Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery

79 Bridgewater Road, Taunton TA1 2DU
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6.9 32 Reviews
  • Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery, Taunton
Tops Day Nurseries Mini Mariners offers versatile indoor and outdoor learning environments for children aged three months to preschool, with flexible booking arrangements to suit parents' needs. Dedicated caregivers prioritise individual development and maintain a secure, joyful atmosphere conducive to early years learning.

The nursery emphasises creativity and key skills like literacy and numeracy. As part of the commitment to eco-sustainability, Tops Day Nurseries promotes a culture of reducing, reusing, and recycling resources, fostering environmental responsibility among children and staff. They offer various extracurricular activities like Tops Cooking School, Tops Forest School, meditation, yoga, Rugby Rangers, Boogie Mites, and tooth brushing.

Families are encouraged to contact the nursery as often as they like to stay informed about their child's day at nursery. Staff meticulously record essential details like sleep times, nappy changes, and food intake, which are shared through daily reports on EYLOG. To support children's health, Tops Day Nurseries provides a no-added sugar menu across all facilities, ensuring a nutritious and wholesome diet for your child's nursery experience."
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Type of Service

  • Day Nursery
  • Open all year
  • Full Day Care
  • Sessional Day Care

Group/Owner

Person in Charge

  • Camila Tavares (Manager)

Number of Childcare Staff

  • 26

Total Places for Children

  • 36

Age Range

  • from 0 years 3 months
  • to 4 years 0 months

Opening Times

  • Monday 08:00-18:00
    Tuesday 08:00-18:00
    Wednesday 08:00-18:00
    Thursday 08:00-18:00
    Friday 08:00-18:00

When Closed

  • Bank Holidays

Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery Reviews (32)

6.9

Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery has a Review Score of 6.9 (6.931) out of 10, based on 2 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery has 32 reviews.

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Review from Abi N (Mother of Child) published on 2 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Love this nursery. The staff couldn’t make your child more welcome, my daughter loves going there and has settled in so well!
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Review from Diane (Mother of Child) published on 2 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Amazing nursery and staff! Having moved my son from elsewhere we are extremely happy with everything. The free settling in sessions are worth their weight in gold as my son had quite a severe separation from the other playschool we tried, so he got to know everyone and how the nursery worked. We did
this for two months at least once a week and having started properly this January, he's loving it! And I feel happy to know he's looked after whilst I am at work!
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Review from Emily B (Mother of Child) published on 2 February 2018 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Mini Mariners has been great for my daughter, she has settled in really well at such a young age. The staff are always friendly, there are great activities for the children to do and I always feel as though they have the children’s best interests.
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Review from Eleanor G (Mother of Child) published on 26 June 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My two sons recently started at this nursery. I was worried about my older son as he was coming from a nursery he didn't enjoy. I needn't have worried though as he settled quickly and comes home telling me about his friends and what they have played. I love reading about his learning on EyLog and the
staff are great at letting me know how he's developing.
My younger get son struggled settling but in the first few weeks had so many cuddles to get him through. He now runs in shrieking and can't wait to play with whatever is out. I find this varies daily. Sometimes it's dinosaurs stomping in cereal, water play, painting and so much more.


There is a lovely outdoor space for them to use up their energy. We can't wait to start forest school as they run this as well and there are loads of other activities coming up soon.
I'd like to thank all the staff as they have really made my boys feel at home. I couldn't ask for kinder, more friendly people to look after them and help them develop.

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Review from Justin P (Father of Child) published on 23 June 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
Very good and went above and beyond to support our child with extra needs, the ey log is amazing for communication and the staff are always bubbly and happy. Two key workers have worked wonders with my son, thank you, would recommend this nursery to anyone
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Review from Naomi E (Mother of Child) published on 2 March 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This nursery provides varied and interesting activities for my child to take part in. My child is never upset to go to nursery, although they get slightly upset when I leave them. The staff at the nursery use distraction to calm my child down and they are happy playing after 10 minutes at the most.
The nursery always appears clean and tidy. We get sickness notifications and explanations of what will be done to prevent this sickness spreading.
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Review from Sam (Mother of Child) published on 14 February 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The staff at Mini Mariners are excellent and I know my children are being very well cared for when I leave them - the varied programme is also excellent. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this nursery!
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Review from Tasnim C (Mother of Child) published on 3 February 2017 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 4.0 out of 5
My nearly 4 year old has been attending Tops since he was 2 and a half and has had come on in leaps and bounds. Staff were concerned about his speech and put things in place to encourage him to talk whilst he was in nursery. Now, staff have told me he doesn't stop talking. He has made lots of good friendships
with other children and he talks a lot at home about his friends and the staff. His younger brother is also just started at Tops and is taking a bit of time to settle, but he now does really seem to have a smile on his face when I go to collect him instead he would get upset. I can't recommend mini mariners enough my experience has been a positive one.
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Review from Mary (Mother of Child) published on 4 January 2016 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
My daughter has a fantastic time at Mini Mariners - she does lots of fun activities and is very happy there. The success of the nursery is almost completely down to the very dedicated staff - our daughter has a fantastic keyworker who has made all the difference and the other staff are brilliant too.
I feel that she is safe and that I can peacefully be at work without worrying about her wellbeing - she sometimes loves it so much she doesn't want to come home!!
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Review from Michelle C (Mother of Child) published on 21 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
I have recommended Mini Mariners to a friend who has since secured her son a space at the preschool starting in January. I find the environment very welcoming and the staff extremely well connected with the children. My two children love going to Mini Mariners. In particular, I like the eyLog system
which allows me to see what they have been doing throughout the day.
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Review from Sam (Mother of Child) published on 16 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
This is a brilliant setting, my children are happy and love spending time here, the staff are amazing. They care for the kids as if they are their own, and there are always plenty of activities to keep the children interested. It's great to hear about how the kids are developing through the reports
we receive (by chatting to the staff but also through an online system). The inside space isn't very big but it is managed really well for what they have available! I would thoroughly recommend this nursery.
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Review from Debbie E (Mother of Child) published on 16 December 2015 Submitted via Website • Report
Overall Experience 5.0 out of 5
The nursery has been absolutely brilliant with regards to our son and his transition from the baby room to the toddlers. They have let us know using the EY Log that after a fretful drop off he soon settled and got stuck in with an activity. He is always happy and animated when picked up which is a sure
sign of a really good day. Thanks Mini Mariners, you do a fantastic job.
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Current Review Score: 6.9 (6.931)

Overview of Review Score

The Review Score of 6.9 (6.931) out of 10 for Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.

  1. The Average Rating is 3.8 out of 5 from 2 Reviews in the last 24 months.
  2. The score for the number of positive Reviews is 3.1 out of 5 from 1 positive Reviews in the last 24 months.

Detailed Breakdown of Review Score

The maximum Review Score for a Day Nursery is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:

  1. 5 Points are available for the Average Rating from all Reviews in the last 24 months. The Average Rating of 3.792 for Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery is calculated as follows: ( (12 Excellents x 5) + (1 Goods x 4) + (6 Satisfactorys x 3) + (4 Poors x 2) + (1 Very Poors x 1) ) ÷ 24 Ratings = 3.792
  2. 5 Points are available for the number of Positive Reviews in the last 24 months. A Positive Review is defined as any Review with an 'Overall Experience' of '4' or '5' (out of a max rating '5'). The 3.139 Points relating to the number of positive Reviews for Tops Day Nurseries: Mini Mariners Nursery is based on 1 positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as per below:

    The 5 points available are broken down as follows:

    1. 4 points are available for the first 10 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months; 3 points for the first Positive Review, and then 0.125 Points for each of the next four Positive Reviews and then 0.1 Points for the next five Positive Reviews. (1st = 3.000, 2nd = 0.125, 3rd = 0.125, 4th = 0.125, 5th = 0.125, 6th = 0.100, 7th = 0.100, 8th = 0.100, 9th = 0.100, 10th = 0.100) 3 = 3
    2. 1 point is available for the number of Positive Reviews reaching 20% of the number of registered child places in the last 24 months. If this number is partially reached, then that proportion of 1 point is given. eg a Day Nursery registered for a maximum of 50 child places has to reach 10 Positive Reviews to receive 1 point, if it has 7 reviews it will receive 0.7 points. 20% of the 36 number of registered child places is 7.2. 1 Positive Reviews ÷ 7.2 = 0.139
  3. When a Review is submitted by someone who has previously submitted a Review, only the latest Review will count towards the Review Score.
  4. If a Day Nursery does not have a review in the last 24 months, then it will not have a Review Score.

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Camila Tavares

Job Title: Nursery Manager Joined: 2022

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