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Bear And Bunny Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2023)
·
5.0(15 parent reviews)
·Crangal Cottage, Horley Road, Horley, RH6 0BJ · Surrey
Number of places
65 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2023
Local authority
Surrey

About this day nursery

Bear and Bunny Nursery in Horley offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years. This family-run nursery, founded by John and Lizzy, emphasises treating each child as an individual, fostering a sense of security and belonging.

They are dedicated to continuous monitoring and improvement of their care quality, ensuring children are happy and thrive. The nursery boasts outstanding facilities, including walks in the woods, cookery school, and yoga, with a focus on providing a Forest Schools experience to encourage outdoor engagement and fresh air.

Bear and Bunny is committed to supporting children's development through a stimulating play-based approach, helping them build confidence and essential life skills for future education.

Our ethos

Bear and Bunny Nursery is committed to supporting children's development through a stimulating play-based approach, helping them build confidence and essential life skills for future education. They also focus on providing a Forest Schools experience to encourage outdoor engagement and fresh air.

What it's like

Children are happy, safe and settle well in this nurturing environment. They enjoy freedom to investigate the outdoors, including their own forest school, and are supported by skilled staff to develop independence, problem solving and understanding of rules.

Family-run nurseryForest School experienceFocus on individual child developmentOutstanding facilitiesSupports funding options

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

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

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Key facts

Opening hours

7:00am - 7:00pm (main), 7:15am - 6:00pm (stated separately)

Age range

6 weeks - 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2015

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bear And Bunny Nursery

Last inspected 6 January 2023 · Natalie Moir

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, safe and settle well in this nurturing environment. They enjoy freedom to investigate the outdoors, including their own forest school, and are supported by skilled staff to develop independence, problem solving and understanding of rules.

Inspector highlights

  • Children are happy, safe and settle well in a nurturing environment
  • Access to an on-site forest school and plentiful outdoor physical activities
  • Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum with meaningful experiences
  • Staff receive effective training and regular supervision, supporting continual improvement
  • Effective support for communication, language development and children with SEND

Areas to develop

  • 1review and improve the planning of larger group activities to ensure all children are able to fully engage in learning.
Inspection #10267065 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Staff are proactive and work in partnership with parents and/or carers, seeking additional support as needed. They liaise with outside agencies to seek strategies to meet children's needs effectively, ensuring that all children, including those with SEND, make progress from their individual starting points.

Outdoor space

Children enjoy the freedom to investigate the outdoors, including their own forest school, where they learn to assess risk and follow rules. Opportunities for children to be physically active are plentiful, and staff use outdoor learning to develop life skills and social and emotional skills.

Parent Reviews of Bear And Bunny Nursery

5.0
(15)
Lena Duzenko
8 months ago

My little boy has recently started here and I can only say good things about the setting. The activities available are great and very diverse to suit any wants and needs of the children. Also can only say good things about the food offered! Highly recommend!

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Laura Martin
6 years ago

My daughter is now 3 and has been attending Bear and Bunny since she was 8 months old. Being a first time Mum I was naturally having mother's guilt of going back to work and leaving my baby at a Nursery but I am so glad we did. Bear and Bunny has become such an important and positive part of her life. The nurturing setting and staff have helped shape her to be the social, inquisitive, helpful and happy little girl she has become. She is always excited to go and see the staff and her friends at pre school. Alongside the rooms in which the children can free play they also offer a wide range of activities such as Forest school, cookery sessions, craft activities and music classes. The staff are brilliant with the children and encourage them to spend as much time exploring the vast garden and outdoor equipment as possible.Bear and Bunny provide healthy and tasty meals and snacks for the children and cater to individual dietary requirements. I can't recommend Bear and Bunny enough.

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Clare Batchelor
6 years ago

My son started at the nursery in February of this year and like most new mothers going back to work I was very apprehensive about leaving him. However the staff at Bear and Bunny could not have made the transition any easier making me feel reassured that he was in the best place so I didn't have to worry. They got him into a routine very quickly which I was able to adapt to at home and since then he has thrived there. All the food is freshly cooked, they provide a great sensory experience with different activities each day and they make sure he is able to explore outside at every opportunity, which he loves. The staff provide regular updates through a website so I can see how my son is getting on and this also includes a weekly observation with photos showing how he is developing against key stages. I could not be happier with the place I have chosen for my son as it definitely provides a nurturing environment which is helping him grow into a happy and sociable child.

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Claudia Zimmer
6 years ago

We couldn't be happier with our choice of nursery. Our son has attended Bear and Bunny for over a year now and we continue to be impressed by all that they do to make his nursery experience exciting and educational. From the early days, where they worked closely with us to ensure that he was settling in to the environment, to now when he goes for cookery sessions with his fellow toddlers and they send us the recipes to try at home, we have always found all the staff to be really supportive of both the children and their families. When I receive the updates through ParentZone app I feel reassured that he's having a great day, but also a little jealous of the yummy food they provide!

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Saskia Wittenberg
6 years ago

Both my children have attended and gained so much from this nursery. It is a really homely and caring environment where the staff will always go the extra mile for both children and parents. On so many occasions, staff have done something special for us which is what makes this so much more than the average nursery as the staff genuinely care. I love that the children spend so much time outside and are allowed to learn predominantly through child led free play rather than constrictive academically driven learning. My children's confidence in their own abilities has increased and their naturally inquisitive minds have been nurtured so that their passion for learning and exploring has grown. Parents are also provided with snippets of their child's activities and conversations through the regularly posted observations which gives you a lovely insight into your child's behaviour and thoughts when you are not around. This is a very special nursery!

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Inspection history

Date: February 2018

  • January 2023Good
  • February 2018Good

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