Sessional pre-school in Blagrove, Swindon
Alpha Pre School
Freshbrook Community Centre, Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8NU · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Freshbrook Community Centre, Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8NU · More nurseries in SN5
Buses
15 bus stops within 400 m, including Symonds, Desborough and Chalgrove Field.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Fort Park1 min walk
- Bloomsbury Park7 min walk
- Toothill Park7 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground2 min walk
- Playground7 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Swindon there are about 4.2 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Alpha Pre School is a sessional pre-school at Freshbrook Community Centre, Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8NU, in Blagrove, Swindon. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (October 2026).
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| Alpha Pre SchoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Millbrook Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected November 2024 0.2 miles
- Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.6 miles
- Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Lift Hazelwood Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Tregoze Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.9 miles
- Westlea Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected June 2023 1.1 miles
- Shaw Ridge Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected March 2022 1.1 miles
- Kingfisher CE Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.2 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
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What is Alpha Pre School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Alpha Pre School Good at its inspection on 23 September 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Alpha Pre School take?
Alpha Pre School is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
How do I contact Alpha Pre School?
You can call 07468 436852 and visit www.alphapreschool.btck.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 30 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 30 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY408710 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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