Tinkerbells Day Nursery (The Bridgeinn)

Tara Nash

3 years ago

I have had four children over a ten year period go through this nursery; with my youngest however I made the decision to move her to a different setting. 10 years ago this nursery was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted now it is ‘Good’ I personally think this is a fair reflection of the steady decline in the nursery generally. There was lots of the reasons why I chose to stay with the nursery for so long; the main one being there are some exceptional practitioners that work there. If your child has Julie or Ruth as a key worker then you’ve hit the jackpot. However the leadership team are poor; it is very much run as a business as opposed to a child-centric focus. The nursery owner only contacts you via e-mail or gets the nursery admin to call you and it’s usually to discuss money. It is all very formal and the relationship between the nursery leaders and parents is non-existent. However I’ve given three stars to give a nod to *some* of the wonderful girls that work there. My advice would be to look around before you make a final decision. I wish I had been braver and left the nursery sooner especially now that I see what other settings have to offer.

Phoebe Browne

5 years ago

𝐌𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 & 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝, 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜. 𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 1 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 1 𝐨𝐫 2 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲! 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 3 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐞𝐭𝐜 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰.

Gemma Hesmondhalgh

3 years ago

After many years of my children attending tinkerbells, Friday will be my sons last day before venturing to big school. I honestly couldn’t imagine sending my children anywhere else. From the minute you walk in the door your greeted by the admin ladies who are always smiling, friendly and helpful. The practitioners who work within the rooms are all so reassuring and amazingly talented and the rooms they have created are exceptional, and you know you’ve left your child in safe and capable hands, which is backed up by the wonderful pictures and observations you are sent throughout the day. The outside area is brilliant for young explorers like my little boy and his interests are always encouraged and catered for. We will miss tinkerbells and it’s staff very much, and they have given my children memories and skills that will last a lifetime! If there’s even a little bit of doubt in your mind, go and have a look around and you’ll be blown away!

Carla S

3 years ago

The most beautiful and incredible learning journey. I simply cannot recommend this nursery enough, our Daughter started a very shy, nonverbal little girl who didn't give eye contact or mix with anyone. I prayed she would gain confidence and just make one friend of her own. With the support from nursery, the Senco and her keyworker she left today ready for school a happy, confident, chatty and very social little girl who has so many friends and has loved every second of her time there. I will be forever grateful to all the staff for giving her the most wonderful experience and memories and also for the support given to me along the way when dealing with health care professionals and specialists in order to gain her extra support for her additional needs.

Natalie

9 years ago

Really did not like this nursery. My child was in the baby room for a short while. Found staff very disinterested in the children, spent most of their time on i pads and chatting, barely any interaction with children. Was told baby's would be taken out each day in prams/spend time in the garden and they never did (this was over peak summer as well so can't even blame the weather). Staff would send kids home over slightest cough but still charge you for attendance therefore totally unreliable. The manager of the baby room was nice and friendly and my daughters key worker was really good but the others seemed very unmotivated and in the wrong profession. I can't speak for the rest of the nursery as never saw the other rooms. Receptionists where always nice and overall the nursery was tidy with good resources. Only 2 stars from me unfortunately and I wouldn't reccommend it.