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Lydiard Millicent Pre-school

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2025)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·Lydiard Millicent Primary School, The Butts, Swindon, SN5 3LR · Wiltshire
Number of places
29 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2025
Local authority
Wiltshire

About this day nursery

5 to 5 years. The pre-school is committed to providing a secure, enjoyable, and stimulating environment, ensuring parents have confidence when leaving their children in its care.

LMPS operates during term-time, Monday to Friday, from 8:40 am to 2:40 pm, with an additional after-school club for children over three years old, extending care till 4 pm, 5 pm, or 6 pm. The pre-school maintains a strong relationship with the local school, facilitating a smooth and familiar transition for children moving from pre-school to primary education.

Proud recipients of two consecutive "Good" ratings from Ofsted, LMPS upholds high standards of care and education and values a strong partnership with parents. It is a member of the Early Years Alliance (EYA) and receives support from The Wiltshire Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (WEYDCP).

The curriculum emphasises learning through play, fostering exploration and development. LMPS is registered and approved by Ofsted, which regularly inspects the facility to ensure compliance with care and educational standards.

Our ethos

The pre-school emphasises learning through play, fostering exploration and development. They are committed to providing a secure, enjoyable, and stimulating environment and value a strong partnership with parents, aiming to facilitate a smooth transition to primary education.

What it's like

Children excitedly arrive at the welcoming pre-school, where staff greet them with a happy smile. Children easily separate from their parents, eager to see their friends and explore the pre-school. Staff know the children very well and provide engaging and stimulating activities, both indoors and outdoors, focusing on communication and language skills.

Charity-runOfsted Good ratedTerm-time onlyLearning through playAfter school club available

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, term-time, 8:40 am to 2:40 pm; After school club until 4 pm, 5 pm or 6 pm for children over 3 years old.

Age range

2.5 to 5 years

Session types

Term-time, After-school club

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Lydiard Millicent Pre-school

Last inspected 19 March 2025

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 excitedly arrive at the welcoming pre-school, where staff greet them with a happy smile. Children easily separate from their parents, eager to see their friends and explore the pre-school. Staff know the children very well and provide engaging and stimulating activities, both indoors and outdoors, focusing on communication and language skills.

Inspector highlights

  • Leadership and management are very strong, with leaders who are ambitious and strive to deliver high-quality care and education.
  • Partnership with parents is very strong, who appreciate the pre-school working with them and assisting them to access support from outside professionals.
  • Children are very friendly, caring and independent, showing high levels of respect for each other and supporting each other's learning.
  • Children have opportunities to learn about science and nature and are highly motivated to learn and eager to join in with interesting activities.
  • Staff keep children's interests alive by providing different provocations, such as "dinosaur eggs" appearing in the sand, and speculating how they arrived there.

Areas to develop

  • 1To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: provide support to all children to help them engage in learning and feel valued, to help children make even more progress.
Inspection #10388191 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are generally supported well. Staff work with children in small groups to help them make the best possible progress.

Outdoor space

Staff provide a range of activities that are engaging and stimulating, both indoors and outdoors. For example, when children are balancing their way across the tyres on the obstacle course, they rush to hold hands to give others support to cross.

EAL / language support

While staff learn some words from home to support children who speak English as an additional language, this, and children's culture, could be further embedded in the everyday learning at pre-school.

Parent Reviews of Lydiard Millicent Pre-school

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Inspection history

Date: November 2010

  • March 2025Good
  • July 2019Outstanding
  • March 2015Outstanding
  • November 2010Good

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