)
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5.0(9 parent reviews) ·Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB · Swindon
Number of places
112 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Swindon

About this day nursery

Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School in Swindon offers a modern, purpose-built environment designed with children's happiness and parents' priorities in mind. The nursery features bright, spacious rooms and an adventure garden, supported by a team of handpicked Early Years Educators.

They provide nutritious meals and convenient opening hours from 8 am to 6 pm. The nursery is committed to high-quality early years education, fostering a "Pioneering Pathway" that nurtures, inspires, and empowers children.

This includes a gentle "Head Start" settling-in process, a "Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies" approach combining fun with learning about well-being, and initiatives encouraging social responsibility and safety consciousness.

Our ethos

Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School centres its "Pioneering Pathway" on nurturing, inspiring, and empowering children. Their approach, "Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies," combines fun with well-being education, fostering independent and resilient learners who celebrate curiosity and build diverse friendships as "Little Cooperators." They also prioritise a gentle settling-in process and encourage social responsibility and safety consciousness.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and excited for their day at nursery. There is a very strong key-person system throughout the nursery, and children have excellent relationships with their key person, which helps to ensure they feel safe and secure. Older children confidently explore their environment, make independent choices and seek staff support when needed.

Modern facilitiesAdventure gardenNutritious mealsPioneering Pathway curriculumMillie's Mark accredited

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

8am – 6pm

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Swindon

Last inspected 18 January 2024

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 arrive happy and excited for their day at nursery. There is a very strong key-person system throughout the nursery, and children have excellent relationships with their key person, which helps to ensure they feel safe and secure. Older children confidently explore their environment, make independent choices and seek staff support when needed.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff use an effective monitoring and assessment process to ensure they prepare children for their next stage of learning.
  • Staff provide excellent support for children who speak English as an additional language.
  • Staff create structured activities for older children in preparation for school.
  • Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported.
  • Leaders and staff have excellent partnerships with parents.

Areas to develop

  • 1enhance teaching and support during group activities to develop older children's concentration and listening skills further
  • 2use every opportunity to model play and consistently support older children to engage with purpose.
Inspection #10325186 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported. Staff who support children with SEND are extremely knowledgeable. They know the children well and tailor their teaching style to best support them. They work closely with parents and external agencies to ensure that children get the support they need to make their time at nursery successful.

Outdoor space

Staff provide children with various opportunities to be physically active. Babies pull themselves up to standing and cruise around the low-level furniture, building their leg muscles for walking. Older children run with their friends outdoors and learn to pedal trikes.

EAL / language support

Staff provide excellent support for children who speak English as an additional language. They celebrate children's cultures and traditions. Staff invite parents to share key words in their home language and create a 'dictionary' for children to access and share with friends. Books in a variety of different languages are available for children.

Parent Reviews of Little Pioneers Nursery & Pre-School, Swindon

5.0
(9)
Sam Wirdnam
2 years ago

The ladies always go above and beyond with looking after my daughter and also helping develop her education and experiences. They’re always teaching the toddlers from reading books to sensory play, Singing nursery rhymes and different games they play. They have a good range of different foods they eat from meals to snacks. The app online is great. They have great outdoor play and my daughter loves being outside. Overall I can’t fault them and when I leave her to go to work I know she is in safe hands.

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G. T.
a year ago

Fantastic nursery. Staff are lovely, warm, attentive and very caring. They go above and beyond to make sure the babies are comforted and well looked after. Thank you so much! Would definitely recommend.

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Deborah Tuoyo
2 years ago

One of the key things I'd look for in a nursey is a place where staff will genuinely care for my child and I must say little pioneers have that. My daughter has been here for over a year, has been through a number of key persons and its been consistent. They are all very kind, caring and supportive. My daughter is developing in leaps, and most importantly she's happy here.

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Esra The-First
5 years ago

My youngest daughter has been here for a few months now and absolutely loves it. I do not even get a bye 😂. The nursery is clean, the food is great and the staff are amazing. We checked out numerous nurseries for our daughter and we thought that this one was best. We are glad we did. Check out their website and get one of their brouchers. You will not be disappointed. Kids come out happy and they are always happy to go in. They work with you and keep you updated via an app with how the day is going(nappy changes, meals and activities). If you want to send your baby to some where that they are going to be safe and grow in a happy environment, look no further.

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Rachael Lee
a year ago

Wonderful nursery, Wonderful staff. Very involved. Good staff to child ratio. Warm and fun vibes

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Inspection history

Date: May 2011

  • January 2024Good
  • April 2018Outstanding
  • December 2014Good
  • May 2011Good

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