Childcare in Wells
Wells has 4 day nurseries, 3 pre-schools, 5 school nursery classes and 2 childminders. Ofsted has inspected 7 of them and rated 6 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.
5 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 Stepping Stones Preschool (Wells) Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Closed Stepping Stones Playgroup (Wells) Sessional day care
- Jun 2025Closed Activate Camps@Wells Cathedral School Sessional day care
What people ask about childcare in Wells
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Wells take funded hours?
6 of the 14 settings in Wells 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 Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.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 Wells take babies?
8 settings in Wells 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 Wells?
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 Wells
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.