Jabberwocky Childrens Nursery Ltd
GoodTakes funded hours★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Street for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in June 2023. Open since 2016, with 100 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
All 3 and 4-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours per week, which we stretch to 11.18 hours weekly across the year at our all-year-round nursery. Working parents of children aged 9 months to 5 years can access 30 hours, stretched to 22.36 hours per week.
Worth knowing. To qualify for 30 hours, parents must work 16 hours or more per week.
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
BA16 0HDWhat 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, 13 June 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children flourish in this nurturing and stimulating environment. Every child is warmly greeted on arrival by the kind and friendly staff team. This helps children to feel secure and valued from the start of every day.
Children benefit from a thoughtfully planned curriculum, which places high priority on maximising children's learning through their play. They independently explore the well-prepared environments, and staff extend learning with thoughtful interactions. This supports children of all ages to actively engage in the activities.
Children approach routines and opportunities enthusiastically and concentrate for extended periods. Babies focus attentively as they explore a wide range of natural resources. Older children work together to decide where to place their bird feeders and how to attach them to the chosen tree. All children make good progress in their learning and are well prepared for their next stages of development.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to strengthen staff's interactions to further engage and challenge children's learning n extend information-sharing with parents about what children are being taught and their next steps for learning.
- 13 June 2023Good
- 27 October 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Jabberwocky Childrens Nursery Ltd
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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