Little Willows Day Nursery
Ofsted report card Mar 2026Takes funded hours★ 4.6 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Bath for babies from 3 months up to school age, open 8am to 6pm. £86.50 a day for 2-5 Years, and they take the funded hours. Inspected under Ofsted's new report card in March 2026. Open since 2010, with 66 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Full Day (8am-6pm) · £86.50 ·
One published rate, dated 2026/2027. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
Little Willows accepts government grant funding. Little Willows is pleased to announce they are offering the Working Parents funding!
Worth knowing. Enhanced provision charges apply for Early Years Entitlement (EYE) funding: e.g. Bath 2-5 years Full Day 10 Hrs Funding + £26.00; Corsham 2-5 years Full Day 10hrs funding + £16.70.
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 6QHWhat Ofsted found, area by area
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard in each of seven areas rather than one overall grade. Expected standard means it is doing what it should.
What 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.
- 25 March 2026Report card seven areas graded separately Safeguarding: Met
- 30 April 2025Needs improvement Safeguarding: Yes
- 9 February 2023Good
- 27 March 2018Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Little Willows 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Some of this is above, from the setting or from parents, and it can go out of date.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 £86.50 a day 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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