Bobtails Full Day Care
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Plymouth for from 2 years up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £32.00 a day. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2024. Open since 2003, with 40 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
50 weeks a year.
| Age | Full day | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | £32.00Holiday Club £40.00Nursery | £5.00Breakfast Club, 1.2 hrs £18.00Holiday Club, 4 hrs £20.00Nursery, 3 hrs | £5.00After School Club |
What childcare usually costs in Plymouth
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Plymouth 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
PL4 7HWWhat 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, 25 June 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The curriculum is effective and ambitious for all children. Children are guided by staff to develop their independence skills from the moment they walk into the nursery. Staff cheerfully greet every child as they enter and hang up their coat and bag. At snack times, toddlers confidently use tongs to choose which fruit and vegetables they want to eat. Afterwards, older children put their lunch boxes away in the fridge and children of all ages clear away their lunch and put the crockery in the washing bowl. Children are secure and happy. They have strong relationships with staff. Staff listen to children and respect their opinions, giving them choices.
For example, during routine nappy changes, staff ask children who are occupied if they would like to come for a nappy change then or to wait until they have finished their activity.
Staff role model positive behaviours to support children to develop respectful relationships with others. Children are kind to each other and develop strong friendships. Pre-school-age children play with toddlers in a role-play game. They develop their imagination and social skills as staff support them to sell pretend ice creams to each other. Children develop mathematics skills as they use pretend money to buy the ice creams.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- extend opportunities to support children to understand and celebrate similarities and differences and to learn more about the different religions and cultures n develop staff interactions with children, to build children's vocabulary even more and support children's language and communication skills further.
- 25 June 2024Good
- 12 September 2018Good
- 15 January 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Bobtails Full Day Care
- Funded hours
- 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
Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date. The rest is in no dataset anywhere. Either way it is worth ten minutes on the phone.
- Is £32.00 a day still the rate? 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.
- Do you have a place for a child of my age now? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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