Pawlett Pre-School
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 5Open for decades
A pre-school in Bridgwater for from 2 years up to 5 year olds, open 09:00 to 15:00, 5 days a week. £6.00 an hour for 2 year olds, and they take the funded hours. Rated Good by Ofsted in February 2024. Open since 1992, with 24 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
If you are not in receipt of any funding or would like extra hours, our hourly rate for our 2 year olds is £6.00 and for our 3 year olds it is £5.50.
One published rate. What you pay depends on the days you need and the funded hours you can claim.
Funded hours
2 and 3 year old government funding, this will be either for 15 or 30 hours 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
TA6 4SHWhat 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, 26 February 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
The manager has implemented an ambitious curriculum, focusing on children's well-being, to underpin all their learning. Children soon settle and become independent, happy learners. They develop step by step until they become secure in their new skills and knowledge because staff plan effectively for their individual stages of development. For example, children persevere with practising their scissor skills. They then use them confidently when doing art and craft activities.
Children are heard to exclaim, 'Look what I did', proud of their achievements.
Following their last inspection, staff now plan more effectively to enable those who prefer outdoor learning to have experiences in all areas of development. For example, they help children to understand cause and effect, such as the wind making their hair blow around. Children see what happens as they mix colours and learn which items float or sink in water. Staff successfully help children to remember their learning and make links. For example, while counting pea pods, they discuss having peas at snack and ways of getting them out of the pod.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- help children to gain a greater understanding of identifying and managing risks for themselves n focus staff development on using children's free play to support their mathematical development further.
- 26 February 2024Good
- 10 April 2018Good
- 15 May 2017Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Pawlett Pre-School
- 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 £6.00 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.
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