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Banana Moon Day Nursery Barnstaple

Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2022)
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5.0(3 parent reviews) ·3 Trafalgar Lawn, Barnstaple, EX32 9BD · Devon
Number of places
78 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2022
Local authority
Devon

About this day nursery

Banana Moon Day Nursery Barnstaple offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 0 to 5 years. The nursery focuses on a child-centric approach, viewing everything from the parents' perspective to ensure the highest quality of care for their precious little ones.

Their philosophy is rooted in providing a secure, loving, and imaginative space where children can thrive and develop their personalities and independence through fun, engaging activities, exploration, and learning through play. The nursery’s curriculum is designed to support each child's unique developmental journey, guided by five key principles: child development, well-being, supporting parents, early childhood pedagogy, and a stimulating learning environment.

They emphasise playful experiences, understanding that children learn best through active engagement and natural fascinations. The facility promotes curiosity and exploration with open-ended, inspiring resources, and boasts an outdoor environment for physical activity and learning in nature.

Communication with parents is central to their practice, ensuring a collaborative approach to each child's development. The nursery is committed to providing every child with an excellent start to their educational adventure, inviting prospective families to visit and experience their fantastic facilities firsthand.

Our ethos

Banana Moon Day Nursery Barnstaple adopts a child-centric approach, viewing everything from the parents' perspective. Their philosophy is to provide a secure, loving, and imaginative space where children can thrive and develop independence through play, exploration, and engaging activities. They are committed to supporting each child's unique developmental journey guided by principles of child development, well-being, and a stimulating learning environment, emphasising playful experiences and outdoor learning in nature.

What it's like

Children have warm relationships with staff and enjoy a variety of interesting activities, from exploring wall puzzles to role-playing in a toy kitchen. They are happy, confident, and kind to each other, engaging in both creative expression and physical play.

Child-centric approachPlay-based learningHolistic developmentStrong parent communication

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)Tax-Free Childcare
Pricing on request

This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.

Key facts

Opening hours

7.30am - 6.30pm

Age range

0 to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

Fresh food prepared and served daily

Established

2020

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Banana Moon Day Nursery Barnstaple

Last inspected 21 November 2022 · Victoria Jones

Safeguarding effective
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good

What it's like to attend

Children have warm relationships with staff and enjoy a variety of interesting activities, from exploring wall puzzles to role-playing in a toy kitchen. They are happy, confident, and kind to each other, engaging in both creative expression and physical play.

Inspector highlights

  • Children enjoy interesting and engaging activities planned by staff who know them well and review their development effectively.
  • Staff support children's language and communication skills by regularly reading to them in an engaging way.
  • Managers and staff have high expectations, leading to good behaviour where children are kind and learn to share and take turns.
  • Managers support children's independence, offering opportunities to dress themselves and manage personal hygiene with initiatives like "nose blowing stations".
  • Leaders and managers foster a positive work environment, prioritising staff well-being, which results in a happy and supportive team atmosphere.

Areas to develop

  • 1increase staff support to enable more opportunities for older children's concentration and deeper learning
  • 2refine adult-led activities to enable children to have more time to think and respond to questions.
Inspection #10249083 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

Outdoor space

All children play outdoors and indoors often. Older children enjoy classes with a rugby teacher once a week and love to run outdoors and develop skills playing with a ball.

Parent Reviews of Banana Moon Day Nursery Barnstaple

5.0
(3)
Harry
7 months ago

Brilliant Nursery, my daughter is really coming out of her shell since starting. The little updates we receive through their app is lovely. Highly reccomended Nursery in the Newport area.

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Sabrina Gravelle
3 years ago

Fantastic nursery. Wonderful staff, facilities and set up. Our son settled really quickly and thoroughly enjoyed his time and is now school ready! Highly recommend this fabulous learning centre. Thank you Banana moon team

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sarah fenner
5 years ago

My grandson attends Banana Moon and couldn't be happier. He is growing both socially and developmentally and loves every minute. I can't recommend this wonderful nursery enough :-)

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Inspection history

Most recent inspection

21 November 2022

Good

Only one graded inspection on record — a trend chart will appear here once a second graded report is published.

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