Opening hours
Not specified
Karebears Childcare
Ofsted: Good
(Dec 2024)
Number of places
36 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Dec 2024
Local authority
Somerset
About this day nursery
Karebears Childcare, serving Taunton, TA3 5TA, adopts a holistic approach to early childhood education, aiming to foster self-awareness and understanding of the world in young children. The nursery and pre-school provides a warm, nurturing ‘home from home’ environment where children feel secure and happy to explore and learn.
Its programmes are continuously adapted to meet contemporary educational standards, offering supportive environments tailored to each age group from 4 months to Pre-School. Through cooperative play and creative activities, Karebears Childcare helps children achieve social, emotional, and physical milestones naturally, preparing them for future stages of their lives.
The dedicated team, led by owner and director Karen Davey, ensures a stimulating and engaging experience for all children.
Our ethos
At Karebears Childcare, our mission consists of providing a warm and nurturing environment where children feel safe. We create a home from home environment which enables the children to feel happy to explore and learn. Our unique Nursery and Pre-school offers various activities that are specifically designed for each age group. Through cooperative play and creative activities, kids reach their social, emotional and physical milestones naturally and with ease.
What it's like
Staff warmly greet children and parents, and share information to meet children's needs. Children quickly settle, eager to engage in activities. Staff are gentle and reassuring, making children feel emotionally secure and able to learn. The curriculum and environment motivate children to be active learners, with babies exploring edible sand and older children choosing to play indoors or outdoors. They develop physical skills and critical thinking, with staff guiding them to wrap parcels. Staff sequence learning effectively, ensuring children make good progress from babies using scoops to pre-schoolers managing tongs and pincers, preparing them well for school.
Holistic ApproachNurturing EnvironmentAge-Specific ProgrammesCooperative Play
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)
Pricing on request
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Request pricing →Key facts
Age range
4 months - pre-school
Term time / All Year
All Year
Food
Not specified
Staff
12
Waitlist
Not specified
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Karebears Childcare
Last inspected 11 December 2024 · Elaine Douglas
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
What it's like to attend
Staff warmly greet children and parents, and share information to meet children's needs. Children quickly settle, eager to engage in activities. Staff are gentle and reassuring, making children feel emotionally secure and able to learn. The curriculum and environment motivate children to be active learners, with babies exploring edible sand and older children choosing to play indoors or outdoors. They develop physical skills and critical thinking, with staff guiding them to wrap parcels. Staff sequence learning effectively, ensuring children make good progress from babies using scoops to pre-schoolers managing tongs and pincers, preparing them well for school.
Inspector highlights
- The new management team successfully leads the setting with a strong staff team.
- Leaders support staff in making meaningful observations, leading to appropriate planning for individual learning needs.
- Children of all ages enjoy stories and develop language and mathematical skills.
- Staff provide good support to help children become independent in self-care tasks.
- Children have good experiences to develop their awareness of safe and healthy practices.
Areas to develop
- 1focus staff development on giving babies enough time for babbling and building on ways to ask older children questions to enhance their thinking and language skills even further
- 2strengthen partnerships with other settings children attend to plan more consistently for all children's next stages of development.
Inspection #10368087 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents are incredibly positive about the setting, confirming how well their children are progressing.
Parents comment on the setting being a 'home from home' for their children.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff adapt activities so that all children benefit, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Leaders contact other settings children also attend if children have SEND, though this is not consistent for all children. Children with SEND exclaim, 'I did it!'
Outdoor space
Older children choose where they prefer to play indoors or outdoors, developing a positive attitude to learning, such as eagerly joining a music and movement session in the garden. Children of all ages enjoy stories, independently and with staff, indoors and outdoors.
Inspection history
Date: July 2013
- December 2024Good
- March 2019Good
- April 2018Good
- August 2017Good
- March 2015Good
- November 2014Inadequate
- November 2013Requires improvement
- July 2013Requires improvement
Frequently asked about Karebears Childcare
About the setting
Karebears Childcare registered in 2013 and operates in the village of Creech St Michael, near Taunton, Somerset. The nursery employs 12 members of childcare staff, including the owner. Of these, six hold early years qualifications at level 3 and two hold qualifications at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, for 51 weeks a year and provides government funded places.
- URN
- EY455304
- Registered person
- Davey, Karen
- Day care type
- Full day care
- Register
- Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
- Establishment type
- Childcare on non-domestic premises
- Previous rating
- Good
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