Spring Hollies
GoodBirth to 8+Open a few years
A day nursery in Taunton for children from birth to 8+, open 8am to 6pm. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in January 2025. Open since 2022, with 50 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
TA1 3AGWhat 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.
- 27 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 15 January 2025 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children interact positively with staff and go for spontaneous cuddles with them.
Staff focus well on supporting children's personal, social and emotional skills within the curriculum. They work closely with parents to help children settle in gradually so they feel comfortable in the setting. Children respond well to staff's expectations and learn how to be kind and helpful to their friends. They develop good independence skills and hand-eye coordination from a young age. For example, babies start to put the colourful building blocks on top of each other and then help to put them back into a box. Toddlers are keen to help staff set the lunch table, and show good control when pouring out drinks for their friends. Pre-school children happily take turns trying to carefully hook a monkey's tail onto a junglethemed frame in a table-top game.
Staff are keen to help children achieve through their play, and provide a broad curriculum to encourage children's learning. Overall, this helps staff to engage children in purposeful play and support them to make good progress. For example, babies develop their sensory interest in colour and texture and enjoy feeling soft, colourful scarves across their faces. They develop early problem-solving skills as they work out how to climb on and over the low, textured ramp. Toddlers become engrossed in pushing toy vehicles through paint and look at the marks they make.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- continue to monitor and embed the implementation of the curriculum to ensure that staff build on children's existing skills consistently well n make more use of play experiences in outdoor play areas, to consistently support the interests of those children who learn best outdoors in all areas of their learning n strengthen partnerships with all other provisions that children attend to provide a more continuous approach to support all children's next stages of development.
- 15 January 2025Good Safeguarding: Yes
- 11 April 2024Needs improvement
Rated Good or Outstanding at 1 of the last 2 graded inspections.
Still missing for Spring Hollies
- 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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