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Banana Moon Day Nursery Longford

Ofsted: Good
(Apr 2025)
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3.4(5 parent reviews) ·3 Bedlam Lane, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6AR · Coventry
Number of places
48 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Apr 2025
Local authority
Coventry

About this day nursery

Banana Moon Day Nursery Longford is committed to providing an exceptional childcare experience, rooted in understanding and empathy from a parental perspective. The nursery cultivates a loving, secure, and nurturing environment for children aged 0 to 5 years.

Central to their philosophy is the belief that every child, regardless of their background, should have the opportunity to thrive and learn in a supportive setting. The dedicated team focuses on fostering individuality and instilling positive values, recognising children as the future generation.

Staff well-being and growth are highly valued, as this directly contributes to the happiness of the children and their families. The nursery prides itself on its flexible and understanding approach, adapting to family needs and ensuring children develop strong bonds with their carers through engaging activities that aid their development.

Banana Moon Longford also emphasises a play-based curriculum that encourages exploration, curiosity, and excitement, with both indoor and outdoor environments designed to stimulate holistic learning and development.

Our ethos

Banana Moon Day Nursery Longford is committed to providing an exceptional childcare experience, rooted in understanding and empathy. Their philosophy centres on the belief that every child should thrive and learn in a supportive setting, fostering individuality and positive values. They emphasise a play-based curriculum that encourages exploration, curiosity, and excitement to stimulate holistic learning and development.

What it's like

Children are happy and feel safe due to close relationships with nurturing staff. Staff provide engaging activities, such as scooping oats for babies to strengthen self-feeding skills and obstacle courses for older children to develop imagination and critical thinking. Children behave well, learning "kind hands" and understanding emotions, which helps them form friendships and prepare for future learning.

Focus on play-based learningNurturing and secure environmentStrong parent-nursery communicationEmphasis on individuality and values

Pricing & funding

Charges are based on an hourly rate for non-funded hours, with additional flat fees for early and late care. Fixed weekly consumable and meal charges apply, which vary according to the child's age and funded hours. Parents have the option to provide their own consumables to avoid specific charges.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare
  • Free entitlement hours£0 / hour
  • Hourly rate (non funded)£10 / hour
  • Early care£5 / session
  • Late care£5 / session
  • Per meal (over two years old)£5 / session

Good to know

  • Early care (7:30am-8am) and late care (6:00pm-6:30pm) are available for an extra fee.
  • Fixed weekly consumable charges cover snacks and breakfast based on funded hours.
  • Weekly meal and snack packages are priced by age group and hours attended.
  • Parents can opt out of consumable charges by providing their own items.
  • Meals are charged individually for children over the age of two.

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

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Banana Moon Day Nursery Longford

Last inspected 9 April 2025 · Suzanne Taylor

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 are happy and feel safe due to close relationships with nurturing staff. Staff provide engaging activities, such as scooping oats for babies to strengthen self-feeding skills and obstacle courses for older children to develop imagination and critical thinking. Children behave well, learning "kind hands" and understanding emotions, which helps them form friendships and prepare for future learning.

Inspector highlights

  • Key staff gather useful information from parents to plan children's next steps in learning.
  • Staff arrange play environments to be inviting and accessible, adapting them based on observations to meet children's needs.
  • Children who need additional support or have special educational needs and/or disabilities receive effective help, making positive progress.
  • Communication and language are promoted well through storytelling, songs, rhymes, and conversation.
  • Children develop increasing independence over time, learning to feed themselves, manage personal care, and prepare for school.

Areas to develop

  • 1extend the use of additional tools to help sharpen the focus children need to develop their communication and language skills more rapidly
  • 2build on the existing support arrangements with staff and provide opportunities for them to reflect on their practice and take ownership of their development to increase their personal effectiveness.
Inspection #10393610 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak highly of the nursery and especially comment on the progress their children make.

They say that all staff are friendly and caring.

Parents say they value the regularly updated information they receive online and the discussions at collection times about their child's care and learning.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children who need additional support or have special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the help they need. Staff liaise effectively with colleagues, parents and other professionals to gain the right support. As a result, these children make positive progress from their starting points. For example, children who are nonverbal or are not yet speaking use other appropriate methods to support their communication and understanding.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy their time playing outdoors. They use their imaginations well while they play together. For example, older children gather various natural items to mix with water. They say they are making 'spinach soup' and recall the ingredients they added when making this with family members at home.

Parent Reviews of Banana Moon Day Nursery Longford

3.4
(5)
Alina Salmin
5 years ago

I don’t recommend this nursery. I had both my kids there for a while but and we had numerous problems with the invoices. They were very evasive from the beginning regarding what’s included and what’s not and had very complicated way of doing the finances. We had problems with the 30 free hours that we were receiving and had been overcharged hundreds because they haven’t calculated the free hours in accordance with the gov rules. Every invoice was different each month and multiple times had to be corrected and reissued. We had to find a reliable nursery nursery.

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Winnie Mungai
4 years ago

I called to view the nursery a week before and was given a date to come and view the nursery, I arrived on time but was told to wait outside waited for 20 minutes and when I went back to knock again a member of staff informed me that the manager had asked to leave my telephone number she would ring me! Had left work earlier as I had an appointment to come and view only to be told this! Very disappointing as it does not portray professionalism.

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Inspection history

Date: September 2022

  • April 2025Good
  • October 2023Good
  • September 2022Good

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