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Nurseries in Frome

There are 16 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Frome, and 7 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Frome

  • Ofsted report cards: 2 settings (6 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 9 settings (1 Outstanding, 8 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Stars Childcare - Day nursery, Frome BA11 4JW, ages 0 to 4, 86 places
    Ofsted report card, 20 May 2026: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Cuddles & Care Children's Day Nursery Frome - Day nursery, Frome BA11 3EP, ages 2 to 4, 26 places
    Ofsted, 2 September 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • IG Sports Coaching Limited - Hayesdown - Pre-school, Frome BA11 2BN
  • Little Crickets Springmead - Day nursery, Frome BA11 6TA, 8 places
  • Little Discoveries : Frome - Day nursery, Frome BA11 2HQ, ages 2 to 4, 18 places
    Ofsted, 26 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Little Discoveries : Nunney - Day nursery, Frome BA11 4NE, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 21 March 2024: Outstanding overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Mells Nursery - Pre-school, Frome BA11 3QE, ages 2 to 4, 22 places
    Ofsted report card, 29 January 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Opportunity Group Frome & District - Day nursery, Frome BA11 2BN, ages 2 to 4, 24 places
    Ofsted, 6 October 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Premier Education - Selwood - Day nursery, Frome BA11 2EF
  • Rainbow Nursery - Day nursery, Frome BA11 1QR, ages 0 to 4, 44 places
    Ofsted, 10 March 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Stagecoach Frome - Pre-school, Frome BA11 2EF
  • Sunflower Montessori Nursery - Day nursery, Frome BA11 1DS, ages 0 to 4, 36 places
    Ofsted, 18 January 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Tall Trees Kindergarten - Day nursery, Frome BA11 2NF, ages 0 to 4, 126 places
    Ofsted, 8 July 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • The Garden Nursery Frome - Pre-school, Frome BA11 2LN, 48 places
  • The Pepperbox Nursery - Day nursery, Frome BA11 2EQ, ages 1 to 4, 48 places
    Ofsted, 28 February 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Whatcombe Farm Nursery - Day nursery, Frome BA11 3NL, ages 2 to 5, 20 places
    Ofsted, 5 August 2021: Good overall; safeguarding is effective

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • IG Sports Coaching Limited - Mells - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 3QE
  • IG Sports Coaching Limited - Rode - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 6NZ
  • IG Sports Coaching Limited - St Louis - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 3AP
  • IG Sports Coaching - Trinity First School - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 4LB
  • IG Sports Limited - Berkley - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 5JH
  • PH ActiveEd - Selwood Academy (Frome) - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 2EF
  • Vallis Out Of School Club - Out-of-school club, Frome BA11 3DB, 20 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Frome

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.