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Nurseries in Warminster

There are 12 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Warminster, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Warminster

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (6 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (3 Outstanding, 6 Good)

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

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Barley Burrow - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 9JY, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 16 January 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Barney Lodge Nursery School - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 0AN, ages 0 to 4, 66 places
    Ofsted, 17 September 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Brambles Warminster - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 0FG, 68 places
  • Codford Caterpillars Pre School - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 0PN, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 9 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Heytesbury Hedgehogs Pre School - Pre-school, Warminster BA12 0EA, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 9 February 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Leaping Frogs Day Nursery CIC - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 6LJ, ages 0 to 11, 75 places
    Ofsted, 3 July 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Cuckoos Preschool - Pre-school, Warminster BA12 7QH, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 24 February 2023: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mere Pre-School & Nursery - Pre-school, Warminster BA12 6EW, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 10 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Avenue Children's Centre - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 9AA, ages 0 to 3, 32 places
    Ofsted, 17 January 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Learning Meadow - Pre-school, Warminster BA12 7DU, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 9 May 2022: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tops Warminster - Day nursery, Warminster BA12 9EZ, ages 0 to 8, 48 places
    Ofsted report card, 5 August 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Warminster Bright Beginnings - Pre-school, Warminster BA12 0BY, ages 0 to 4, 52 places
    Ofsted report card, 11 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • PH ActiveEd – Horningsham Primary School - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 7LW, 14 places
  • PH ActiveEd – Mere School - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 6EW, 24 places
  • PH ActiveEd - New Close Primary School - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 9JJ, 20 places
  • PH Camps - Princecroft Primary School - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 8NT, 37 places
  • The Acorns Afterschool Club At Princecroft School - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 8NT, 35 places
  • Wylye Coyotes Afterschool Club - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 0PN, 32 places
  • Zeals Afterschools Club - Out-of-school club, Warminster BA12 6LJ, 20 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 Warminster

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