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The Southville Centre Nursery

Ofsted: Good
(May 2024)
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4.7(83 parent reviews) ·Southville Centre, Beauley Road, Bristol, BS3 1QG · Bristol
Number of places
109 places
Age range
1–5 yrs
Last inspected
May 2024
Local authority
Bristol

About this day nursery

The Southville Centre Nursery provides a warm and engaging environment for children aged nine months to five years. The nursery focuses on individual nurturing while fostering community values.

Their approach emphasises free play, allowing children to lead and explore their interests, alongside structured small group activities designed to support holistic development, confidence, and collaboration. Circle time incorporates singing, yoga, and stories to develop key social skills like turn-taking and respectful listening.

The nursery boasts a large garden for outdoor play, including climbing, water play, an allotment, and a mud kitchen. Healthy and nutritious meals and snacks are provided, offering opportunities for children to try new foods and socialise.

Rest is also a priority, with a calm and secure nap environment tailored to each child's needs. The nursery leverages its community setting by utilising spaces like the Community Café for activities and the Milford Hall for large indoor games.

Optional extra activities include French and Spanish lessons, and Forest School for preschool children. They also conduct trips and excursions within the local community to places like the post office and local grocers.

Our ethos

The Southville Centre Nursery's approach emphasises free play, allowing children to lead and explore their interests, alongside structured small group activities designed to support holistic development, confidence, and collaboration. They aim to foster community values and individual nurturing within a warm and engaging environment. Extra-curricular activities include French, Spanish, and Forest School.

What it's like

Children arrive happy and interact well with staff and peers. The curriculum helps children develop skills for future learning, with older children exploring problem-solving and younger children experimenting with sounds. Staff have high expectations for behaviour and support children in managing their feelings.

Community-focusedPlay-based learningExtensive outdoor playOptional French and Spanish lessonsForest School for preschoolers

Pricing & funding

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Key facts

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, all year round. The nursery also offers a separate term time only provision for children aged three four, which is open between 8am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 8am to 3pm on Fridays.

Age range

9 months to 5 years

Term time / All Year

All Year

Ofsted Inspection

Ofsted rating for The Southville Centre Nursery

Last inspected 16 May 2024 · Victoria Nicolson

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 arrive happy and interact well with staff and peers. The curriculum helps children develop skills for future learning, with older children exploring problem-solving and younger children experimenting with sounds. Staff have high expectations for behaviour and support children in managing their feelings.

Inspector highlights

  • The highly committed leaders and staff team have made the necessary improvements to the provision since the last inspection.
  • Staff know the children very well, they observe and assess children's progress closely to enable them to target their teaching and to identify gaps in children's learning.
  • Partnerships with parents are well developed. Parents are full of praise about the service that they receive.
  • Leaders and staff provide children with healthy food and a range of opportunities for physical play, both inside and outdoors in the gardens.
  • Staff help children to gain a good understanding of how to keep themselves safe and to recognise when they might be at risk.

Areas to develop

  • 1make better use of the partnerships with parents to involve them in supporting children's targeted learning at home
  • 2develop the organisation of groups times to promote children's focus and maximise learning opportunities.
Inspection #10300171 · Source: OfstedView full Ofsted report

What parents say

Verbatim quotes recorded in the Ofsted inspection

parents say that their children enjoy attending and they are well informed about their children's time in the nursery.

Inclusion & environment

How they support every child

SEND provision

Leaders recognise the importance of early intervention when they identify that children have delays in their development or special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They have created a team of staff to work with the special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) to provide children with more targeted support.

Outdoor space

Leaders and staff provide children with a range of opportunities for physical play outdoors in the gardens. Older children enjoy pretending to be monkeys as they balance and climb through the bushes in the garden and enjoy working with staff to do gardening where they dig and water their plants.

Parent Reviews of The Southville Centre Nursery

4.7
(83)
Laurie Boyes
6 months ago

My daughter has such a great time at preschool here and the staff put so much thought and energy into giving the kids an enriching time. Also I missed breakfast this morning and was rescued after drop-off by the cafe which served me a truly fantastic plate of eggs and avocado on toast

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Maria Moreira
5 months ago

We visited this community centre for first time this weekend to attend a big birthday party and it was a perfect place for that,cosy. clean and very kind staff.

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Julian Tucker
5 months ago

Great Monday Club for seniors here. My mother loves it.

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Tobias Ashwood
a year ago

Really lovely community centre! A friendly cafe with lovely staff (and a delicious chai!), and great classes. The yoga sessions are wonderful and very affordable

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B Cav
8 years ago

Thank you & your team so much for all your hard work last weekend! I thoroughly enjoyed the Art Trail again this yr - the Southville Centre is *such* a lovely venue, with a really welcoming and friendly atmosphere created by everyone that works there. There was a fantastic variety of stalls/arts/activities too - what amazing creativity there is in our city!

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Inspection history

Date: March 2004

  • June 2024Good
  • May 2024Good
  • July 2023Requires improvement
  • June 2023Requires improvement
  • October 2022Good
  • September 2022Good
  • January 2015Outstanding
  • December 2014Outstanding
  • July 2009Good
  • June 2009Good
  • March 2004Good

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