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Nurseries in Calne

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Calne, and 5 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Calne

  • Ofsted report cards: 3 settings (3 Strong standard, 15 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 7 settings (1 Outstanding, 6 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Active Camps at St Margaret's - Day nursery, Calne SN11 0DF, 80 places
  • Apple Tree Nursery - Day nursery, Calne SN11 8TG, ages 0 to 3, 53 places
    Ofsted report card, 22 September 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Cherhill Preschool - Pre-school, Calne SN11 8XX, ages 1 to 8, 27 places
    Ofsted report card, 7 May 2026: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Heddington Preschool - Day nursery, Calne SN11 0PJ, ages 1 to 10, 27 places
    Ofsted, 23 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Hilmarton Preschool - Pre-school, Calne SN11 8SQ, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 12 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Jack And Jill Community Pre-School - Day nursery, Calne SN11 9BX, ages 2 to 3, 26 places
    Ofsted, 5 September 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Rub-A-Dub Pre-School - Day nursery, Calne SN11 9QY, ages 2 to 11, 72 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • South Hills Nursery Calne - Day nursery, Calne SN11 9BD, ages 2 to 4, 45 places
    Ofsted, 12 October 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Sunny Days Childrens Nursery - Day nursery, Calne SN11 9DF, ages 2 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 7 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tiny Bubbles @ Jesters - Day nursery, Calne SN11 9PL, ages 1 to 9, 46 places
    Ofsted report card, 30 June 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • YMCA Humpty Dumpty Nursery - Day nursery, Calne SN11 8YH, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 18 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • PH ActiveEd – Cherhill Primary - Out-of-school club, Calne SN11 8XX, 15 places
  • PH ActiveEd – Derry Hill Primary - Out-of-school club, Calne SN11 9NN
  • PH ActiveEd - Heddington Primary School - Out-of-school club, Calne SN11 0PJ
  • Sunny Days Pre School Fynamore - Out-of-school club, Calne SN11 9UG, 40 places
  • The Big Adventure Club Ltd Priestley School - Out-of-school club, Calne SN11 8TG, 16 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

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Schools in Calne

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.