What Ofsted grade does Puffins in the City have?

Puffins in the City has not had a graded Ofsted inspection yet. New nurseries are usually inspected within 30 months of registering.

How many children can Puffins in the City take?

Ofsted registers Puffins in the City for 54 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Exeter has 49.

How much does Puffins in the City cost?

Puffins in the City sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Puffins in the City offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Puffins in the City how it offers them.

Is Puffins in the City part of a nursery group?

Yes. Puffins in the City is one of 6 day nurseries in England run by Puffins of Exeter.

Puffins in the City

Day nursery in Exeter, EX1. Part of the Devon council area.

1 West Street, Exeter, EX1 1BB

Run by Puffins of Exeter

54 places

2025 registered with Ofsted

43 of 44 in our Exeter ranking

£122 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South West average

What Ofsted found

Not yet graded

Ofsted has registered this nursery but has not yet carried out a graded inspection.

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What a place could cost

Puffins in the City sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South West, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£145	£460
2 years old	£133	£422
3 to 4 years old	£122	£388

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Puffins in the City against Exeter

	Puffins in the City	Exeter average
Places	54	49
Ofsted outcome	Not yet graded	86% rated Good or better

Other nurseries close by

Puffins in the City is run by Puffins of Exeter, which has 6 nurseries in England and 1 rated Outstanding. See its nurseries in Exeter.

Questions parents ask about Puffins in the City

What Ofsted grade does Puffins in the City have?: Puffins in the City has not had a graded Ofsted inspection yet. New nurseries are usually inspected within 30 months of registering.
How many children can Puffins in the City take?: Ofsted registers Puffins in the City for 54 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Exeter has 49.
How much does Puffins in the City cost?: Puffins in the City sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Puffins in the City offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Puffins in the City how it offers them.
Is Puffins in the City part of a nursery group?: Yes. Puffins in the City is one of 6 day nurseries in England run by Puffins of Exeter.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.