Rainbow Pre School Playgroup
Good★ 4.8 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Bridgwater for children from birth to 5, open 08:30 to 15:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. Open since 2004, with 24 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
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 4QXWhat 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, 20 March 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children come into the pre-school full of enthusiasm. Staff greet the children and their families with genuine warmth. At the start of a session, children join in with singing a welcoming song, which helps them develop a strong sense of self as a valued member of the group. This means children feel safe and emotionally secure.
The pre-school offers a broad curriculum, and children excitedly engage with the prepared activities or choose from other available resources. They enjoy playing with vehicles on the large mat and use their imaginations as they fly aeroplanes around. They competently fill containers at the water table, using different techniques. For example, they learn how to fill squeezy toys with water and then squirt the water into small jugs. Children carefully pour out paint into small containers and use brushes or spatulas to cover pre-cut leaves for a wall display.
They proudly write their names on their work. When children mix colours to make brown, staff extend learning by asking them to point out anything brown. Children look outside and say 'the trees!'
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- encourage staff to be more flexible in the intent of some adult-planned activities so that they do not miss any spontaneous opportunities for children to explore the activity in different ways.
- 20 March 2023Good
- 19 May 2017Good
- 4 March 2015Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Rainbow Pre School Playgroup
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- 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
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? 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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