Full-day nursery in The Square, Wiltshire
South Hills Nursery Calne
Marden Vale C Of E Academy, William Street, Calne, SN11 9BD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- 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
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Marden Vale C Of E Academy, William Street, Calne, SN11 9BD · More nurseries in SN11
Buses
17 bus stops within 400 m, including Luckett Way, Guthrie Close and Swaddon Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Bremhill View Park10 min walk
- North End Play Area12 min walk
- Stokes Croft Play Area playground5 min walk
- King Edward Play Park playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Defroscia Close Play Area playground5 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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South Hills Nursery Calne is a full-day nursery at Marden Vale C Of E Academy, William Street, Calne, SN11 9BD, in The Square, Wiltshire. It is registered for 45 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 4.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026). It is run by South Hills School Limited.
Run by South Hills School Limited (school), which runs 11 nurseries.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Marden Vale CofE Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected September 2023 under 0.1 miles
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvementinspected January 2025 0.1 miles
- St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep ages 2–19has a nursery class 0.5 miles
- Fynamore Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected November 2023 0.6 miles
- Priestley Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected July 2024 0.6 miles
- The Springfields Academy ages 4–19Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 2026 0.7 miles
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 1.1 miles
- Kingsbury Green Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Report cardinspected April 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 South Hills Nursery Calne's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated South Hills Nursery Calne Good at its inspection on 12 October 2021, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can South Hills Nursery Calne take?
South Hills Nursery Calne is registered with Ofsted for up to 45 children at any one time.
Who runs South Hills Nursery Calne?
South Hills Nursery Calne is run by South Hills School Limited, which runs 11 nurseries.
How do I contact South Hills Nursery Calne?
You can call 01249 816987 and visit www.southhillsnurseries.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
- 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 2531854 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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