Kids Planet Oldfield Road

A Georgian building and a garden with a yurt art studio give Kids Planet Oldfield Road a recognisable character. Inside, creative play includes storytelling, music and art; outside, a treehouse and outdoor classroom extend the places children can explore. This Bath nursery combines an unusually varied physical setting with regular outings into the surrounding community.

It has capacity for 50 children, with a current age range of three months to five years. At its December 2024 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that staff identified learning needs and worked with families and external professionals to support children's progress. Later regulatory findings about supervision and allergy procedures are material to the choice, however, and deserve attention alongside that grade.

Rooms and Ages

The baby room emphasises sensory exploration and close attachments, giving the youngest children a day centred on relationships as well as discovery. Across the indoor spaces, role play sits alongside creative activities, so children have different ways to express ideas rather than one prescribed activity.

The Grade II listed Georgian building is part of the nursery's appeal, but the garden gives it much of its practical character. A mud kitchen provides space for messy play, while the yurt art studio gives creative work its own outdoor setting. The treehouse and outdoor classroom add further places for exploration. For a child who enjoys moving between different kinds of play, these are useful differences within one setting.

Learning and Activities

The early years foundation stage brings together children's learning, development and care: play and everyday routines both contribute to the nursery day. Here, practical independence was visible in December 2024 through babies learning to recognise and put on their boots, toddlers washing their hands before eating and older children managing their coats before garden time. School preparation meant practising everyday tasks as well as taking part in activities.

Communication also featured in December 2024. Babies used Makaton, signing alongside spoken language, including a sign to request more food at snack time. Songs and rhymes accompanied routine tasks, while older children answered questions about their play that encouraged them to connect ideas. These examples show how language work can fit into ordinary moments rather than depend on a separate lesson.

Outdoor and Community Life

Regular outings include Bath's parks, shops and attractions, bringing the surrounding community into children's experience. Animal care adds another practical element: children take part in looking after living things, with responsibility and respect forming part of the activity.

In December 2024, community experiences also included visiting an elderly care home, travelling by train and exploring local parks. Staff introduced dances and recipes from different cultures, drawing on their training and personal traditions. Together, those experiences widened the subjects children encountered beyond the nursery's rooms and garden.

Relationships and Communication

Famly is the group-wide parent app used here for updates about children's days. That offers a connection between home and nursery, but digital information and conversation serve different purposes. In December 2024, parents valued daily activity videos, yet opportunities to talk with staff were inconsistent. The improvement priority was to give every family a clearer understanding of their child's learning and how to support it at home.

That distinction matters. Seeing an activity helps a parent understand what happened; discussing it can explain what their child is learning. For families who value detailed conversations, the consistency of these exchanges matters alongside the baby room's emphasis on close attachments.

Inclusion and Wellbeing

In December 2024, staff used their knowledge of individual children to plan activities around their needs. Emotional support included talking about feelings and offering a quiet area for children who needed a calmer space. Handwashing before meals was also used to explain everyday health routines in language children could understand.

Later events require a separate reading. In its December 2025 regulatory outcome, Ofsted recorded that a child had received food they were allergic to and a child had been left unsupervised in the secure garden, with changes to dietary checks and outdoor transitions following those failures. The dietary changes included additional management checks and a red stand carrying each child's photograph and allergy information.

Supervision had also required corrective action in June 2025, when new procedures addressed accounting for children returning indoors and maintaining supervision. Although action was taken after both events, the repetition makes the way staff manage movement between rooms and outdoor spaces a significant consideration for families.

Sessions and Attendance

The address is 34 Oldfield Road, Bath, BA2 3ND. Opening hours are 7.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, across 51 weeks of the year. The opening window is longer than the standard booked day, an important distinction when planning work and collection times.

Full Day and Full Time bookings run from 8am to 6pm. Early Bird is a separate 7.30am to 8am period, and ad hoc hourly care is also offered. These patterns provide regular day bookings and additional hourly care; the standard day covers only part of the opening window.

Funding and Paid Extras

Funded childcare and privately paid hours are offered. For private care, meals and snacks are included, together with formula, nappies, sun cream and wipes. This reduces the everyday supplies parents need to pack.

Days using early years funding have separate charges for meals, consumables and activities. The charge band depends on the funded hours applied that day, so the structure of a mixed funded and private booking matters as much as the attendance pattern. Current prices come in the nursery's written quotation.

• Repeated supervision failures. Corrective procedures followed events in June and December 2025. During a tour, ask staff to explain how children are counted and supervised when moving between the garden and indoor rooms.
• Food allergies. The December 2025 outcome followed a child receiving food they were allergic to. Allergy-affected families should confirm how the photograph and red-stand system, management checks and meal service work for their child.
• Conversations about progress. More consistent discussions with parents were the December 2024 improvement priority. Ask how these conversations now complement Famly updates and help families support learning at home.
• Booking and funding together. A standard day runs from 8am to 6pm, while funded days carry separate extras. Request a written quotation for the exact combination of regular days, Early Bird or hourly care being considered.

Kids Planet Oldfield Road suits families interested in creative play, animal care and community outings, with Full Day bookings, Early Bird extensions or flexible care through the Adhoc Hourly Charge. The garden's yurt art studio, treehouse and mud kitchen give that offer substance.

The December 2024 Good judgement is a useful starting point, but the later allergy and repeated supervision failures carry substantial weight. Confidence in the changed daily procedures, the quality of conversations with staff and the intended booking's cost structure are central considerations.