The Learning Tree Day Nursery
GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+Long established
A day nursery in Bath for babies from 6 months up to school age, open 08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They take the funded hours. They do not publish prices, so ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in October 2022. Open since 2013, with 37 places.
What it costs
Prices change without notice. Treat these as what to ask about, not a quote.
Funded hours
We accept funding for children from 9 months until 4 years.
What childcare usually costs in Bath and North East Somerset
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in Bath and North East 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
BA2 8EQWhat 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.
- 4 March 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 7 October 2022 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are enthusiastically welcomed into the setting. Children are happy and show high levels of confidence as they enter the nursery, ready to explore their surroundings. Children excitedly explore indoors and outdoors freely with a range of activities to spark their interest. For example, in the garden, staff provide wooden blocks alongside real hammers and nails. Children have a strong can-do attitude, attempting to get the nail in the wood. This shows children feel safe and secure in their environment, with a sense of belonging and engagement.
The staff provide a well-founded key-person approach promoting children's emotional well-being. Staff are highly responsive to children's needs. Expectations of behaviour are consistent and fair. Children show high levels of confidence in social situations. For example, children wait patiently for their turn on a see-saw outside. Children access a large sand timer independently, using it as a shared visual guide.
Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive an exceptional amount of support from all staff. Staff share resources for parents to use in the home, for example, a bag of sensory items. Staff support children with
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should:
- develop adult-focused activities more precisely to engage quieter children in meaningful play and opportunities at all times.
- 7 October 2022Good
- 24 January 2017Good
- 26 March 2014Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 3 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for The Learning Tree Day Nursery
- What it costs
- 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.
- What does it cost, all in? 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
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