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North Street Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(Mar 2024)
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5.0(1 parent reviews) ·226 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1JD · Bristol
Number of places
93 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Mar 2024
Local authority
Bristol

About this day nursery

North Street Nursery in Bedminster provides childcare for children aged 6 months to 5 years, spread across three distinct areas: The Cottage for babies, The Bakery for toddlers, and The Library for pre-schoolers. The nursery focuses on supporting each child's development and well-being, adhering to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework.

The facility boasts a unique building and a dedicated team committed to fostering a thriving environment for all children. The spacious rooms are designed to encourage exploration and learning, with stimulating resources and staff-led activities.

Beyond the indoors, a unique all-weather roof terrace garden allows children to engage with the outdoors daily, featuring a mud kitchen, planting area, and physical activities. The nursery also takes advantage of its community location by regularly visiting local parks, Bristol Zoo, and shops.

North Street Nursery prides itself on offering competitive, all-inclusive fees and accepts various government funding options, stretching term-time funding across the entire year. They require a minimum of two sessions per week, with all part-time bookings including a Monday or Friday session.

Our ethos

North Street Nursery follows the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, with a focus on fostering a thriving environment for all children. They aim to support each child's development and well-being through stimulating resources, staff-led activities, and extensive opportunities for exploration and outdoor learning, including a roof terrace garden and community excursions.

What it's like

Children are happy and display good attitudes to learning. Staff provide children with a well-balanced curriculum, and children are interested and keen to get involved in the range of activities on offer. All children make good progress in their learning and development, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

All-inclusive pricingRoof terrace gardenCommunity-focusedFlexible session options

Pricing & funding

Fees are charged based on full-day, morning, or afternoon sessions, with rates varying by ratio requirements once a child turns three. Standard sessions are all-inclusive, but fully funded places are subject to additional daily charges for meals and consumables. Funding is stretched year-round.

Funding accepted

Tax-Free Childcare15 hours — working parents (9 months–2 yrs)15 hours — eligible 2-year-olds30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)

Good to know

  • A £75 registration fee and a non-refundable initial childcare fee equal to two weeks of care are required.
  • A 5% sibling discount is applied to the oldest child.
  • Funding is stretched year-round: 15 hours becomes 11 hours per week, and 30 hours becomes 22 hours per week.
  • Meals and consumables are charged separately for fully funded days.
  • Early drop-offs from 7.30am and late pick-ups until 6.30pm can be booked on an ad-hoc basis.

Key facts

Opening hours

Core hours 8am-6pm; Early Drop Off with breakfast from 7:30am; Late Pick Up with snack until 6:30pm.

Session types

Full Day (8am-6pm), Morning (8am-1pm), Afternoon (1pm-6pm)

Food

All meals and snacks included; morning sessions include fruit snack and hot lunch, afternoon sessions include tea.

Waitlist

Waiting list available; joining is the first step to securing a place.

Age range

6 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

2018

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for North Street Nursery

Last inspected 20 March 2024

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 display good attitudes to learning. Staff provide children with a well-balanced curriculum, and children are interested and keen to get involved in the range of activities on offer. All children make good progress in their learning and development, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Inspector highlights

  • The newly established leadership team has a good understanding of how to drive improvement and has worked hard since the last inspection to address weaknesses.
  • Staff identify what children know and can do and plan effectively for what each child needs to learn next, supporting children with SEND effectively.
  • There is a strong focus on improving children's communication skills throughout the nursery, with staff using various techniques to support language development.
  • Staff assess risks effectively and teach children how to keep themselves safe, planning risky play activities under supervision.
  • Children are developing a good range of early reading and writing skills, including recognising letters and making marks in various ways.
  • Staff ensure that children have regular time outdoors and leaders and staff regularly consider ways they can enhance outdoor learning opportunities.

Areas to develop

  • 1continue to develop staff skills in enhancing children's communication and language development, with particular regard to supporting staff to understand the importance of allowing children time to process information and think of responses to questions that staff ask them
  • 2deliver a consistently high-quality and challenging curriculum for literacy, ensuring that all staff make better use of resources to help children build on what they remember from their previous learning and maximise opportunities for children to practise their emerging literacy skills.
Inspection #10296507 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

All children make good progress in their learning and development, including children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff support children with SEND well and ensure that they receive the medical support they require while enabling inclusive access to what is on offer.

Outdoor space

Staff ensure that children have regular time outdoors. Leaders and staff regularly consider ways they can enhance children's outdoor learning opportunities within the constraints of the building. For example, babies go on daily outings in the local area to develop their understanding of nature and to enhance their physical skills, while older children play on the roof terrace with bubbles and engage in sensory play in the sand kitchen.

Parent Reviews of North Street Nursery

5.0
(1)
Chandrasekhar Ghosh
4 years ago

Its a good nursery. My little one goes there and is very happy and so am a satisfied parent.

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Inspection history

Date: June 2019

  • April 2024Good
  • March 2024Good
  • June 2023Requires improvement
  • May 2023Requires improvement
  • July 2019Good
  • June 2019Good

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