Full-day nursery in Chippenham, Wiltshire
Little Pips Nursery
Lowden Avenue, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 1LH · 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
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since April 2006Reference EY332429Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 9 June 2023Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places62 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 30 April 2026Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Lowden Avenue, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 1LH · More nurseries in SN15
Stations
- Chippenham10 min walk · 0.4 miles
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Goldney Avenue, Post Office and Hardenhuish Avenue.
Parks and playgrounds
- The Brook6 min walk
- John Cole's Park7 min walk
- Millennium Park7 min walk
- Hardenhuish Park8 min walk
- Charter Park8 min walk
- Audley Road Play Area 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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Little Pips Nursery is a full-day nursery at Lowden Avenue, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 1LH, in Chippenham, Wiltshire. It is registered for 62 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.9 from 8 reviews (October 2026). It is run by Little Pips Nursery Limited.
Run by Little Pips Nursery Limited (company), which runs 2 nurseries.
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Ivy Lane Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.2 miles
- Redland Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.4 miles
- Frogwell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.7 miles
- St Peter's CofE Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected June 2025 0.8 miles
- Monkton Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.8 miles
- St Paul's Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected March 2025 0.8 miles
- Queen's Crescent School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.9 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Little Pips Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Little Pips Nursery Good at its inspection on 9 June 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Little Pips Nursery take?
Little Pips Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 62 children at any one time.
Who runs Little Pips Nursery?
Little Pips Nursery is run by Little Pips Nursery Limited, which runs 2 nurseries.
What is the nearest station to Little Pips Nursery?
Chippenham is the nearest station we know of, 0.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Little Pips Nursery?
You can call 01249 444371 and visit www.littlepipsnursery.co.uk.
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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
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY332429 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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