Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 07:00 - 18:30
Bambinos Childcare Centre
Ofsted: Expected standard·
4.0(12 parent reviews)
·31 Houndiscombe Road, Plymouth, PL4 6EU · Plymouth
Number of places
92 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Feb 2026
Local authority
Plymouth
About this day nursery
Bambinos Childcare Centre, located in Plymouth, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 1 to 4 years. Established in 2006, this all-year setting operates from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday to Friday.
The dedicated staff, guided by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum, are adept at identifying and supporting children potentially needing additional help, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). They swiftly implement tailored interventions and provide bespoke support with sensory breaks.
Leaders work collaboratively with parents and external professionals to ensure steady progress for all children. The nursery effectively utilises additional funding, such as the early years pupil premium and disability access funding, to target support and remove learning barriers.
Children at Bambinos engage in a wide range of activities, both indoors and outdoors, fostering their physical development and confidence. Babies grip objects, toddlers explore soft play, and preschoolers tackle climbing structures in the outdoor area.
The setting also focuses on emotional well-being, helping children manage their feelings and build secure attachments through warm interactions.
Our ethos
Bambinos Childcare Centre is committed to fostering confidence and curiosity through engaging learning activities and a focus on individual child development, utilising a blend of recognised early years frameworks and the Montessori approach where appropriate. They aim to provide a nurturing, safe, and stimulating environment, prioritising children's happiness, wellbeing, and growth while preparing them for future learning.
What it's like
Children achieve well at this setting because staff create a learning environment where children enjoy exploring, discovering and taking part in purposeful activities. Practitioners identify each child's starting point quickly and use ongoing assessment to plan what each child needs to learn next, adapting teaching skilfully to ensure children develop independence, confidence and age-appropriate knowledge across all areas of learning. Staff work proactively with parents, key persons and external professionals to remove barriers to learning, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, disadvantaged children and those known to social care. As a result, these children make steady, sustained progress from their individual starting points.
Tailored InterventionsPrecise Funding UseStrong SEND SupportPhysical Development FocusWarm Environment
Pricing & funding
Funding accepted
Tax-Free Childcare
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Age range
Birth to 5 years
Term time / All Year
All_year
Established
2006
Ofsted Inspection — new report card
Expected standard
Last inspected Feb 2026
Grade summary
Exceptional
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Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
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Urgent improvement
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Each dot represents one of the six inspection categories. Headline is the average of the six grades, rounded up.
Category grades
AchievementExpected standard
Behaviour, attitudes and establishing routinesExpected standard
Children's welfare and wellbeingExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Age range
1 to 4
Registers
Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Bambinos Childcare Centre
Last inspected 20 February 2026
What it's like to attend
Children achieve well at this setting because staff create a learning environment where children enjoy exploring, discovering and taking part in purposeful activities. Practitioners identify each child's starting point quickly and use ongoing assessment to plan what each child needs to learn next, adapting teaching skilfully to ensure children develop independence, confidence and age-appropriate knowledge across all areas of learning. Staff work proactively with parents, key persons and external professionals to remove barriers to learning, particularly for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities, disadvantaged children and those known to social care. As a result, these children make steady, sustained progress from their individual starting points.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders work tirelessly to improve outcomes for children and swiftly identify those requiring additional support.
- Staff implement precisely tailored interventions without delay, ensuring every child receives bespoke support.
- Leaders use additional funding with precision, directing resources to children's specific needs to remove barriers to learning and accelerate progress.
- Leaders work proactively with feeder schools to design well-informed, individualised transition plans.
- Staff weave mathematical learning into everyday play, using games and simple routines to introduce early ideas about number, pattern, shape, space and measure.
- Children grow in independence as they wash their hands, select their own food and pour their own drinks, helping them build confidence and important self-care skills.
Areas to develop
- 1Leaders should provide targeted support to staff in the pre-school room to strengthen practice that helps children consistently understand and follow the behaviour expectations of the setting.
- 2Leaders should continue to strengthen staff's practice so that highly effective teaching is consistently delivered at every opportunity.
Inspection #10306007 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Leaders and staff swiftly and accurately identify any child who may require additional support, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They implement precisely tailored interventions without delay, providing bespoke support and a wide range of sensory breaks tailored to each child's needs. Leaders work closely with parents, carers and external professionals, ensuring all children, including those with SEND, make steady, sustained progress. Additional funding is used to target support and remove barriers to learning.
Outdoor space
Children gain physical skills sequentially across the nursery. Babies are encouraged to stretch and grip objects, toddlers have access to soft play where they clamber and climb, and pre-school children access challenging climbing structures in the outdoor area. Children of all ages enjoy a wide range of activities, both indoors and outdoors, that help them grow stronger, more confident, and physically capable.
Parent Reviews of Bambinos Childcare Centre
4.0
(12)
Jake Taylor-bruce
6 months ago
Amazing place. My daughter absolutely loves it here and has been so well cared for and looked after by the staff. It's clear she feels safe here, often running over to her favourite carer and the staff have been so lovely and supportive of our family during a difficult time and have gone above and beyond to make sure we're supported and our daughter is safe.
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a year ago
I strongly do not recommend this childcare service to other parents who want a safe and caring environment for their children. Improvements need to be made immediately to ensure better care and service. Unprofessional and negligence of childmental health. Simply said sorry we will take care next time. They left my child on the floor crying in hunger and feeding other kids, My heart stopped, simoly said caretaker wasn't in. So what as an adult other caretaker supposed not take care of kids. Not safe for kid's mental health and they don't feed kids. Many parents have these issues. I stopped my kid going to this filthy place.
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Leona
6 years ago
My son absolutely loves Bambinos Nursery. Every single member of staff is really friendly and so good with the children. My son's speech is brilliant for his age and so much of it comes from what he learns at the nursery. I never worry about him at nursery because I always know they have his best interest at heart. He usually never wants to leave, that's how much fun he has!
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Kristiina Gwynne
6 years ago
Our son loves going to Bambinos. The staff are fantastic and really care about the children and their progress. They do lots of fun activities and have different spaces for the children to explore. It's a fantastic nursery.
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Gemma Geal
6 years ago
My son went to Bambinos in Tavistock originally, but transferred to Mutley when we moved. He moved from a very quiet nursery to a very busy one, but he transitioned so well. The staff were amazing with him and I believe he's the clever confident boy he is today because of Bambinos. My 1 year old daughter now goes and has settled into the baby unit really well. Natalie and Beth are amazing and she loves going. Can't fault Bambinos at all and would recommend highly. Especially as they are open through out the holidays too
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Inspection history
Improved from Inadequate → Good in 2024
Date: October 2010
The most recent inspection point has been hidden because the parsed entry didn't match the headline Ofsted rating (Good). We're re-checking it against the original report.
- January 2024Good
- August 2023Inadequate
- March 2018Good
- March 2015Good
- October 2010Good
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