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Bluebell Day Care

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Sept 2025)
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5.0(21 parent reviews)
·Bluebell Day Nursery, Caxton End, St. Neots, PE19 6TL · Cambridgeshire
Number of places
35 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Sept 2025
Local authority
Cambridgeshire

About this day nursery

Bluebell Day Nursery, located in the picturesque village of Eltisley, Cambridgeshire, offers children a nurturing and stimulating environment to begin their educational journey. As part of the Golden Apples family of nurseries, Bluebell provides an exceptional experience where playful adventures, new friendships, and endless laughter are central to a child's development.

The nursery’s design incorporates calming surroundings, and its small class sizes enable experienced Early Years staff to provide focused attention tailored to each child's individual pace and strengths. Learning is delivered through a blend of guided teaching, imaginative play, sharing, and caring, ensuring a fun and engaging experience.

Bluebell Day Nursery is committed to fostering confidence and inspiration in children, laying the groundwork for a lifelong love of learning. The nursery also features a healthy eating programme with freshly prepared meals daily, catering to various dietary requirements, and follows a strict no-nuts policy.

Our ethos

Bluebell Day Nursery is committed to fostering confidence and inspiration in children, laying the groundwork for a lifelong love of learning. Learning is delivered through a blend of guided teaching, imaginative play, sharing, and caring, ensuring a fun and engaging experience. They aim to provide an exceptional experience where playful adventures, new friendships, and endless laughter are central to a child's development.

What it's like

Children thrive at this nursery. Staff take time to gather detailed information about each child and their family. This informs how staff plan and adapt their approach to enable all children to benefit from the high-quality care and learning they consistently provide.

Small class sizesHealthy eating programmeIndividualised learning

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Food

All meals are freshly prepared daily. Children bring a packed lunch, but a light tea is provided. In-house chefs prepare freshly cooked meals. A detailed weaning program is available for young children, and special dietary requirements are catered for. All snacks consist of fresh fruit or vegetables, and milk/water is available throughout the day. The nursery operates a No Nuts policy due to allergies. Dietary requirements such as Gluten Free & Coeliac, Dairy Free & Lactose Free, Vegetarian & Vegan, Paleo, FODMAP, Tree Nut & Peanut Allergies, and Fish & Shellfish Allergies are accommodated.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00

Age range

0-5 Years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2018

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Bluebell Day Care

Last inspected 25 September 2025 · Gail Warnes

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

What it's like to attend

Children thrive at this nursery. Staff take time to gather detailed information about each child and their family. This informs how staff plan and adapt their approach to enable all children to benefit from the high-quality care and learning they consistently provide.

Inspector highlights

  • The provider has established a clear curriculum that is extremely well embedded with staff to help children build on what they know and can do.
  • Leaders are extremely knowledgeable about child development and continually review and reflect on practice, astutely identifying where to improve further.
  • Staff know children exceedingly well and skilfully adapt planning to reflect children's emerging and changing interests to successfully engage and motivate children to learn.
  • Staff provide children with clear and consistent boundaries that help children understand what is expected of them.
  • With children's well-being a priority, staff ensure that changes for all children are carefully planned and implemented.
Inspection #10399662 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents are extremely positive about their children's experiences at the nursery. They say that communication about all things, and especially their child's progress, is excellent.

Parents say that they recommend the nursery to other parents.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Children with special education needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are very well supported. Staff work well with parents and professionals to understand how best to tailor and adapt the provision to meet children's specific needs and deliver targeted interventions.

Outdoor space

Staff provide a variety of opportunities that help children to develop and practise their physical skills. Older children are active and dance, run and crouch outside to observe any insects under tree logs.

Parent Reviews of Bluebell Day Care

5.0
(21)
Daniel Jones
2 months ago

We couldn’t be happier with the care our children have received at Bluebells Nursery in Eltisley. The nursery has had such a positive impact on their social skills, communication, and overall development. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow and how much they enjoy their time there. The staff are incredibly caring and attentive, and we trust them completely with our children. The consistency in staffing has made a huge difference – having the same leadership team and familiar key workers (aside from natural room changes) provides such a reassuring and stable environment. It’s clear that the staff genuinely enjoy working there, and that positivity really shows in the level of care, attention, and enthusiasm they give the children every day. We feel very lucky to be part of such a supportive and nurturing nursery community.

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Harriet Peach
2 months ago

We have had our children at the nursery for 2 years now and have always appreciated how the staff make the children feel like they’re part of the family, greeting them with huge smiles, hugs and remembering little details about what they’ve done outside nursery. I think that’s the big plus of a smaller setting. They are always friendly and helpful to parents too. Our children love their days there and have always done so many different activities which are updated on the nursery app so you can see what they’ve been up to. Would recommend to anyone

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Joanne Reed-Jones
3 months ago

I can’t praise Bluebell and their team highly enough. The level of care, enthusiasm, creativity in learning, and clear communication about our children is truly outstanding. From our very first visit, we felt completely at ease, and after a year with them, that initial feeling has only grown even stronger. Our children are incredibly happy, settled, and thriving there. Both of our children have food allergies, which Bluebells accommodates seamlessly and without any concern. They were more than happy to show us the kitchen and talk us through the clear policies and procedures they have in place to keep our children safe. That transparency gave us enormous reassurance, and we trust them completely. We couldn’t recommend them more highly. without a doubt, the best nursery in the area!

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Jodie Cockburn
4 months ago

After visiting five different nurseries, Bluebells truly stood out and simply didn’t compare to the rest. From the moment we walked in, we had an immediate gut feeling that this was the right choice for our family. We were made to feel genuinely welcomed straight away, and the environment itself is open, bright, and incredibly inviting. What impressed us most was the staff – they are friendly, caring, and couldn’t be more accommodating, especially when it came to settling our little boy. They took the time to listen to our concerns, made the transition feel reassuring, and showed real care and understanding. We left feeling confident and excited about our decision, knowing our child would be happy, safe, and well cared for at Bluebells.

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Jordan Green
3 months ago

Our twins have been attending Bluebells Day Nursery Eltisley since they were just 7 months old and are now nearly 2, and they absolutely love it. They have so much fun, adore all the staff—who are incredibly friendly and welcoming—and happily stroll in each morning to sit down for breakfast. We were understandably nervous about starting nursery and wanted to be sure they would be happy and well cared for, but choosing Bluebells was by far one of the best decisions we’ve made. We visited a few nurseries, but this one stood out because of its lovely atmosphere and smaller, more personal setup. It doesn’t feel overcrowded, and it really gives us confidence that our twins receive more one-to-one attention than we’ve seen elsewhere. Communication is always excellent—the app is brilliant and regularly updated, and we love seeing what they’ve been up to during the day and looking through the photos. We couldn’t be happier with our experience.

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Inspection history

Date: December 2019

  • October 2025Outstanding
  • September 2025Outstanding
  • January 2020Good
  • December 2019Good

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