Full-day nursery in Seend, Wiltshire
Seend Playgroup
The Irene Usher Memorial Hall, Rusty Lane, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6NS · 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.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Irene Usher Memorial Hall, Rusty Lane, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6NS · More nurseries in SN12
Buses
5 bus stops within 400 m, including The Lye, School and The Bell.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lye Field Playpark playground1 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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Seend Playgroup is a full-day nursery at The Irene Usher Memorial Hall, Rusty Lane, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6NS, in Seend, Wiltshire. It is registered for 24 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 1 review (November 2026).
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| Seend PlaygroupThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Seend Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected December 2022 0.2 miles
- Bowerhill Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 1.9 miles
- Melksham Oak Community School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected October 2022 1.8 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 Seend Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Seend Playgroup Good at its inspection on 21 June 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Seend Playgroup take?
Seend Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 24 children at any one time.
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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.
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- 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 146057 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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