Childcare in Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet has 5 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 5 school nursery classes and 2 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 6 of them, and rated every one Good or better. 7 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Somerset there are 27 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Somerset, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 109 school nursery classes across Somerset, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
What people ask about childcare in Shepton Mallet
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Shepton Mallet take funded hours?
6 of the 13 settings in Shepton Mallet are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Shepton Mallet take babies?
6 settings in Shepton Mallet are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Shepton Mallet?
Somerset has 27 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
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