Sessional pre-school in Bishopdown, Wiltshire
Ladybirds Pre-school
Ladybirds Pre School, St. Francis Church Hall, Beatrice Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3PN · 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
Ladybirds Pre School, St. Francis Church Hall, Beatrice Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3PN · More nurseries in SP1
Stations
- Salisbury24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Buses
16 bus stops within 400 m, including St Francis Church, Radnor Road and St Francis Road Bottom.
Parks and playgrounds
- Victoria Park2 min walk
- Castle Hill Country Park9 min walk
- Playground4 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 Wiltshire there are about 2.6 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.
What parents say
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Ladybirds Pre-school is a sessional pre-school at Ladybirds Pre School, St. Francis Church Hall, Beatrice Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3PN, in Bishopdown, Wiltshire. It is registered for 38 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2021, 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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| Ladybirds Pre-schoolThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Exeter House Special School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 0.3 miles
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.3 miles
- Wyndham Park Infants' School Primaryages 5–7Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected February 2025 0.3 miles
- Leehurst Swan School ages 4–16 0.5 miles
- Sarum St Paul's CofE (VA) Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Goodinspected December 2024 0.7 miles
- Greentrees Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Salisbury, Manor Fields Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
- Pembroke Park Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected December 2023 0.9 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 Ladybirds Pre-school's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Ladybirds Pre-school Good at its inspection on 22 September 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Ladybirds Pre-school take?
Ladybirds Pre-school is registered with Ofsted for up to 38 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Ladybirds Pre-school?
Salisbury is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Ladybirds Pre-school?
You can call 01722 502234 and visit www.ladybirdspreschool.com.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 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 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN 145917 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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