Chuggers Day Nursery and Preschool
Good★ 4.1 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Taunton for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in May 2024. Open since 2013, with 71 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 Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in 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
TA1 3DLWhat 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, 28 May 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children benefit from a welcoming and exciting environment in which they explore freely in safe and secure play areas. Babies investigate many sensory materials, enjoy books and develop their physical skills, such as climbing and balancing on soft blocks. Toddlers and pre-school children move freely between the indoor and outdoor play areas. This helps to support the more active children to learn in their preferred environment. Children behave well and develop positive attitudes. They share, take turns, listen and follow instruction. Staff are good role models who help children to manage their feelings and emotions.
Staff deliver a broad curriculum that is designed to support all children's development, including children with special educational needs and/or disabilities
(SEND). This successfully prepares children for their next steps for learning and transition through the nursery and to school. Staff provide topical activities for children to learn more about the world. For example, children look for signs of spring to explore environmental changes and find out facts about creatures, such as worms. Children enjoy creating and using their imagination. They become absorbed in mixing resources to create 'citrus tea', fill spray bottles with water to make marks and play with animals in a slimy seed mixture. Staff respond well to children's spontaneous interests, such as organising bubble play when babies see bubbles floating up from the garden below. This helps to maintain children's curiosity and enjoyment.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop staff's interactions to strengthen older children's mathematical skills even further n improve staff's practice to support children in managing all aspects of their personal hygiene well.
- 28 May 2024Good
- 28 June 2023Needs improvement
- 30 August 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Chuggers Day Nursery and Preschool
- 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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