Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for 49 weeks of the year
Bears Hideaway Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2023)
Number of places
45 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2023
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
About this day nursery
Bears Hideaway Nursery, a family-run establishment since 1997, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children in Southbourne, Bournemouth. Located at the end of the high street, the nursery is securely set back from the road, providing ample space both indoors and out.
All children's rooms are situated on the ground floor, each boasting direct access to expansive, private gardens, ensuring bright spaces and seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor play. The nursery emphasises learning through play, fostering communication, and ensuring children have fun while developing.
Our ethos
Bears Hideaway Nursery is a family-run establishment that emphasises learning through play, fostering communication, and ensuring children have fun while developing. They provide a nurturing and stimulating environment with seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor play spaces.
What it's like
Children are enthusiastic and ready to learn, engaging in activities such as making mud pies, practicing counting, and exploring lights, sounds, and textures. They also enjoy carrying out tasks like putting away coats and washing hands, developing resilience and perseverance. The nursery has focused on children's communication and language skills since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Family-run since 1997Direct garden access from all roomsLearning through playSecure and spacious environment
Pricing & funding
Pricing on request
This nursery doesn't publish its fees online. Contact them directly for an up-to-date price list and availability.
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Term time / All Year
All Year
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Bears Hideaway Nursery
Last inspected 14 March 2023
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 enthusiastic and ready to learn, engaging in activities such as making mud pies, practicing counting, and exploring lights, sounds, and textures. They also enjoy carrying out tasks like putting away coats and washing hands, developing resilience and perseverance. The nursery has focused on children's communication and language skills since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Inspector highlights
- The manager plans an ambitious curriculum with a clear intent for all children's learning.
- Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well.
- Overall, staff support children's enjoyment of books and early reading well.
- Children develop warm relationships with staff who know them well.
- The nursery's dedicated chef prepares a wide range of nutritious snacks and home-made meals.
Areas to develop
- 1strengthen staff's teaching skills to extend, engage and challenge children's learning as they play to help them make the best possible progress
- 2improve staff's skills and knowledge of how to model language consistently, to support children's language skills and literacy development further.
Inspection #10276595 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
What parents say
Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection
Parents comment that the staff are 'professional', 'kind' and 'attentive'.
Parents say that their children are becoming independent and learning to be expressive and creative.
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well. Children are gaining confidence and joining in with group activities. The special educational needs and disabilities coordinator is experienced and knowledgeable and works closely with parents, staff, and other professionals to help children make the best possible progress they can.
Outdoor space
There is plenty of space to support children's physical and sensory development. Children put away their coats after outdoor play.
Inspection history
Date: December 2006
- March 2023Good
- July 2017Good
- February 2015Good
- January 2014Requires improvement
- December 2006Outstanding
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