Tall Trees Kindergarten
Good★ 4.4 on GoogleBirth to 8+Open for decades
A day nursery in Frome for children from birth to 8+, open 08:00 to 17:30, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in July 2024. Open since 2006, with 126 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
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 2NFWhat 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, 8 July 2024 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are happy and content at this friendly, welcoming nursery. Staff are very caring and help children to feel secure. Leaders and staff are committed and have high expectations for children. They provide a well-organised curriculum and staff give a clear focus to helping children gain a secure foundation for learning and become confident and ready for school. This helps all children to make good progress from their starting points.
Toddlers develop their fine motor skills very well. For example, they become absorbed trying to thread dried spaghetti through the holes in a colander. They have fun exploring colour and texture when painting with brushes and shape cutters. Babies watch with fascination at the bubbles floating around them. They smile and reach out to try and catch them. Pre-school children develop very good listening skills. They are confident to ask questions, such as when learning about the different pets their friends have. They carefully draw circles and lines in the mud outdoors to make a smiley face and say, 'It has two eyes and seven smiles'.
Children show kindness to others and share well. They use good manners and ask their friends politely to pass the water jug to them at mealtimes. Staff praise children often for their efforts and help them gain a good sense of self-esteem and emotional well-being.
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- strengthen the monitoring of staff practice, with particular regard to the deployment of staff working with the babies, to ensure children's next steps of development are supported consistently well n make more use of resources to support and extend all children's spontaneous ideas and learning even further.
- 8 July 2024Good
- 19 July 2019Good
- 26 May 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Tall Trees Kindergarten
- 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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