Food
Regular snacks, midday meal, and tea are provided for full-day and afternoon sessions. Morning sessions include snack and a midday meal.
Buntings Nursery
Ofsted: Good
(Nov 2023)
Number of places
52 places
Age range
1–4 yrs
Last inspected
Nov 2023
Local authority
Hertfordshire
About this day nursery
Buntings Nursery is a nurturing day care setting located in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, dedicated to fostering exploration, play, and learning in young children. The nursery caters to children ranging from 12 weeks to 5 years old, offering a welcoming and friendly environment.
With four thoughtfully designed rooms, each tailored to different age groups and developmental stages, Buntings Nursery ensures every child feels comfortable and at home. " They encourage prospective families to arrange virtual tours to experience their facilities firsthand.
The nursery prides itself on high parent satisfaction, a qualified and insured team, and endeavours to provide comprehensive information to parents. They maintain an active presence on Facebook to keep parents informed and engaged with nursery activities.
What it's like
Children are happy and settled in the nursery. They make choices about what to play with and use their imaginations to create 'monsters' from construction pieces. Staff promote children's physical development and help them develop balancing skills.
Small, friendly day nurseryVirtual tours availableFirst aid trained staffJigsaw PSHE curriculum
Pricing & funding
- Registration Fee£100 / session
- Full Day Session£85 / day
- Morning Session£45 / session
- Afternoon Session£45 / session
Key facts
Opening hours
Full Day: 8am – 6pm; Morning: 8am – 12.45pm; Afternoon: 1.15pm – 6pm
Age range
12 weeks to 5 years
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted rating for Buntings Nursery
Last inspected 27 November 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 happy and settled in the nursery. They make choices about what to play with and use their imaginations to create 'monsters' from construction pieces. Staff promote children's physical development and help them develop balancing skills.
Inspector highlights
- Leaders and staff work well as a team to ensure that children get a good start to their early education.
- The manager has designed a curriculum to meet children's differing needs.
- Staff understand the importance of developing children's communication and language skills.
- Children behave well.
- Staff support children to be independent.
Areas to develop
- 1support staff to strengthen the delivery of planned activities to ensure resources are appropriate for the children taking part to help them achieve the maximum learning
- 2build on staff's awareness of how to promote children's communication skills, including modelling language, to help children make further progress in their communication and language.
Inspection #EY362227 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report
Inclusion & environment
How they support every child
SEND provision
Staff have tailored plans in place to help meet children's individual needs. There is a special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) in place. She has established good links with other professionals. This ensures that children's care and learning needs are well met.
Outdoor space
Staff promote children's physical development well. Babies use carefully placed furniture to balance and move around. Older children love jumping in puddles and acting out a favourite story. Staff help children to develop their balancing skills as they climb on ladders and large tyres. Younger children are eager to get themselves ready to go into the garden by selecting their waterproof suit and wellington boots.
Parent Reviews of Buntings Nursery
5.0
(12)
Nikki Donohoe
2 years ago
We couldn't ask for a better team to support our son and our family during his early years. A relaxed, loving and nurturing environment with a child centric and bespoke approach. The Buntings team feels like an extension of our family and we have been delighted with the service they offer. Our son loves going to Buntings and has been settled there since day 1! Cannot recommend highly enough.
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Chi Langton
2 years ago
My son has been at Buntings since he was 9months old. We couldn’t be happier with them. He is now 3 and due to start school in Sept. We will be sad to leave. Buntings have been a big part of our family and they have truly been wonderful in taking care of him. Very family oriented and caring. ☺️xXx
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Samantha Rainey
5 years ago
My daughter went to Buntings and loved it! My son is now there too and he loves it too, it's like a home from home for the kids, the staff are lovely and my son has additional needs and they got the training done really quickly and I felt like no ask was too big they now tube feed him there too!!! Brilliant nursery!
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Lydia Lewis
5 years ago
My son started at Buntings when he was 10 months old and he loves it. I am very impressed at the level of care and the activities they do with the babies, much better than I ever do at home! They've managed Covid well and are very responsive to any comments. Also love the app they use and the pictures they send!
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Tyler Silverosa-Roles
2 years ago
My daughter loves it at buntings, she loves all the lady’s who work here and they treat them all like their own kids. Cannot recommend it enough. Molly runs the nursery amazing and goes over and above to help at any chance she gets.
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Inspection history
Date: August 2015
- November 2023Good
- September 2018Good
- August 2015Good
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