Full-day nursery in Southmead, Bristol
Southmead Saplings
Somerset house, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol, BS10 5NB · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Somerset house, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol, BS10 5NB · More nurseries in BS10
Buses
6 bus stops within 400 m, including Dorian Way and Southmead Hospital.
Parks and playgrounds
- Lime Tree Neighbourhood Park6 min walk
- Horfield Common8 min walk
- Monks Park10 min walk
- Trym Valley12 min walk
- Maskelyne Avenue Play Area playground6 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Bristol there are about 3.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Southmead Saplings is a full-day nursery at Somerset house, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol, BS10 5NB, in Southmead, Bristol. It is registered for 91 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (October 2026).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southmead SaplingsThis nursery | Good | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Horfield Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Requires improvementinspected April 2024 0.2 miles
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected June 2024 0.4 miles
- Upper Horfield Primary School Primaryages 2–11has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.7 miles
- Fonthill Primary Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.7 miles
- Filton Avenue Nursery School Nurseryages 2–4has a nursery classOfsted: Standards maintainedinspected April 2025 0.7 miles
- Filton Avenue Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2022 0.7 miles
- E-ACT Badock's Wood Academy Primaryages 3–11has a nursery classOfsted: Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 miles
- Ashley Down Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected December 2024 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Southmead Saplings's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Southmead Saplings Good at its inspection on 16 February 2023, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Southmead Saplings take?
Southmead Saplings is registered with Ofsted for up to 91 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Southmead Saplings?
Ashley Down is the nearest station we know of, 1.3 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Southmead Saplings?
You can call 0117 414 2540.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 31 October 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Last checked 31 October 2026 · Ofsted URN EY248911 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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