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Flying Start Family Centre

Flying Start Family Centre is a pre-school in Barry, with 52 registered places. Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 4 themes.

Flying Start Family Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, CF63 1NH

Key facts

Type
Pre-school (Sessional Day Care) (Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026)
Registered places
52 (Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026)
Flying Start childcare
Offered (Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026)
Childcare Offer for Wales
Not offered (Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026)
Funded early education (nursery education)
Not offered (Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026)

Opening hours

Term time:

  • Monday to Friday: 08:45 - 15:30

School holidays:

  • Tuesday: 09:30 - 12:00

Source: Care Inspectorate Wales service directory

Who runs it

Flying Start Family Centre is run by Vale of Glamorgan Council Child Care and Play Services (Care Inspectorate Wales register).

Latest inspection

  • Well-being: Excellent
  • Environment: Excellent
  • Care and Development: Excellent
  • Leadership and Management: Excellent

Source: Care Inspectorate Wales service directory, as at 31 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Care Inspectorate Wales ratings

Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) rates childcare settings on four themes: well-being, care and development, environment, and leadership and management. Each theme is rated Excellent, Good, Adequate, Poor.

There is no overall rating: read the four themes together.

Source: Care Inspectorate Wales

Funded childcare hours in Wales

Parents of 3 and 4 year olds can apply for up to 30 hours a week of government funded nursery education and childcare (the Childcare Offer for Wales): at least 10 hours of nursery education and up to 20 hours of childcare, for up to 48 weeks of the year. Nursery education hours are applied for separately, through your council.

Flying Start funds 12.5 hours a week of childcare for 2 year olds. It is being made available across Wales starting with the most disadvantaged areas.

Source: GOV.WALES: Get up to 30 hours of childcare for 3 and 4 year olds · GOV.WALES: Get help from Flying Start (checked 31 October 2026)

Other nurseries nearby

  • Ladybirds Playgroup - Pre-school, Barry CF63 4TF, 28 places, 0.2 miles
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Excellent in 4 themes
  • Roseland Childcare - Day nursery, Barry CF62 8DP, 18 places, 0.3 miles
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 3 themes, Adequate in 1 theme
  • Helping Hands Playgroup - Pre-school, Barry CF63 1BT, 27 places, 0.5 miles
  • LearnAbout Childcare Limited - Day nursery, Barry CF62 8NA, 30 places, 0.5 miles
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 1 theme, Adequate in 3 themes
  • Cylch Meithrin Dechrau Dysgu - Day nursery, Barry CF62 9DU, 28 places, 0.5 miles
    Care Inspectorate Wales: Good in 4 themes

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