Hopscotch Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bath for from 1 year up to school age, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. £9.50 an hour for 1 year, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in November 2022. Open since 2007, with 26 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Minimum 2 days a week.
| Age | Session | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year12m to 2y | – | £9.50Childcare: 1 year £10.00 | |
| 2 years2y to 3y | – | £9.00Childcare: 2 years £9.50 | |
| 3 - 5 years3y to 5y | – | £8.50Childcare: 3 - 5 years £9.00 | |
| All ages | £8.00Early Start: 7.30am - 8.00am | – |
Extras
Charged on top of the session rate.
- £1.00 Breakfast
- £1.50 Tea
- £3.00 Cooked Lunch
What a funded hour still costs
Funded hours cover the childcare. These are charged alongside them.
- £3.00 an hour Funded hour
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
11/22 funded hours a week, all year round.
Worth knowing. We therefore ask for a donation of £3 on all funded hours to cover these additional costs.
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 4SDWhat 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, 8 November 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy in this friendly nursery. They are eager to enter the nursery and are pleased to see the welcoming staff. They confidently approach visitors and involve them in their play. This demonstrates that children feel secure, safe and at home in the familiar surroundings. Children know the behaviour that is expected of them, and they behave well. They learn to speak respectfully to each other, take turns and be kind to their friends. Children know the expected routines as they remove their shoes and coats and hang up their bags. They confidently move around, choosing where and what they want to play with. Children have a positive attitude to their learning and excitedly engage in the wide variety of activities available to them.
Very young children thoroughly enjoy exploring glue and paint. They investigate as they drip glue onto paper and develop their small-muscle skills as they use glue spreaders to draw shapes on the paper. Outdoors, older children have fun running, jumping and learning to pedal on bicycles. Children's independence is encouraged.
For example, young children stand on small steps to reach the tap to wash their hands.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - develop how staff support children's communication and language skills further through consistently high-quality interactions alongside children's play n explore how to share messages with children about keeping themselves safe online.
- 8 November 2022Good
- 9 November 2016Good
- 18 February 2013Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Hopscotch Day Nursery
- 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 £9.50 an hour still the rate? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- How do you apply my funded hours? 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.
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