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# Butterfly Day Nursery in Cambridge

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Ofsted: Good

(Jul 2022) 

· 3.8 (8 parent reviews)  · 27a Elizabeth Way, Cambridge, CB4 1DD · Cambridgeshire 

Number of places

52 places

Age range

0–4 yrs

Last inspected

Jul 2022

Local authority

Cambridgeshire

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-   [About](#about)
-   [Pricing](#pricing)
-   [Ofsted](#ofsted)
-   [Inclusion](#inclusion)
-   [Reviews](#reviews)
-   [FAQ](#faq)

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## About this day nursery

The Butterfly Day Nursery, located in Cambridge, offers high-quality childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Established in 1989, this purpose-built nursery fosters a stimulating and homely environment where curiosity, exploration, and independence are paramount.

They encourage a strong partnership with parents, recognising their crucial role as their child's first educators. The nursery has received an "OFSTED Good" grading and prioritises peace of mind for parents with CCTV and secure door entry systems.

Fresh, homemade meals are prepared daily in their 5-star hygiene rated kitchen. The Butterfly Day Nursery aims to build resilience and independence in children, allowing them to make positive choices and develop a positive self-image, all while promoting equality and diversity.

Their carefully selected and well-trained staff act as facilitators, co-learners, and collaborators, dedicated to nurturing each child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. They inspire children to become lifelong learners through positive, child-led experiences.

Our ethos

The Butterfly Day Nursery aims to foster curiosity, exploration, and independence, building resilience and enabling children to make positive choices. They are committed to nurturing social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development, inspiring lifelong learning through positive, child-led experiences. They also emphasise a strong partnership with parents and promote equality and diversity.

What it's like

Children are happy to attend this friendly nursery and feel safe and secure. They increase their confidence as they play and explore, with staff continually monitoring the environment to meet their needs. Staff ensure children are well supervised and help them regulate their emotions.

OFSTED Good grading Homemade food 10% sibling discount Purpose-built since 1989 

## Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs) Tax-Free Childcare 

-   Siblings discount 10% 

## Key facts

Opening hours

Mondays to Fridays 8am - 6pm

Age range

3 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Food

Fresh home-made food prepared daily

Established

1989

### Official Ofsted Report

Independent inspection of Butterfly Day Nursery

Inspection date

Jul 2022

Inspection no.

10209977

Safeguarding arrangements are effective

[Download full report (PDF)](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50191440)[View on Ofsted.gov.uk](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/16/221567)

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Ofsted Inspection

## Ofsted rating for Butterfly Day Nursery

Last inspected 11 July 2022

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 to attend this friendly nursery and feel safe and secure. They increase their confidence as they play and explore, with staff continually monitoring the environment to meet their needs. Staff ensure children are well supervised and help them regulate their emotions.

Inspector highlights

-   Since the last inspection, leaders and managers have made effective changes with support from the local authority. 
-   Staff now have more regular supervision meetings and receive regular feedback. 
-   Partnerships with parents are strong, and parents speak very positively about the nursery and staff. 
-   All staff help children, including those who speak English as an additional language, to build on their communication skills. 
-   The acting manager and staff know the children well and ensure resources meet their individual needs and interests. 

Areas to develop

-   1 focus support and coaching for staff on helping them to fully understand how activities can be tailored to help all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make as much progress as possible 
-   2 ensure staff minimise disruption to children's engagement in activities and give children the time to complete activities to their own satisfaction. 

Inspection #10209977 · Source: Ofsted [View full Ofsted report](https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50191440)

## What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

> Parents speak very positively about the nursery and staff.

> They comment on the support provided and the progress their children have made since attending.

> Parents say that they recommend the nursery to others.

Inclusion & environment

## How they support every child

SEND provision

The provider should focus support and coaching for staff on helping them to fully understand how activities can be tailored to help all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make as much progress as possible.

Outdoor space

The report mentions that during very hot weather, staff offer a range of water play activities, which babies and toddlers are eager to explore with their hands and feet. Pre-school children delight as they move under the jets of water coming from the water sprinkler. The inspector also observed the quality of education being provided, indoors and outdoors, to assess its impact on children's learning.

## Parent Reviews of Butterfly Day Nursery

3.8 

(8) 

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Shih-Ying Hsueh

2 years ago

We feel so lucky to meet Butterfly Day Nursery, our boy started at here almost two years ago. All of the teachers really care about our boy and my boy also loves them. He looks forward to the Nursery, especially during the long vacation, he asked me a lot,”Can I go to the Nursery?” My boy is growing up here happily, he learned a lot of things, speaking, potty trained, drawing, writing..They made creative activities to engage the kids and make everyday a fun day! Seeing how much he's grown and his excitement for nursery has been so rewarding for us. We highly recommend Butterfly Day Nursery.

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Ariella Weinberg-Shukron

2 years ago

Both my daughters attended this nursery and we absolutely love it! The staff is kind and caring, thorough and devoted. The staff and managers are very attentive and accommodating parent and children needs. I highly recommend this nursery if you are looking for a home away from home, to bring your children in and know they are well taken care of!

[Read on Google](https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURwbVllMEt3EAE!2m1!1s0x47d870f31872ce27:0xe4e2d96febd617c5)

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Alain Hoffmann

11 years ago

At Butterfly Day Nursery, the ladies in charge of taking care of the children were all very friendly and did a brilliant job, making my son look forward to go there 3 times a week. It's really a shame that the management did an equally good job of destroying that work. First, there was the constant demand for extra cash. Examples include forcing every parent to pay £5 for a "special" sunscreen (which ended up being a cheap supermarket brand) and, when returning my last childcare vouchers which I had forgotten to cancel, 45 pennies were deducted because of some left over balance. It's quite telling that, after the tens of thousands of pounds we've paid over the years, the manager still felt necessary to claim these 45p. Another example was, when my son, aged 20 months, fell at the nursery and bumped his head against the sharp corner of a cupboard and he had to be taken to A&E (he still has that scar on his forehead). While the lady in charge of my son was very apologetic, the manager's reaction was much more very defensive. We asked that any sharp furniture be removed from the baby's room, but the manager insisted that the room was perfectly baby proof, instead blaming my son for having deformed legs! My wife, being a physiotherapist, had to explain how my son's legs were perfectly normal and how he had been walking fine for over 6 months. In the end, the sharp furniture was removed only after a second incident occurred...

[Read on Google](https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNBeWZfMENBEAE!2m1!1s0x47d870f31872ce27:0xe4e2d96febd617c5)

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British Garden

11 years ago

I paid over 2000 GBP to this business for a week of the worst care ever and my daughter scared of walking pass their gate for long time. 2 years ago when we were in Cambridge, I sent my 1.5 year old girl here, first day was OK, second day still OK but second week we picked up her earlier and didn't call them before arrival. When we went inside we heard a girl cried, I looked at my husband because it sounded like my daughter. There was no staff around so we walked inside and the room on left hand side we found our little girl sitting in the dark, alone and crying. We took her and looked for staff which were in the room opposites with other children. They said your daughter didn't stop crying so we had to leave her in that room. I talked to the manager, Pauline who only offered us to leave if we are not happy. Because we only stay a week and a day so we lost deposit 200 GBP plus need to pay for the care 3 months as their policy. When we discussed this issues with the Swiss owner that we need to take her to another day care and pay for the new one if they can help because it was their fault not taking good care of our daughter the answer was threatened us and demanded money for 3 months care for nothing but painful experience for our little girl. Be careful and think twice if you wanted to take you children to Butterfly Day Nursery on Elizabeth Way, CB4. If you want to know more go there before your usual time and you will see for yourself.

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Lucy Sheldon

10 years ago

I can't thank everyone at Butterfly enough for the support, care, and positive social skills they have instilled in our daughter over the last 2 years in the Pre-School Room and a previous stint in the toddler room a year or so before. From little person empowering coat putting on methods, to toy sharing strategies, healthy routine, cuddles when there were tears, trips to the park, creative crafts and dressing up games and fresh cooked meals every day We will be forever grateful as we watch our daughter attend big girl school in September with positive social behaviors many of which I can only attribute to her time at butterfly and contact with their staff . Our daughter attended a couple of other nurseries in the area prior to her time at butterfly, a child minder and we employed a Nanny as we struggled to manage childcare, finances and unreliable on-off work patterns. Butterfly was by far the best full time nursery, good value in overpriced Cambridge, managed by staff knowledgeable in applying best practice in early child development, and was on par with our much loved child-minder for giving us peace of mind that our little girls day would be full of interesting activities in a positive nurturing environment.

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Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement → Good in 2022

Date: November 2008

-   July 2022 Good 
-   September 2021 Requires improvement 
-   July 2017 Good 
-   April 2013 Good 
-   November 2008 Good 

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