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Rainbow Bright Day Care

Ofsted: Good
(Jan 2025)
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4.0(4 parent reviews) ·11 Crofton Road, Ipswich, IP4 4QS · Suffolk
Number of places
43 places
Age range
0–4 yrs
Last inspected
Jan 2025
Local authority
Suffolk

About this day nursery

Rainbow Bright Day Care, established in 1996, offers childcare for children aged 0-4 years. Open Monday to Friday all year round, from 8am to 6pm, Rainbow Bright Day Care provides a friendly and caring environment where children enjoy their time.

Staff are particularly attentive to new babies, helping them settle smoothly and fostering trusting bonds. The nursery was most recently rated as "Good" by Ofsted on 20th January 2025.

The curriculum is designed to prepare children for school, with plenty of focused activities. Children are gently encouraged to share, take turns, and consider their peers, using tools like sand timers for turn-taking activities.

The special educational needs coordinator ensures support for children with SEND, and parents express confidence in how to support their child's development at home. Outdoor learning is a key feature, with babies developing core muscles on appropriate equipment and older children enjoying reading and physical challenges with rubber tyres.

Parents commend the daily communication, describing it as an honest reflection of their child's day, and appreciate the nursery's collaboration with outside professionals like speech and language therapists. Staff also ensure their own speaking helps children develop good language skills, introducing new vocabulary to all children, including those with English as an additional language.

What it's like

Children enjoy their time in this friendly nursery. Staff are genuinely caring and help new babies settle smoothly. Staff provide plenty of focused activities to ensure children develop the skills necessary to be ready for school, and children are gently reminded to share, take turns, and think about their peers.

Friendly nurseryCaring staffStrong language developmentEngaging outdoor playGood hygiene habits

Pricing & funding

Funding accepted

15 hours — universal (3–4 yrs)30 hours — working parents (3–4 yrs)

Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday all year round. Sessions are from 8am until 6pm.

Term time / All Year

All Year

Established

1996

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for Rainbow Bright Day Care

Last inspected 20 January 2025

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 enjoy their time in this friendly nursery. Staff are genuinely caring and help new babies settle smoothly. Staff provide plenty of focused activities to ensure children develop the skills necessary to be ready for school, and children are gently reminded to share, take turns, and think about their peers.

Inspector highlights

  • Staff ensure their own speaking enables children to hear and develop good language skills.
  • Staff consider children's interests, assessments and parental views to plan meaningful teaching experiences.
  • All environments are inviting, well-resourced and cover all areas of learning.
  • Children demonstrate their independence and good hygiene habits when carrying out daily, self-care routines.
  • Children are well behaved and listen to each other's thoughts and opinions.

Areas to develop

  • 1focus more closely on supporting staff to strengthen their reflective practice to improve on their existing good teaching
  • 2review routines throughout the nursery to increase staff's focus on supporting all children in their learning, particularly at times of transition
  • 3consider collaborative working with staff more closely when implementing changes to environments to minimise disruption in children's purposeful play.
Inspection #10367921 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

Parents report very good, daily communication that is always an honest reflection of their child's day.

Parents applaud the collaborative working with outside professionals, such as speech and language therapists.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Parents, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, express they know how to support their child's ongoing development at home. The special educational needs coordinator spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Outdoor space

Outdoors, babies enjoy the freedom to crawl and pull themselves up on appropriate equipment, developing their core muscles and balancing skills needed to take their first steps. Children enjoy reading books outdoors and testing their physical limits by trialling out different ways to lift small rubber tyres on and off wooden poles.

Parent Reviews of Rainbow Bright Day Care

4.0
(4)
Katie Ward
4 years ago

Fantastic Nursery. Tracy, Sarah and the incredible team at Rainbow Brights go above and beyond their job role to really nature & develop the kids in their care. I cannot rate this nursery highly enough. My son has attended from 10 months old through to leaving for primary school this week at 4yrs. They have incredibly caring staff who support your child's development in a great surrounding. They offer variation of learning, great outside play and exploring and supportive staff help them to develop key life skills. My son absolutely flourished at the nursery and has an incredible foundation to start school. My son speaks so fondly of his nursery and his teachers and has loved going 3 days a week for over 3 years. We are so sad to leave but so excited to start his new chapter. His social skills are incredible and I cannot thank the staff enough for being such a wonderful part of our lives x

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Lisa Brown
4 years ago

I cannot recommend Rainbow Bright highly enough. They have been a lifeline for my toddler during lockdown. I dread to think how far behind his social skills would have been without them. They are always friendly, greet us with a smile and offer wonderful, creative and engaging activities for all the children. My son adores going there.

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A N
2 years ago

Had an awful experience with this setting and had to remove our child for their own safety and wellbeing. Unprofessional and inexperienced staff who made a small child incredibly unhappy. Would not recommend at all.

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Inspection history

Date: January 2011

  • February 2025Good
  • January 2025Good
  • March 2019Good
  • March 2019Good
  • June 2018Requires improvement
  • March 2018Inadequate
  • February 2018Inadequate
  • September 2015Good
  • August 2015Good
  • February 2011Good
  • January 2011Good

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