Buttercup Barn Day Nursery Ltd
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bath for children from birth to 8+, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2009, with 67 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 Bath and North East Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bath and North East 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
BA2 9JEWhat 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.
- 21 December 2022 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 13 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Babies and children eagerly arrive at the nursery. Staff welcome them warmly, helping children feel safe and secure. Children form close relationships with their key person and other staff working with them. Staff show kindness and offer patient reassurance to help new children settle. Children's move between rooms is equally sensitively supported. Parents comment that they like that their children now move on as a group, so are still with their friends.
There is a calm atmosphere across the nursery. Babies develop respect for others.
They learn to take turns and play cooperatively together. Staff plan interesting activities to help children learn about and understand emotions. This includes children with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND). Older children discuss how music makes them feel, and they use mirrors to explore making different facial expressions. Children's literacy skills develop well. Babies snuggle in to share a book with staff. Young children listen attentively as staff read them a story. Staff are thoughtful in the resourcing of the environment. Older boys are inspired at the creative table. They look up things to draw in books and develop their ideas very effectively, for example creating a 'stripey dinosaur' and planning their creation of a volcano. Children make good progress and develop positive attitudes to learning.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- adapt teaching and the support staff offer children in activities to extend children's development and skills as much as possible n extend the support for the observation and development of staff's teaching, to help all staff interact and support children's learning to a consistently high level.
- 13 October 2022Good
- 17 October 2016Good
- 2 May 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Buttercup Barn Day Nursery Ltd
- 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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