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Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery in Bournemouth

Ofsted: Outstanding
(Jan 2024)
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5.0(5 parent reviews) ·27 Bemister Road, Bournemouth, BH9 1LG · Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole
Number of places
20 places
Age range
2–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2024
Local authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole

About this day nursery

Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery, located in Winton, Bournemouth, offers a nurturing and stimulating environment for children aged 2 to 8 years. This privately owned nursery focuses on a child-centric culture, aiming to provide a friendly, safe, and fun space for learning and development.

They offer flexible morning, afternoon, and full-day sessions, catering to various childcare needs. The nursery operates 51 weeks a year, closing only for one week during Christmas and on Bank Holidays.

Leaps and Bounds is registered with OFSTED and prides itself on having a team of experienced and fully qualified staff, maintaining a high adult-to-child ratio. The emphasis is on a "home from home" atmosphere where children feel secure and confident, encouraging exploration and creativity through diverse activities and play.

They also incorporate extracurricular activities such as music and movement, sports sessions, and educational visits, alongside unique experiences like duck hatching. The nursery prioritises healthy eating by providing nutritious snacks and making mealtimes enjoyable, and new spaces will be available from September 2025.

Our ethos

Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery focuses on a child-centric culture, aiming to foster a friendly, safe, and fun space for learning and development. They strive to create a "home from home" atmosphere where children feel secure and confident, encouraging exploration and creativity through diverse activities and play.

What it's like

Children thrive in the welcoming and extremely nurturing environment. They demonstrate that they feel very safe and secure, and they are very confident and motivated learners. Highly skilled staff know the children exceptionally well and plan an extremely effective curriculum that helps them to make excellent progress in their learning.

Child-centred cultureNurturing environmentFlexible sessionsHigh adult-to-child ratioExtracurricular activities

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged for morning, afternoon, or full-day sessions, with snacks included in the standard rates. For funded children, separate daily or itemised meal and snack charges apply. Additional hours and enrichment activities like sports and music sessions are charged separately.

Funding accepted

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

Good to know

  • Standard morning and afternoon sessions include snacks.
  • Funded children are subject to daily or itemised charges to cover meals and snacks.
  • Optional additional costs apply for yoga, sports, music sessions, and trips.
  • Extra hours outside core sessions are charged hourly.

Key facts

Session types

Morning Session, Afternoon Session, All Day Session

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 08.00 until 17.00

Age range

2 to 8 years old

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2005

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery

Last inspected 19 January 2024 · Lorraine Sparey

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 in the welcoming and extremely nurturing environment. They demonstrate that they feel very safe and secure, and they are very confident and motivated learners. Highly skilled staff know the children exceptionally well and plan an extremely effective curriculum that helps them to make excellent progress in their learning.

Inspector highlights

  • The management team is exceptionally knowledgeable and passionate about making sure that every child gets the best start in life.
  • Every child is treated as an individual, and highly skilled staff deliver a rich and varied curriculum tailored to children's individual needs and abilities.
  • The management team uses additional funding extremely well to make sure that it supports the children for whom it is provided.
  • Passionate staff provide quality learning opportunities for children that are tailored to their individual needs.
  • The curriculum for developing children's speech and language is given a high priority.
Inspection #10317422 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents speak very highly of staff, who they feel 'go over and above' to make sure that the children are happy and feel secure.

Parents value the additional support that staff provide with specific child-related issues such as toilet training, sleeping and tooth brushing.

Parents report that children thoroughly enjoy coming to the setting and are making excellent progress.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Highly effective partnerships with other agencies ensure that all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are extremely well supported.

Outdoor space

Children benefit from plenty of exercise in the fresh air, moving their bodies in a variety of ways to enhance their fitness.

Parent Reviews of Leaps and Bounds Day Nursery

5.0
(5)
Ryan Pestell
8 months ago

The nursary are amazing, my little boy was very shy and nervous to start nursary but the team at leaps and bounds went above and beyond to help him settle. The nursary practitioners are highly skilled and attentive providing every bit of care you could wish your child to have, the setting is homely but educational and my son loved the toys, games, day trips, coach/pe sessions. The staff he had on his days Amy, Jess & Rebecca are a credit to the nursary they are brilliant with children and really helped my child build confidence ready for school. The tapestry system they use to send photos of your child throughout the day is lovely and I’ve got a yearbook full of photos he enjoys looking at from his nursery. Thankyou leaps & bounds

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Abbey Palmer
a year ago

Best nursery ever! The setting is fabulous and the ladies are amazing, my little boy always comes home super happy after a day here. Victoria goes above and beyond to make sure that the children get the best. I wish we could stay with them forever.

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Chloee Hall
6 months ago

I was so scared to send my little girl to nursery until I met such lovely ladies in such a lovely calming setting my girls are now 5&3 and have learned so much they have always been excited to go to nursery to learn play and even see their teachers I couldn’t recommend this nursery enough thankyou ladies for all you have done for my children I appreciate you all soo much and can’t wait for my youngest to start when she turns two 😁

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Danii
7 years ago

My daughter is due to start school in September, she has been going here since the age of of 2. As a single working parent it was difficult and daunting finding the right childcare . After visiting many, Leaps and Bounds really stood out, they have the perfect balance between home from home and professional nursery. All the staff are lovely caring and very attentive, my little one loves going to nursery and comes home happy everyday. Not only is she confident settled and happy, she is also learning and experiencing so much already. I highly recommend.

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Inspection history
Improved from Good → Outstanding in 2024

Date: May 2009

  • January 2024Outstanding
  • May 2018Good
  • October 2015Good
  • December 2014Requires improvement
  • May 2009Good

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