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Nurseries in Melksham

There are 11 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Melksham, and 4 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Melksham

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (2 Strong standard, 10 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 8 settings (1 Outstanding, 7 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • ABC Day Nursery (Melksham) Ltd - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 6SS, ages 0 to 4, 59 places
    Ofsted, 8 August 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Achievio - Pre-school, Melksham SN12 6LH
  • Bowerhill Pre-School - Pre-school, Melksham SN12 6YH, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 28 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Bumpers Nursery at Canberra, Melksham - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 7NY, ages 0 to 4, 53 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Daisychain Day Nursery - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 8RB, ages 0 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 25 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Robins Nursery - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 7BT, ages 0 to 4, 37 places
    Ofsted, 18 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Neston Farm Nursery - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 8HP, ages 0 to 10, 80 places
    Ofsted, 10 August 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Queensway Chapel Nursery - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 7LQ, ages 2 to 7, 48 places
    Ofsted, 26 July 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Seend Playgroup - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 6NS, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 June 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Shaw and Whitley Pre School - Pre-school, Melksham SN12 8EP, ages 2 to 4, 32 places
    Ofsted, 5 February 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Snapdragons Nursery Atworth - Day nursery, Melksham SN12 8JW, ages 1 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted report card, 26 February 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • PH ActiveEd - Shaw Primary School - Out-of-school club, Melksham SN12 8EQ, 20 places
  • PH ActiveEd - The Manor Primary School - Out-of-school club, Melksham SN12 7NG
  • PH Camps - Stonar School - Out-of-school club, Melksham SN12 8NT, 20 places
  • The Lookout Club - Out-of-school club, Melksham SN12 8HY, 24 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)

Council area

Schools in Melksham

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