Childcare in Taunton
Taunton has 28 day nurseries, 7 pre-schools, 21 school nursery classes, 10 childminders and 9 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 39 of them and rated 36 Good or better, 4 of them Outstanding. 36 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.
28 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Opened Activate Camps @ Queen's College Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2026Opened Norgate, Victoria Louise
- Jun 2026Opened Moore, Rebecca Sarah
- Dec 2025Closed Little Wildlings Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Closed Tiny Feet Preschool Sessional day care
- Dec 2025Closed St Peter's Nursery Full day care
- Dec 2025Opened Little Wildlings Nursery Limited Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Primary Forest School Taunton Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Opened Player Ready Taunton Out-of-school day care
What people ask about childcare in Taunton
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Taunton take funded hours?
28 of the 75 settings in Taunton 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Are any nurseries in Taunton rated Outstanding?
Yes. 4 of the 39 settings Ofsted has inspected in Taunton hold an Outstanding grade.
Which nurseries in Taunton take babies?
50 settings in Taunton 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 Taunton?
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.
Towns close to Taunton
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.