Full-day nursery in Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads, Wiltshire
Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup
ST PETERS CHURCH HALL LORDSMEAD, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 0LL · 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
ST PETERS CHURCH HALL LORDSMEAD, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 0LL · More nurseries in SN14
Buses
11 bus stops within 400 m, including St Peter's School, Pipsmore Road and Saxon Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Little Battens Park4 min walk
- Gascelyn Park7 min walk
- Hardenhuish Park11 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Little Battens Play Area playground5 min walk
- Gascelyn Park Play Area playground8 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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Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup is a full-day nursery at ST PETERS CHURCH HALL LORDSMEAD, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 0LL, in Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads, Wiltshire. It is registered for 32 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 9 reviews (November 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lordsmead Pre-School PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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| RISE Pre-School @ The OaksSessional pre-school | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | 1.1 miles |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- 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 under 0.1 miles
- Frogwell Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected June 2024 0.2 miles
- Redland Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.4 miles
- Queen's Crescent School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2023 0.5 miles
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.8 miles
- Ivy Lane Primary School Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected March 2026 0.9 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 1.2 miles
- Monkton Park Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 1.5 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 Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup Good at its inspection on 7 October 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup take?
Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 32 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup?
Chippenham is the nearest station we know of, 1.1 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Lordsmead Pre-School Playgroup?
You can call 01249 464222 and visit lordsmeadpreschool.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 5 November 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 5 November 2026 · Ofsted URN 199368 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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