Blagdon Under Fives Pre-School
GoodBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bristol for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in September 2024. Open since 2004, with 20 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in North Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Somerset from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
BS40 7RWWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
Ofsted inspector, 17 September 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Staff are friendly and caring. They warmly welcome children and their families, helping children to settle quickly. Children are keen and eager to start their day.
They know the routines well and confidently wave goodbye to their parents and carers and go and play. Children form strong attachments to staff and good friendships with their peers. The provider creates a calm and relaxed environment, which helps children to feel safe and secure. As a result, children are very settled and confidently explore the pre-school. Children eagerly choose where they want to play and seek out their friends to play with. For instance, children enjoy using the blocks to build and create roads and ramps for the toy cars.
The provider plans a curriculum with a focus on helping children become confident and independent in preparation for their next stage in learning. Staff encourage children to manage their own personal hygiene, and children enjoy serving their own snack as they sit together to eat. They confidently pour their own drinks and spread the jam on their toast. Staff support children's language development well.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- support children to understand the potential consequences of their actions to help them learn to manage their own feelings and behaviour n develop the curriculum to offer more challenge to extend children's learning even further.
- 17 September 2024Good
- 21 November 2018Good
- 14 January 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Blagdon Under Fives Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
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