Full-day nursery in Bishopdown, Wiltshire
St. Marks Pre-School
Somerset Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3BL · 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
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Somerset Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3BL · More nurseries in SP1
Buses
13 bus stops within 400 m, including St Mark's School, Somerset Road and Thistlebarrow Road.
Parks and playgrounds
- Castle Hill Country Park7 min walk
- Victoria Park8 min walk
- Wyndham Park12 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 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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St. Marks Pre-School is a full-day nursery at Somerset Road, SALISBURY, SP1 3BL, in Bishopdown, Wiltshire. It is registered for 40 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in March 2022, 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Marks 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
- St Mark's CofE Junior School, Salisbury Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 under 0.1 miles
- Exeter House Special School ages 2–19has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected June 2023 under 0.1 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 under 0.1 miles
- Leehurst Swan School ages 4–16 0.3 miles
- Greentrees Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected April 2025 0.6 miles
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Laverstock Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.8 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 0.8 miles
- Chafyn-Godolphin ages 0–19has a nursery class 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 St. Marks Pre-School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St. Marks Pre-School Good at its inspection on 10 March 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can St. Marks Pre-School take?
St. Marks Pre-School is registered with Ofsted for up to 40 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to St. Marks Pre-School?
Salisbury is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact St. Marks Pre-School?
You can call 01722 330382 and visit www.stmarks-preschool.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 EY457663 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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