What Ofsted grade does Yew Trees have?

Yew Trees was rated Good at its inspection on 17 August 2021, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.

How many children can Yew Trees take?

Ofsted registers Yew Trees for 100 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Somerset has 43.

How much does Yew Trees cost?

Yew Trees sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Yew Trees offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Yew Trees how it offers them.

When was Yew Trees last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Yew Trees on 17 August 2021. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Is Yew Trees part of a nursery group?

Yes. Yew Trees is one of 6 day nurseries in England run by Bridgwater Young Men's Christian Association.

Yew Trees

Day nursery in Somerset.

Yew Tree Nursery, Yew Tree Farm, Tarnock, Axbridge, BS26 2SA

100 places

2018 registered with Ofsted

118 of 144 in our Somerset ranking

£122 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, South West average

What Ofsted found

Good Inspected 17 August 2021

Ofsted grades for Yew Trees, inspection of 17 August 2021
Judgement	Grade
Overall effectiveness	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good

The second of the four grades: a good standard of care and learning. Ofsted now gives report cards instead, so this grade stays until the next inspection.

Read the full Ofsted report Open in maps

What a place could cost

Yew Trees sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in South West, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£145	£460
2 years old	£133	£422
3 to 4 years old	£122	£388

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Yew Trees against Somerset

	Yew Trees	Somerset average
Places	100	43
Ofsted outcome	Good	85% rated Good or better

Other nurseries close by

Yew Trees is run by Bridgwater Young Men's Christian Association, which has 6 nurseries in England and 0 rated Outstanding.

Questions parents ask about Yew Trees

What Ofsted grade does Yew Trees have?: Yew Trees was rated Good at its inspection on 17 August 2021, under the grading Ofsted used before report cards.
How many children can Yew Trees take?: Ofsted registers Yew Trees for 100 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Somerset has 43.
How much does Yew Trees cost?: Yew Trees sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in South West charges £181 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Yew Trees offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Yew Trees how it offers them.
When was Yew Trees last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Yew Trees on 17 August 2021. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Is Yew Trees part of a nursery group?: Yes. Yew Trees is one of 6 day nurseries in England run by Bridgwater Young Men's Christian Association.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.