What Ofsted found
Requires improvement Inspected 18 August 2025
| Judgement | Grade |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Requires improvement |
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
The third of the four grades: not yet good, and the nursery had to improve. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.
What a place could cost
Tick Tock Playgroup 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.
Tick Tock Playgroup against Swindon
| Tick Tock Playgroup | Swindon average | |
|---|---|---|
| Places | 60 | 70 |
| Ofsted outcome | Requires improvement | 85% rated Good or better |
Other nurseries close by
Questions parents ask about Tick Tock Playgroup
- What Ofsted grade does Tick Tock Playgroup have?
- Tick Tock Playgroup was rated Requires improvement at its inspection on 18 August 2025, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
- How many children can Tick Tock Playgroup take?
- Ofsted registers Tick Tock Playgroup for 60 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Swindon has 70.
- How much does Tick Tock Playgroup cost?
- Tick Tock Playgroup 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 Tick Tock Playgroup 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 Tick Tock Playgroup how it offers them.
- When was Tick Tock Playgroup last inspected?
- Ofsted last inspected Tick Tock Playgroup on 18 August 2025. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
- Which nurseries are near Tick Tock Playgroup?
- Nearby in SN4: Longleaze Pre-School and Nursery, Learning Curve Day Nursery, Poplars Day Care Nursery.
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.