Opportunity Group Frome & District
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Frome for from 2 years up to school age, open 09:00 to 15:15, 5 days a week. £5.00 an hour for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2009, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
| Age | Hourly | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 year olds2y to 3y | £5.00for 2 year olds | |
| 3 & 4 year olds3y to 4y | £4.85for 3 & 4 year olds |
Where this came from
The outlined line is the one the price was taken from.
Funded hours
All children are entitled to up to 15 free hours per week from the term beginning after their 3rd birthday - this is called Early Years Entitlement or EYE. Some 2 year old children are entitled to 2 year funding from the term after their 2nd birthday.
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
BA11 2BNWhat 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, 6 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children arrive happy and settle quickly into the routine of the day. They show a strong sense of belonging and engage well with the warm and caring staff.
Children benefit greatly from a broad curriculum, planned around their developmental needs and emerging skills. Children excitedly take part in mini athletics. They run and jump and develop good hand-to-eye coordination as they throw balls to knock cones over. This develops children's confidence and selfesteem effectively.
Staff have high expectations of the children's learning and support them to make good progress in all areas. Whether they are jumping in puddles outside or playing
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- provide more opportunities for children to count and learn about volume and capacity n support staff to develop further strategies to engage older children more consistently in large group activities.
- 6 October 2022Good
- 18 May 2022Inadequate
- 7 February 2017Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Opportunity Group Frome & District
- 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.
- Is £5.00 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.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
This one is first. Tick it and one or two others to see them side by side.