Full-day nursery in Elcombe, Swindon
Tick Tock Playgroup
Hall Close, Wroughton, SN4 9LD · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Requires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Leadership and managementRequires improvement
- 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 September 2018Reference 2496417Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record3 inspectionslatest 18 August 2025Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places60 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 7 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Inspection history (3)
Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Hall Close, Wroughton, SN4 9LD · More nurseries in SN4
Buses
12 bus stops within 400 m, including High Street, Infants School and White Hart.
Parks and playgrounds
- Willowbrook Gardens3 min walk
- Weir Field Play Area playground5 min walk
- Badgers Brook Play Area playground5 min walk
- Playground9 min walk
- Secret Garden Play Area playground9 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 Swindon there are about 4.2 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.
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Tick Tock Playgroup is a full-day nursery at Hall Close, Wroughton, SN4 9LD, in Elcombe, Swindon. It is registered for 60 children. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its inspection in August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tick Tock PlaygroupThis nursery | Requires improvement | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Wroughton Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 0.1 miles
- Wroughton Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected February 2025 0.5 miles
- Lift East Wichel Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Outstandinginspected December 2022 1.3 miles
- Kingfisher CE Academy Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected June 2026 1.6 miles
- The Croft Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected October 2024 1.7 miles
- The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form College Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Goodinspected April 2023 0.4 miles
- The Deanery CofE Academy Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: Inadequateinspected September 2023 1.7 miles
- The Commonweal School Secondaryages 11–19Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving)inspected June 2023 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 Tick Tock Playgroup's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Tick Tock Playgroup Requires improvement at its inspection on 18 August 2025, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Tick Tock Playgroup take?
Tick Tock Playgroup is registered with Ofsted for up to 60 children at any one time.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 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.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN 2496417 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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